hub (hub)
noun
1. the central part of a wheel, into which spokes are inserted.
2. a center around which other things revolve or from which they radiate.
Welcome to the TI Precision Designs Hub. Our new home here on E2E to provide tips, tricks, and design techniques for board- and system- level designers brought to you by the authors of TI Precision Designs – our new precision analog reference design library.
We chose the term ‘hub’ because over the years our group of analog engineers have frequently been referred to as an ‘analog hub’, probably because most of us have decades of experience – 31 years in my case – working to solve analog board- and system-level challenges. Our efforts and experience combine to bring a unique level of knowledge about precision amplifiers, data converters, and other analog, and we wanted to share this with you as we work through some of the toughest analog challenges today.
We especially like the hub-and-spoke theme because that's what we hope you find each time you download a TI Precision Design or read a TI Precision Designs Hub blog post – a core center of knowledge that you can ‘in-turn’ use to achieve your own level of expertise.
Each Precision Design is a circuit developed, created or used by our precision applications team to solve an analog challenge. There are a lot of circuits out there that offer limited information about the actual design, and we wanted to share something more. We wanted to share the design process itself.
In each Precision Design, you’ll find nearly, if not all of the information needed to build and test your own version of the design, along with tools to make modifications and to customize for your specific needs.
Today, we’re excited and proud to share with you our first 18 designs, which cover everything from design goals and theory, simulation and bench tested results, to the files we used to build them. We categorize them by design levels of Reference, Verified and CerTIfied so you know what level of depth to expect before you open them.
I hope you’ll spend some time digging in and learning about analog as we grow this reference design library moving forward. We have many more designs in development and will be adding them to the library as they are completed.
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My colleagues and I are lining up some great technical content for this blog. In the weeks and months ahead, you’ll find tools, tips and tricks on topics ranging from how to decrease op amp noise and increase stability to how to optimize your analog-to-digital converter (ADC) and digital-to-analog converter (DAC).
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We look forward to having you join us regularly on ‘the Hub!’
