3L, the Multiprocessor Design Company, announced today that it has joined the Texas Instruments Developer Network as a provider of multiprocessor design solutions. The announcement strengthens 3L’s multiprocessor design flow targeting TI digital signal processors and offers tighter integration between 3L’s Diamond multiprocessor tool suite and the TI portfolio of DSPs as well as Code Composer StudioT (CCStudio) integrated development enviro...

Minimizing the complexity of software integration with a uniform open source multimedia framework, Texas Instruments has announced a new GStreamer plug-in for developers designing with OMAP35x processors and digital media processors based on DaVinci technology. With the new GStreamer plug-in, embedded Linux developers can leverage an open source library to incorporate audio and video playback, audio and video synchronization and recording capabil...

Texas Instruments has introduced a high-efficiency, high-power Power-over-Ethernet controller for 13 or 26W powered device applications, such as IP phones, wireless access points or security cameras. Fully compliant to the IEEE 802.3at draft 4.0 standard, the integrated TPS23754 supports DC/DC converter topologies that can achieve higher than 90 percent power conversion efficiency, which reduces heat and increases reliability of the system. The s...

Texas Instruments has announced that it will expand its microcontroller (MCU) portfolio with the acquisition of Luminary Micro, the market-leading supplier of ARM Cortex-M3-based 32-bit MCUs. The addition of Luminary Micro’s Stellaris family of Cortex-M3 processors will accelerate TI’s ability to provide the industry’s most complete MCU portfolio. This acquisition means that customers can now enjoy the innovative capabilities of Stellaris M...

Texas Instruments, an active member of the SuperSpeed USB 3.0 promoters group, has introduced a new 5-Gbps transceiver test chip designed to the USB 3.0 specification version 1.0. The new transceiver is capable of driving and receiving signals over 4-m USB 3.0 cables to ensure data integrity. This transceiver will be demonstrated at the USB Developers Conference in Tokyo, Japan on May 21-22.

Portable consumer electronics designers can save board space with the PicoStar package that Texas Instruments introduced today. The ultra-thin package, about as thin as a human hair, is the first to give system designers the option to embed silicon components inside the printed circuit board to maximize board space. Devices in this form factor are 50 percent thinner than similar chips in traditional packages and enable smaller, thinner end equipm...

Portable consumer electronics designers can save board space with the PicoStar package that Texas Instruments introduced today. The ultra-thin package, about as thin as a human hair, is the first to give system designers the option to embed silicon components inside the printed circuit board to maximize board space. Devices in this form factor are 50 percent thinner than similar chips in traditional packages and enable smaller, thinner end equipm...

Texas Instruments hsd introduced a complete 2.4-GHz radio frequency system-on-chip solution supporting the IEEE 802.15.4 standard and an extensive set of applications, including ZigBee PRO networks, ZigBee RF4CE remote controls, smart energy, home and building automation, environmental monitoring and wireless medical. Unlike competing solutions, the CC2530 provides up to 256K Flash to enable development of multiple network protocols, which TI sup...

Texas Instruments has announced a family of 24-bit, low-noise temperature measurement analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) featuring what is says is industry leading power consumption and integration.

Texas Instruments has announced that its TMS320DM365 digital media processor based on DaVinci technology has been selected by VIVOTEK, one of the leading global suppliers of IP surveillance equipments, to drive its new high performance 2-megapixel network cameras. VIVOTEK's new IP8161 dual-mode (night/day) network camera supports H.264 compression, providing outstanding image quality and superior streaming efficiency. With the built-in removable ...

Texas Instruments has announced the company’s strong endorsement of the ZigBee Alliance’s recent announcement to integrate Internet Protocol (IP) and open standards. The plan to incorporate global IT standards from the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) will allow continued growth of smart grid applications beyond the smart meter with the proven ZigBee Smart Energy public application profile. ...

Texas Instruments has introduced three new precision clock generators that have a crystal input, replacing up to four discrete high-frequency crystal oscillators with a single device. These devices provide a more cost-efficient solution that saves up to 50 percent more board space than competing solutions today. The CDCM61004 family improves system performance by achieving integrated RMS jitter of 500 fs, well suited for data communications equip...

To quickly and efficiently develop reliable, convenient and low-cost medical devices, engineers require microcontrollers (MCUs) that provide low power consumption, high performance and targeted peripheral integration. Addressing this need, Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) today announced the new MSP430FG47x ultra-low power MCU series.

Texas Instruments has introduced a dual, 14-bit analog-to-digital converter (ADC) at 250 MSPS (mega samples per second) to deliver a premier combination of wide signal bandwidth, high dynamic performance and low power consumption. The ADS62P49 achieves 73-dBFS signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and 85-dBc spurious-free dynamic range (SFDR) at an input frequency of 60 MHz. With the industry’s fastest sample rate, the ADS62P49 provides increased sig...

TI has introduced today the industry’s smallest 1.1-A Li-Ion linear battery charger with integrated 50-mA low-dropout regulator to support mobile phones and other handheld electronics. The new bq25040 comes in a small 2 mm x 3 mm package, and can regulate voltage within one-percent accuracy from a USB port or AC adapter. The device’s integrated LDO allows a mobile application to power up instantly from an external power source, even w...

Combining the ease-of-use and precision of floating-point programming with the connectivity and lower-cost options of fixed-point devices, Texas Instruments has announced the availability of the TMS320C6743 digital signal processor (DSP). Based on the TMS320C674x core, the new low-power DSP couples the high precision and wide dynamic range of TI’s floating-point TMS320C67x+ core with the higher system performance of TI’s fixed-point T...

Symbian Foundation today announced the Zoom OMAP34x-II mobile development platform (MDP) based on OMAP technology from Texas Instruments as the first standard hardware development platform for developers that will help drive open source innovation on the Symbian platform.

Expanding the company’s line of Fusion Digital Power controllers, Texas Instruments has introduced a new dual-output, multi-phase synchronous buck controller that can support various point-of-load configurations.

To answer security designers needs to create advanced surveillance products with less resources, Texas Instruments has announced today two comprehensive and cost-effective reference designs for Internet Protocol cameras and digital video recorders. These reference designs, powered by the new TMS320DM365 digital media processor based on DaVinci technology, provide high-definition (HD) H.264 in high, main or base profile (D1, 720p @ 30 fps or 1080p...

Users of music phones and MP3 players can benefit from dramatically extended music playback time enabled by two new 25-mW Class-G, DirectPath stereo headphone amplifiers from Texas Instruments, which adjust their voltage supplies to the audio signal to minimize power dissipation. In a standalone Lithium-Ion battery test between TI’s Class-G technology and a competing ground-referenced Class-AB device, the TPA6140A2 and TPA6141A2 reduced pow...