Connaught Electronics Limited (CEL) today announced that CEL has chosen Texas Instruments Incorporated’s DaVinci™ technology and TMS320DM64x™ digital media processors for their new range of single and multi-camera automotive vision systems.

Texas Instruments Incorporated today announced that its OMAP™ 2 platform has been selected to provide compelling multimedia functionality for one of NTT DoCoMo’s newest FOMA® 3G handsets, the FOMA N903i from NEC. Based on TI’s OMAP2430 processor, this handset delivers a wide range of entertainment and productivity functions, packaging some of the most desirable multimedia applications into a single handset supporting DVD-qua...

Texas Instruments Incorporated today announced that its OMAP™ 2 platform has been selected to provide compelling multimedia functionality for one of NTT DoCoMo’s newest FOMA® 3G handsets, the FOMA N903i from NEC. Based on TI’s OMAP2430 processor, this handset delivers a wide range of entertainment and productivity functions, packaging some of the most desirable multimedia applications into a single handset supporting DVD-quality video and...

Texas Instruments Incorporated today introduced the industry’s first fully integrated Power over Ethernet (PoE) management device that allows multi-port enterprise systems to deliver up to 25 watts of power over a standard Ethernet cable. Supporting operation at -40º to +125º C, the power source equipment (PSE) manager enables commercial, industrial, medical and military applications to manage Ethernet-powered devices using nearly...

Texas Instruments has announced its newest 3GHz-performing wireless infrastructure baseband product that boosts applications for GSM-based base stations while addressing new markets and requirements for WiMAX and TD-SCDMA. With three cores running at 1GHz each, the TMS320TCI6487 processor enables base station manufacturers to extend their existing designs while entering into new markets, requiring small form factor applications with an exceptiona...

Allowing designers to transition to higher-performing digital signal processors (DSPs) without compromising price, Texas Instruments has announced the availability of the cost-effective, high-performance TMS320C6454 DSP. Targeted for a myriad of infrastructure equipments including high-end telecom, wireless infrastructure, and video and imaging applications, the new 1-GHz C6454 DSP is based on the improved TMS320C64x+TM DSP core and TI's highest-...

Texas Instruments has introduced a 10A, non-isolated DC/DC power module with fast transient response and high performance. The plug-in module meets the strict three percent accuracy core voltage tolerance requirements of TI's newest 3-GHz digital signal processors (DSPs), such as the TMS320TCI6487, with only 3,000 µF of external output capacitance. The device also supports point-of-load systems that use high-performance DSPs, microprocessor...

Texas Instruments has introduced a monolithic 12-bit, 500 MSPS analog-to-digital converter (ADC) providing unmatched size and performance. The new pipeline ADC offers 64.5 dBFS signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) up to 500 MHz input frequency at 500 MSPS, bringing a new class of performance to customers previously confined to 8- and 10-bits of resolution. In a space-saving 14 mm x 14 mm package, the new ADC meets the resolution and speed requirements of ...

Texas Instruments has introduced what it says is the smalles the smallest two-bank, low dropout (LDO) regulator to support light emitting diode (LED) lighting in portable applications, such as mobile phones, navigation systems, MP3 and media players. The device enables quality color backlighting from a tiny 1.2 mm x 1.2 mm package, allowing end-users to experience blinking and dimming of color keypads and navigation pad lights.

Texas Instruments has introduced two precision operational amplifiers that combine ultra-low noise with lower power, smaller package size and higher bandwidth than competitive 36-V amplifiers. The OPA211 and OPA827 enable breakthrough performance for test and measurement, instrumentation, imaging, medical, audio and process control applications. These are the first devices developed using TI's groundbreaking BiCom3HV complementary bipolar 36-V si...

Delivering a clear path to innovative and cost-effective industrial control applications like digital power conversion, motor control and advanced sensing, Texas Instruments has announced volume availability of four low-cost TMS320F280xx digital signal processor-based controllers. The TMS320F28015 and F28016 digital signal controllers offer 60 MHz of performance starting as low as $3.25 (in 1Ku quantities); TMS320F2801-60 and F2802-60 controller...

Texas Instruments and Arrow Electronics will present a live Analog eLab Webcast for designers entitled EMI/RFI as Seen by Analog ICs on Wednesday, December 6, 2006, at 11:00 a.m. CST (18:00 hrs CET). During the online discussion, TI analog expert Bill Klein, P.E., and eLab panelists Carl Wolfe of TI and Peter Goad of Arrow Electronics will talk about types of interference that can impact analog circuit performance.

Texas Instruments has announced the availability of its Small Form Factor Software Defined Radio (SDR) Development Platform, the industry's first and only development platform targeted at the portable military communications market. The platform, developed in collaboration with Xilinx Inc. and other third parties, provides the entire signal chain hardware from antenna to baseband as well as a software board support package that supports a complet...

Texas Instruments is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the registration of its first business operations in Europe in November 1956. The first subsidiary to be set up was Texas Instruments Ltd, located in Bedford, UK. Today, TI's presence in Europe and the Middle East has grown to include over 30 sites in 19 different countries, including 13 R&D centers, an advanced wafer fabrication site in Freising, Germany, and a worldwide business & compet...

Texas Instruments Incorporated and Hie Electronics, Inc., a new company developing next-generation, digital video surveillance applications for extended data storage devices, today announced the selection of Hikvision to provide the compression cards in Hie Electronics’ video surveillance products.

Further demonstrating its commitment to improving all forms of Internet Protocol (IP)-based communications, Texas Instruments Incorporated today extends its PIQUA™ software with its first implementation in media gateways for carrier networks.

Building on its commitment to provide innovative semiconductor solutions to fast growing markets, Texas Instruments has announced that it is providing new levels of support to Russian-speaking markets to extend its local customer service. The enhanced technical service and support structure includes a local representative office in Moscow, a dedicated website and live technical information and support on a local phone number from its European Pr...

Texas Instruments has introduced a high performance, combo sample rate converter (SRC) from the company's Burr-Brown pro audio product line. The SRC4392 integrates a two-channel asynchronous SRC with a digital audio interface receiver (DIR) and transmitter (DIT). Featuring 144dB dynamic range, -140dB distortion and up to 216kHz sampling rates, the device is used in a variety of professional and broadcast audio applications, such as digital mixing...

Texas Instruments has introduced what it says is the industry's first fully-integrated register and phase-locked loop (PLL) for DDR3 registered dual in-line memory modules (RDIMMs). This single-chip device supports high data rates of 800 mega transfers per second (MT/s) to 1,066 MT/s. The device also reduces power consumption and board space to simplify the design of next-generation DDR3 memory modules for servers and workstations.

Texas Instruments has announced a low-power, +/-0.5C accurate, digital-output temperature sensor. The TMP275 is well-suited for precision temperature measurement in a wide range of communications, computer, consumer, environmental, industrial and instrumentation applications.