Texas Instruments today introduced two ultra-low power, short-range wireless connectivity solutions for consumer medical, mobile accessories, and sports and wellness applications. The CC2540 single-mode Bluetooth low energy system-on-chip and the CC257x ANT network processor can enable target applications to operate on a coin cell for more than a year. As the only supplier of solutions for both sides of Bluetooth low energy (single and dual mode)...

Texas Instruments today announced its first wafer fabrication facility, or “fab,” in China. This important milestone puts manufacturing close to the company’s growing customer base there. Located in the Chengdu High-tech Zone (CDHT), which is considered by many to be China’s next major technology hub, TI Chengdu will further expand TI’s analog production capacity.

Texas Instruments today introduced six- and four-channel electromagnetic interference (EMI) filters for LCD display applications, the TPD6F202 and TPD4F202. Electrostatic discharge (ESD) ratings exceed the IEC 61000-4-2 specification by at least three times for contact discharge. Both are 67 percent better than the specification for air-gap discharge. This allows the signal to be transmitted through the device while it filters out the higher freq...

This cost-effective bundle combines the Stellaris Robotic Evaluation Board with the Micrium µC/OS-III: The Real-Time Kernel book by Jean J. Labrosse. The book puts the spotlight on how a real-time kernel works by using Micrium´s µC/OS-III as a descriptive reference in part one, and then putting the concepts into practice with example projects that use the richly-featured and just plain fun Texas Instruments EVM-EVALBOT robotic evaluation board...

TI demonstrates advanced video capabilities for mobile devices.

Delivering a fun platform for learning and evaluating real-time software and Stellaris microcontrollers (MCUs), Texas Instruments today announced the availability of its new Robotic Evaluation Board (EVALBOT) for use with Micrium’s µC/OS-III. The evaluation kit is a mini robot that allows developers to experience the Stellaris ARM® Cortex™-M3-based LM3S9B92 MCU in real-world applications that leverage the processor’s i...

Today, Texas Instruments Incorporated is launching two free software development tools to enable ARM®, Linux™ and system developers to easily leverage the real-time, intensive signal processing power of the TMS320C6000™ digital signal processor (DSP) in TI’s integrated floating- and fixed-point DSP + ARM processors. The C6EZRun and C6EZAccel software development tools allow ARM developers to quickly and easily program the DSP. This simpl...

Power line communications use existing power line infrastructures as a cost-effective alternative to wireless and other wired communications standards, introducing intelligent monitoring and control to industrial applications such as smart metering. With the many protocol standards and modulation schemes available, developers need a flexible development platform that simplifies design, allows for optimization to environmental conditions, support...

Texas Instruments introduced two new fully integrated analog front ends (AFEs) with a continuous wave (CW) Doppler mixer for mid- to high-end, Spectral Doppler ultrasound equipment [view video]. The AFE5807 and AFE5808 address ultrasound designers’ need for superior performance and image quality with the best noise performance at 0.75 nV/rtHz.

Texas Instruments annonce le lancement d’une nouvelle alimentation double sortie conçue pour améliorer la qualité d’image des écrans OLED à matrice active (AMOLED) exigeant des rails d’alimentation positive et négative. Afin de réduire au maximum les ondulations de sortie dus au changements soudains de tension d'entrée ou de charge, le TPS65137 intègre un post-r&eacu...

Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE:TXN) lance aujourd'hui un nouvel émetteur-récepteur de polarité symétrique, qui permet de protéger le système contre les pertes de communication et les dommages potentiels dans le cas où les câbles de signal sont inversés par inadvertance lors de l'installation ou de l'entretien. Le SN65HVD96, qui utilise la technologie SymPol™ de TI dont...

Merging the performance and ease-of-use of Stellaris® ARM® Cortex™-M3-based microcontrollers (MCU) with leading wireless connectivity solutions, Texas Instruments today launched three new wireless kits. The kits serve as modular extensions to TI’s Stellaris DK-LM3S9B96 development kit to give engineers complete software and reference design solutions for adding RFID, low-power RF and ZigBee capabilities to designs. With this o...

Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) lance aujourd’hui un transmetteur CAN (Controller Area Network) surpassant l’ensemble des spécifications relatives à la couche physique de DeviceNet. Le SN65HVD252 répond aux budgets-temps en termes de latence et permet un interfaçage directe aux microcontrôleurs 3,3V. Conçu pour fonctionner en environnement industriel exigeant (automatisation ind...

Texas Instruments introduced a high-efficiency, ultra-low power step-down converter for energy harvesting and low-power applications. The new TPS62120 achieves 96 percent efficiency, and can generate a 75 mA output current from an input voltage of 2 V to 15 V. The high-performance device supports energy harvesting and battery-powered applications, as well as 9-V and 12-V line-powered systems.

Texas Instruments lance un amplificateur opérationnel entièrement différentiel à haute linéarité et faible distorsion offrant une précision à pleine échelle de 16bits jusqu’à une fréquence intermédiaire de 200MHz afin d’optimiser les performances de la chaîne de traitement de signal pour les stations de base sans fil, ainsi que les applications d...

Texas Instruments today introduced a controller area network (CAN) transceiver that exceeds all DeviceNet™ physical layer specifications. The SN65HVD252 supports critical time budgets for latency and readily connects to a 3.3-V microcontroller. Designed for operation in harsh industrial environments, such as factory automation, process control equipment, networked sensors or building automation, this device features bus-pin voltage protection f...

Driving smaller, lower cost products that run from a single-cell battery, Texas Instruments today announced the industry’s first true 0.9-V microcontroller (MCU) as the newest addition to the ultra-low-power MSP430™ MCU portfolio. Unlike existing MCUs that claim 0.9-V technology, TI’s MSP430L092 MCU inherently operates at 0.9-V, including the entire analog and digital logic. Because it operates at 0.9-V, the MSP430 MCU does not ...

Texas Instruments today introduced a high-linearity, low-distortion, fully-differential operational amplifier (op amp) that delivers 16-bit full-scale precision up to 200 MHz IF to maximize signal chain performance for wireless base stations, high-speed data acquisition, test and measurement, medical imaging and defense applications. The THS770006 op amp has an output third-order intercept (OIP3) of 48 dBm and the lowest distortion in its class,...

Demonstrating its commitment to provide the most comprehensive products and tools for power line communications (PLC) development, Texas Instruments Incorporated today announced the new PLC Development Kit (TMDSPLCKIT-V2) based on the industry’s only PLC modem solution capable of supporting multiple modulation and protocol standards on a single hardware platform. The new kit provides everything developers need to network systems and impleme...

Allowing designers to create energy-efficient portable and battery-powered applications at higher levels of performance, Texas Instruments Incorporated today announced the availability of TMS320C5504 and TMS320C5505 ultra-low-power digital signal processors (DSPs) at 150 MHz, providing 25 percent higher performance than previous C55x devices.