Texas Instruments brings you the latest in Robotics
Here, you’ll find a selection of the latest news, products, and articles from Texas Instruments focused on Robotics.
In the factory and beyond, how robots are enhancing our world
Advancements in robotics – and the semiconductors that support them – are helping make our lives more efficient. From the factory floor to offices and even our living rooms, robotic systems are redefining our limits for productivity and reshaping how we interact with each other and our world.
Cobots bring the future to the factory
Robots have been key to process automation for decades and are a fixture on automotive assembly lines and in other manufacturing environments. But safety concerns have typically separated robots from humans.
Simplifying Robotics Motor Drive Safety Assessments
With the increasing use of robotic systems in industrial environments, industry safety requirements and national and international safety regulations need to continually be updated to make sure that humans have a secure environment when working in close proximity to machines. Functional safety assessments are required to demonstrate that devices meet safety requirements and can responsibly be released to market.
Achieving Better Signal Integrity With Isolated Delta Sigma Modulators in Motor Drives
High-performance servo control is crucial to various industrial manufacturing processes which use motor drives for example, in applications like computer numerical control (CNC)machining, pick-and-place machines, and industrial robots. The performance of control algorithms implemented in a servo drive depends on accurate motor current feedback.
How motor drive innovations are helping solve robotic movement design challenges
From surgical procedures to lifting thousands of kilos in manufacturing plants, robots simplify many aspects of our lives. And while the impact that robots have in our modern world may be obvious, have you ever wondered how robotic systems achieve such impressively precise, fast and powerful motions? If your answer was motors, you would be correct!
How MCUs increase system performance in robot motor control designs
Robotic systems automate repetitive tasks, handling complex, powerful motions and working in environments that are dangerous or harmful to humans. More integrated, higher-performance microcontrollers (MCUs) enable higher power efficiency and smoother and safer motion with much higher accuracy, therefore increasing productivity and automation. For example, higher accuracy – sometimes within 0.1 mm – is important for applications that handle laser welding, precision coatings, or inkjet or 3D printing.
102-V max 3-phase Functional Safety Quality-Managed smart gate driver
The DRV835xF family of devices are highly-integrated gate drivers for three-phase brushless DC (BLDC) motor applications. The device variants provide optional integrated current shunt amplifiers to support different motor control schemes.
Quad-core Arm Cortex-R5F-based MCU
AM243x is an extension of Sitara’s industrial-grade portfolio into high-performance microcontrollers. The AM243x device is built for industrial applications, such as motor drives and remote I/O modules, which require a combination of real-time communications and processing. The AM243x family provides scalable performance with up to four Cortex-R5F MCUs, one Cortex-M4F, and two instances of Sitara’s gigabit TSN-enabled PRU_ICSSG.
Quad-core Arm Cortex-R5F MCU up to 400MHz with real-time control and security
The AM263x Sitara Arm Microcontrollers are built to meet the complex real-time processing needs of next generation industrial and automotive embedded products. The AM263x MCU family consists of multiple pin-to-pin compatible devices with up to four 400MHz Arm Cortex-R5F cores.
TMS320F28P650DK
The TMS320F28P65x (F28P65x) is a member of the C2000 real-time microcontroller family of scalable, ultra-low latency devices designed for efficiency in power electronics, including but not limited to: high power density, high switching frequencies, and supporting the use of IGBT, GaN, and SiC technologies.
3kVrms, 5A/5A single-channel isolated gate driver
The UCC53x0 is a family of single-channel, isolated gate drivers designed to drive MOSFETs, IGBTs, SiC MOSFETs, and GaN FETs (UCC5350SBD). The UCC53x0S provides a split output that controls the rise and fall times individually. The UCC53x0M connects the gate of the transistor to an internal clamp to prevent false turn-on caused by Miller current. The UCC53x0E has its UVLO2 referenced to GND2 to get a true UVLO reading.
1.5-A, 3-A, 200-V half bridge gate driver
The LMG1210 is a 200-V, half-bridge MOSFET and Gallium Nitride Field Effect Transistor (GaN FET) driver designed for ultra-high frequency, high efficiency applications that features adjustable deadtime capability, very small propagation delay, and 3.4-ns high-side low-side matching to optimise system efficiency. This part also features an internal LDO which ensures a gate-drive voltage of 5-V regardless of supply voltage
-5-V to 110-V bidirectional ultraprecise current sense amplifier
The INA241x is an ultra-precise, bidirectional current sense amplifier than can measure voltage drops across shunt resistors over a wide common-mode range from –5 V to 110 V, independent of the supply voltage. The high-precision current measurement is achieved through a combination of low offset voltage (±10 µV, maximum), small gain error (±0.01%, maximum) and a high DC CMRR (typical 166 dB). The INA241x is designed for high voltage, bidirectional measurements in switching systems that see large common-mode voltage transients at the device's inputs. The enhanced PWM rejection circuitry inside the INA241x ensures minimal signal disturbance at the output due to the common-mode voltage transitions at the input.
±1300V reinforced isolation, 80Arms 250kHz Hall-effect current sensor
The TMCS1123 is a galvanically isolated Hall-effect current sensor with industry leading isolation and accuracy. An output voltage proportional to the input current is provided with excellent linearity and low drift at all sensitivity options. Precision signal conditioning circuitry with built-in drift compensation is capable of less than 1.4% maximum sensitivity error over temperature and lifetime with no system level calibration, or less than 1% maximum sensitivity error including both lifetime and temperature drift with a one-time calibration at room temperature.
High voltage (up to 38-V), high bandwidth (30-kHz) Hall effect latch
The DRV5013 device is a chopper-stabilised Hall effect sensor that offers a magnetic sensing solution with superior sensitivity stability over temperature and integrated protection features.
Automotive high-precision analog AMR angle sensor
The TMAG6181-Q1 is a high-precision angle sensor based on Anisotropic Magneto Resistive (AMR) technology. The device features integrated signal conditioning amplifiers and provides differential sine and cosine analog outputs related to the direction of the applied in-plane magnetic field. This device also features two independent Hall sensors at X and Y axes that are used to keep track of rotations
TMS320F28388D
The TMS320F2838x (F2838x) is a member of the C2000 real-time microcontroller family of scalable, ultra-low latency devices designed for efficiency in power electronics, including but not limited to: high power density, high switching frequencies, and supporting the use of GaN and SiC technologies.
AMC1306M05
The AMC1306 is a precision, delta-sigma (ΔΣ) modulator with the output separated from the input circuitry by a capacitive double isolation barrier that is highly resistant to magnetic interference. This barrier is certified to provide reinforced isolation of up to 7000 VPEAK according to the DIN VDE V 0884-11 and UL1577 standards. Used in conjunction with isolated power supplies, this isolated modulator separates parts of the system that operate on different common mode voltage levels and protects lower-voltage parts from damage.
EtherCAT Slave and Multi-Protocol Industrial Ethernet Reference Design
This reference design implements a cost-optimised high EMC immunity EtherCAT slave (dual ports) with SPI-interface to the application processor. The hardware design is capable of supporting multi-protocol industrial ethernet and field-busses using the AMIC110 industrial communications processor.
Reinforced Isolated Phase Current Sense Reference Design
This reference design realises a reinforced isolated 3-phase inverter sub-system using isolated IGBT gate drivers and isolated current/voltage sensors. Precise in-line shunt based motor phase current sensing is done with AMC1306E25 delta sigma modulators. The modulator output is Manchester-encoded which simplifies the clock and data signal routing between the MCU and modulators.
AMC23C14
The AMC23C14 is a dual, isolated window comparator with a short response time. The open drain outputs are separated from the input circuitry by an isolation barrier that is highly resistant to magnetic interference. This barrier is certified to provide reinforced galvanic isolation of up to 5 kVRMS according to VDE 0884-17 and UL1577, and supports a working voltage of up to 1 kVPK.
High-precision, linear 3D Hall-effect sensor with SPI bus interface
The TMAG5170 is a high-precision linear 3D Halleffect sensor designed for a wide range of industrial and personal electronics applications. The high level of integration offers flexibility and accuracy in a variety of position sensing systems. This device features 3 independent Hall sensors at X, Y, and Z axes.
High-speed Hall-effect latch with low jitter (fast response)
The TMAG5115 device is a high performance Hall effect latch sensor with fast propagation delay and low jitter. The device also has high sensitivity stability over temperature and offers integrated protection features designed for applications that require high RPM. The combination of low jitter and low propagation delay can help increase power efficiency and reduce parasitic system-level noise.
2-V input, precision voltage sensing reinforced isolated amplifier
The AMC1311 is a precision, isolated amplifier with an output separated from the input circuitry by a capacitive isolation barrier that is highly resistant to magnetic interference. This barrier is certified to provide reinforced galvanic isolation of up to 5 kVRMS according to DIN EN IEC 60747-17 (VDE 0884-17) and UL1577 and supports a working voltage of up to 1500 VRMS.
±250-mV input, precision current sensing reinforced isolated amplifier
The AMC1300 is a precision, isolated amplifier with an output separated from the input circuitry by an isolation barrier that is highly resistant to magnetic interference. This barrier is certified to provide reinforced galvanic isolation of up to 5 kVRMS according to VDE V 0884-11 and UL1577. Used in conjunction with isolated power supplies, this isolated amplifier separates parts of the system that operate on different common-mode voltage levels and protects lower-voltage parts from damage.
AMC3301
The AMC3301 is a precision, isolated amplifier optimized for shunt-based current measurements. The fully integrated, isolated DC/DC converter allows single-supply operation from the low-side of the device, which makes the device a unique solution for space-constrained applications. The reinforced capacitive isolation barrier is certified according to VDE V 0884-11 and UL1577 and supports a working voltage of up to 1.2 kVRMS.
1.8-A/2.8-A, 620V half bridge driver with interlock
The UCC27712 is a 620-V high-side and low-side gate driver with 1.8-A source, 2.8-A sink current, targeted to drive power MOSFETs or IGBTs.
80V GaN Half Bridge Power Stage
The LMG5200 device, an 80-V, 10-A driver plus GaN half-bridge power stage, provides an integrated power stage solution using enhancement-mode Gallium Nitride (GaN) FETs. The device consists of two 80-V GaN FETs driven by one high-frequency GaN FET driver in a half-bridge configuration.
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