Other Parts Discussed in Post: TEST, LMP91000, OPA391, DDC112, OPA392, TINA-TI, CC2640Designing signal chains for portable diagnostics There are various applications for portable diagnostic systems, including the detection of COVID-19, the flu, respi...

(Note: A version of this article first appeared in Electronic Design.) The electric vehicle (EV) charging industry is growing fast, given commitments from car manufacturers worldwide to sell only EVs in the future, and assistance from governments to ...

Other Parts Discussed in Post: TMS320F280039C With the usage of servers and data centers growing globally, the need for stable and efficient power supplies has become an essential part of supporting the rise in power consumption. The utilization of p...

Other Parts Discussed in Post: LMG3422R030, LM25184It’s no secret that industrial and collaborative robots require high power density with excellent thermal performance. Because robotic systems are moving from a centralized to a decentralized a...

Other Parts Discussed in Post: MSP430FR2355, MSP430FR2675, DRV8428, MSP430FR2155, DRV8837CBuilding automation systems control many functions that improve worker comfort and security in industrial and commercial environments. These functions can becom...

Other Parts Discussed in Post: OPA188, ADS131M02Test and measurement applications like battery test, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and semiconductor test require accurate current- and voltage-output DC power supplies. The current and voltage...

Other Parts Discussed in Post: DP83TD510E The surveillance infrastructure is steadily increasing across industries, offices and residential buildings to help maximize security. Over the last decade, camera technology has undergone significant technol...

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The wearable patient monitor market is growing fast. Remote patient-monitoring equipment provides a glimpse into the future of the Internet of Things in health care by enabling physicians...

Because satellites on space missions are inaccessible once launched, acquiring accurate telemetry data to monitor the state of health of the satellite sub-systems can help set a baseline to indicate a working system, while fluctuations can indicate ...

Other Parts Discussed in Post: DAC53701Sanjay Pithadia co-authored this article. In our previous post, we talked about medical alarms and their compliance requirements. Now, let’s talk about the design inputs and existing implementation method...

If you are new to radar or interested in replacing your existing sensing technology with radar, there can be a significant learning curve to both designing your product and ramping to production. In order to lower this barrier, Texas Instruments created...

By measuring changes in infrared and red light absorption in oxygenated or deoxygenated blood, a pulse oximeter clipped to a finger noninvasively monitors a person’s heart rate and blood oxygen saturation...

With lithium-ion batteries found in both small electronic devices and much larger applications such as electric vehicles and electricity grids, they naturally span a wide range of sizes, voltages and form...

Health care continues to evolve toward self-treatment and away from in-person appointments. In addition to helping reduce physical contact, new technologies have given the general population unprecedented access to health care tools for self-monitoring...

When designing reliable servo drive control modules, both precision and protection are critical for ensuring reliable operation. Underestimating the importance of these features in the design process could...

Remember when science fiction movies would have a scene showing a fully automated factory managed by artificial intelligence? Such factories exist now!

An autonomous factory relies on real-time communication between...

Sanjay Pithadia co-authored this technical article. If you have ever heard the not-so-melodic alarm of a patient monitor in an intensive care unit (ICU) or even on a TV show or movie set in a hospital, you might remember that these alarms have partic...

A trend in the rapid growth of smart grids is enabling more intelligent functions in residential equipment, such as smart electricity meters and data concentrators. A smart grid requires a mul...

Internet of Things (IoT) and industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) have become synonymous with connected factories and making traditional factories smarter in order to reap the benefits of greater efficiency....

Other Parts Discussed in Post: UCC28911, UCC28910, TL431, TLV733P, TPS7A03, BQ25619, BQ25616, BQ2970, LP5012, TPS61169, TPA6203A1An ultraviolet (UV) sterilization box is designed to use UV rays to kill bacteria. UV LEDs can produce UV rays of 260 nm ...

Sensors measure the processes in factory environments to control the conditions in the overall system through the programmable logic controller (PLC). Typical measurements are temperature, pressure, flow and level. There are different techniques that...

Every industrial Ethernet protocol has a unique history and differing benefits for industrial applications. In this article, I’ll provide a brief overview and key benefits for three key protocols: EtherCAT, Profinet...

More than ever, as people in both developed and developing countries rely on air conditioners (ACs) for a comfortable living space, there’s been a rapid increase in energy consumption.

According to “The...

Other Parts Discussed in Post: BQ24040, BQ21061, BQ2970, DRV10964, TPS7A03, TPS7A02, TPS61023Wearing an electric mask, also known as an E-mask or digital mask, can increase your comfort level compared to disposable or N95 masks. An electric mask is s...

Other Parts Discussed in Post: TMS320F280049CNow coming out of its infancy, the residential energy storage market is on the brink of explosive growth. In the U.S. alone, this market has had 232% year-on-year growth since the first quarter of 2018, wi...