One year after introducing its millimeter wave (mmWave) single-chip, Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) sensor, Texas Instruments has announced the mass production of its highly integrated, ultra-wideband AWR1642 and IWR1642 mmWave sensors. These sensors support frequencies from 76-81GHz and deliver three times more accurate sensing and the smallest footprint at a fraction of the power of competing sensor technologies.

TI's TIDA-01357 reference design offers a DC motor control solution for multiple automotive HVAC flap actuators or dampers. This design demonstrates a cost-effective motor driver solution for six flap actuators/dampers where all six motors can be driven simultaneously with an output current up to 0.4A per motor.

TI's DRV870x-Q1 family of devices is a single H-bridge gate driver that uses four external N-channel MOSFETs targeted to drive a bidirectional brushed-DC motor. A PH/EN, independent H-Bridge, or PWM interface allows simple interfacing to controller circuits. An internal sense amplifier provides adjustable current control. The gate driver includes circuitry to regulate the winding current using fixed off-time PWM current chopping.

The integrated circuits and reference designs from Texas Instruments will help you accelerate the electronic design for automotive sliding door modules through high performance motor drivers and cost-optimised solutions. TI analogue products provide intelligent drive capabilities with enhanced diagnostics, robust power conversion and adjustable outputs.

TI's TIDA-01530 reference design drives a two-speed front windshield wiper, one or two rear wipers, and the pump, which sprays the front and back windshields in an automobile. In addition to controlling the brushed motors for the wipers and pump, this design includes inputs for wiper parking signals as well as diagnostic and protection features.

Texas Instruments' DRV870xD-Q1 family of devices is a half-bridge gate driver that uses two external N-channel MOSFETs targeted to drive unidirectional brushed-DC motors or solenoid loads. The PWM interface allows simple interfacing to controller circuits. An internal sense amplifier provides adjustable current control. The gate driver includes circuitry to regulate the winding current using fixed off-time PWM current chopping.

In the past few generations of automobiles, there have been significant advancements in vehicle traction systems and other systems that provide road, vehicle, and entertainment information to drivers and passengers. Another significant trend that is expanding rapidly is features designed to make occupants inside the vehicle more comfortable. Collectively known as body electronics, these systems allow vehicle occupant...

This video from Texas Instruments will highlight the voltage supervisor and explain what a voltage supervisor is, how it works, and go over use cases.

This video from Texas Instruments provides a brief overview of how high speed amplifiers like OPA 365-Q1 from Texas Instruments are being used in current monitoring applications to enable the next generation of hybrid and electric vehicles.

Although the summer is fast approaching and school begins to wind down, it's not a time to stop learning, especially in critical Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) fields. The National Summer Learning Association reports that students lose an equivalent of two months of their grade-level math computational skills over the summer. And, when kids return to school in the fall, about nine out of ten teachers will spend as much as t...

Battery Management Studio (bqStudio) is the standard tool to interface with all battery management gauges highlighting the setup, software, configuring and generating logs and golden files.

With the help of mentors from Texas Instruments, the Conrad High School robotics team had one of its best robotics seasons yet.

A 5.5V step-down power module that delivers a continuous 6A output current with up to 95% efficiency has been introduced by Texas Instruments. The TPSM82480 DC/DC module integrates power Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistors (MOSFETs) and shielded inductors into a tiny, low profile footprint for space- and height-constrained applications such as point-of-load telecommunications, networking, and test and measurement pow...

This video will teach you how to increase the safety of your system, extend battery runtime, state of health with protection, and monitoring solutions from Texas Instruments.

This video covers the fundamentals of PIR motion detector design, and analyses the differences between analogue and digital solutions.

  A new automotive Ethernet physical layer (PHY) transceiver has been introduced by Texas Instruments. It cuts the external component count and board space in half and consumes as little as half the power of competitive solutions.

Explore where LIN transceivers are used in automotive applications. This video also highlights key considerations for selecting the right LIN transceiver.

Learn about the basic functions, as well as technical challenges, of radio reception in a vehicle; and how Jacinto DRA7xx processors provide an easy solution.

Learn how to create a low power, connected MCU-based smart thermostat to link a variety of sensors securely to the cloud to enable remote monitoring and control.

Looking for a fast way to get from the train station to his office, Lucas Schulte built an electric scooter that hits 20mph and cost just $300.