Frequent Questions

  • [FAQ] What is charge injection, crosstalk, off isolation...etc? Is there a glossary of terms?

    I need a better understanding of these terms that pertain to multiplexers and switches and was hoping to get a better understanding of these specs and similar specs that show up in typical datasheets.

  • [FAQ] TLV320DAC32: Example Scripts and Unused I/O Pins Connection Tips

    Part Number: TLV320DAC32 Hi! The TLV320DAC32 is one of our low power stereo DAC that supports headphone outputs. This device has 2 registers pages with around 128 registers that need to be configured in order to use all the functions of the TLV320DAC32…

  • [FAQ] Designing High-Side and 3-Phase Isolator MOSFET Circuits in Motor Applications

    Automotive motor systems, like those in electric power steering (EPS) systems, often utilize isolation switches to disable various parts of the power stage in response to system faults. These isolation switches are most commonly used to isolate the power…

  • [FAQ] Protecting Automotive Motor-Drive Systems from Reverse Polarity

    This app note discusses the challenges and solutions for reverse polarity protection of Automotive designs as they relate to Motor Drives: http://www.ti.com/lit/an/slva835a/slva835a.pdf

  • [FAQ] TMS320F28035: Q. What are some design considerations when an application desires the use of WDFLAG bit to distinguish between a watchdog (WD) initiated reset and other forms of reset?

    Part Number: TMS320F28035 A. Many C2000 devices have internal circuitry to detect if a watchdog reset (WDRST) or a Power-on-Reset (POR)/External reset (by way of activating the -XRS pin) has occurred. This article describes how this circuitry works…

  • [FAQ] LAUNCHXL-CC26X2R1: SIMPLELINK-CC13x2-26x2-SDK: RTLS Known Issues and Fixes

    Part Number: LAUNCHXL-CC26X2R1 Known limitations (all SDK versions) 1. [connection-AoA] The peripheral (rtls_slave) cannot answer a CTE request (LL_CTE_REQ PDU) with a LL_CTE_RSP in the same connection event. In other words, the peripheral will send…

  • [FAQ] CCS: Dark Themes out of the box UNUSABLE, when or how will that change ?

    Tool/software: Code Composer Studio Hi there, due to this useless anyway highlighting of identifiers once the cursor is in the text, dark themes are not usable. How can I get rid of this stupid identifier highlighting or change the color selection for…

  • [FAQ] CAN transceiver power consumption

    Other Parts Discussed in Thread: TCAN1043 How can the power consumption of a CAN transceiver in active operation be calculated?

  • [FAQ] CCS: How do I use printf to debug my application running on SimpleLink device?

    Tool/software: Code Composer Studio How do I use printf to debug my application running on SimpleLink device? Is the process different when using the TI compiler vs the Linaro GNU compiler?

  • [FAQ] TUSB1044: How to configure a PD controller to configure TUSB1044 and support virtual HPD?

    Part Number: TUSB1044 When using a PD controller to configure a TUSB1044 (Type-C Linear Redriver) over I2C it is best to follow the scheme below for programming the PD in this regard. This scheme also includes support for applications in need of a "virtual…

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