In the journey toward more autonomous zone architectures, software-driven decision-making requires precise timing and reliable clocking circuits. From advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) to in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) and high-speed data networks, automakers are implementing the Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) 6.0 specification, Gigabit Ethernet, and serializers and deserializers (SerDes) to improve safety and enhance the...

RS-485 has been the most used wired communications interface in industrial applications for more than two decades now. Balanced differential signalling of RS-485 allows for rejection of common mode noise and facilitates communications over long distances in noisy industrial environments.

Design safer, smarter and more compact humanoid robots with our system-level solutions. By leveraging our advanced gallium nitride (GaN), gate driver and precision sensing devices in your robot designs, you can drive progress across industries to increase productivity, enhance safety, and improve daily living, all while meeting your cost and performance requirements.

Recent publicity has attracted the public eye to the development of automated vehicles, especially Google’s experimental cars that have logged thousands of self-driven miles with minimal help from human drivers.

Modern vehicles demand robust safety systems to meet increasingly stringent regulations. This white paper explores how System Basis Chips (SBCs) support functional safety in automotive designs, detailing their role in diagnostics, power management, and compliance with ISO 26262 standards - crucial for the development of advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous driving technologies.

Engineers, if you're building systems that demand accurate, high-speed pulsed or continuous current drive — the LMH13000 is designed with you in mind. This voltage-controlled current source delivers rise/fall times under 1 ns, supports up to 5A pulsed output, and uses TI’s proprietary HotRod™ package for ultra-low inductance and high-speed switching. With built-in thermal shutdown and voltage programmability, it's ready to pu...

Texas Instruments (TI) is demonstrating new power-management products and designs at the PCIM Expo and Conference, 6-8th May in Nuremberg, Germany.

Lidar, which means light detection and ranging but is sometimes called time of flight (ToF), laser scanning or laser radar – is a sensing method that detects objects and maps their distances. The technology works by illuminating a target with an optical pulse and measuring the characteristics of the reflected return signal.

Humans have been driving vehicles for over a hundred years, with a less than stellar safety record. While vehicles are safer now than they have ever been, automotive accidents and fatalities have been increasing in many regions of the world. This trend can be attributed, in part, to the increasing number of distractions confronting drivers.

Here, you’ll find a selection of the latest news, products, and articles from Texas Instruments focused on the embedded industry.

Semiconductors are crucial to designing new and evolving vehicles; a vehicle today has between 1,000 and 3,500 semiconductors. As drivers continue to prioritize features such as advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), the importance of semiconductors in the vehicles of today – and tomorrow – will only increase. Looking ahead, more than 50 percent of vehicles in the US are estimated to have a full suite of ADAS f...

Have you ever wondered where manufacturers get those nice rounded-off numbers for maintenance timelines? Who decided that every 5,000 miles was the best time to change your vehicle’s oil? The truth is, in some cases, it isn’t. With technology advancing by leaps and bounds, there has been a major focus on implementing a method of proactive maintenance based on perceived future need, not a specific time period or mileage.

With over three decades of embedded development experience, commitment to industry standards, and an active involvement in the open source community, we offer software, tools and resources that simplify your development process, enhance long-term stability and accelerate your time to market.

This reference design illustrates a motor inverter with MSPM0G, an Arm Cortex-M0+ core microcontroller. The design not only supports a sensorless Field Oriented Control (FOC) algorithm with 1-3 shunt resistors, but also a sensored motor driving algorithm with a Hall or Quadrature Encoder Interface (QEI) sensor.

Robotic system designers are faced with growing design complexity as they strive to meet the demand for robots with higher levels of automation. This increased complexity is especially prevalent in robots that closely collaborate with humans like collaborative robots (cobots) and autonomous mobile robots (AMR).

Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) help improve productivity and operation efficiency in manufacturing, warehousing, logistics, and so forth. For example, AMRs can carry packages in warehouses and logistic centers, vacuum-clean floors, and serve foods and drinks in restaurants. Early AMRs used to operate in workspaces restricted from humans and navigated along the predetermined path guided by lanes and AprilTags on the ground. 

Texas Instruments (TI) has introduced a new portfolio of automotive LiDAR, clock, and radar chips to help automakers transform vehicle safety by bringing more autonomous features to a wider range of cars.

This reference design provides a high efficiency power stage solution for smart thermostats and other gateway building automation end equipment using a 24 VAC power source. This power stage takes a 24-VAC input and produces a 5 V and 3.3 V output rail, which can power additional point-of-load converters if added.

Industrial robotics has undergone a remarkable evolution in recent years, driven by advancements in semiconductor technology and the increasing demand for smarter, safer, and more efficient systems.

The MSPM0C1104 microcontroller, powered by a 24MHz Arm® Cortex®-M0+ core, is ideal for ultra-low-power, high-performance applications. With 16KB flash and 1KB SRAM, this MCU supports a wide range of analog and digital peripherals, making it perfect for automotive, industrial, and IoT designs.