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Texas Instruments (TI) has introduced its new opto-emulator portfolio of signal isolation semiconductors, designed to improve signal integrity, consume less power, and extend the lifetime of high-voltage industrial and automotive applications. TI’s inaugural opto-emulators are pin-to-pin compatible with the industry’s most common optocouplers, enabling seamless integration into existing designs while leveraging the unique benefits of…

Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) has announced plans to expand its internal manufacturing footprint in Malaysia with two new assembly and test factories in Kuala Lumpur and Melaka. Together, these new investments will support TI’s plan to bring 90% of its assembly and test operations internal by 2030 to have greater control of supply. “We are…

Texas Instruments (TI) has debuted the industry’s first stand-alone active electromagnetic interference (EMI) filter integrated circuits (ICs), enabling engineers to implement smaller, lighter EMI filters, to enhance system functionality at reduced system cost — while simultaneously meeting EMI regulatory standards. As electrical systems become increasingly dense and interconnected, mitigating EMI is a critical system design…

Texas Instruments (TI), a provider of high-voltage semiconductor solutions, announced that Chicony Power designed in TI’s integrated gallium-nitride (GaN) technology to power its latest 65-W laptop power adapter, Le Petit. Leveraging TI’s half-bridge GaN FET with integrated gate driver, LMG2610, Chicony Power and TI collaborated on a design to reduce the size of Chicony’s power adapter…

Texas Instruments (TI) announced an expansion in its portfolio of space-grade analog semiconductor products in highly reliable plastic packages for a diverse range of missions. TI developed a new device screening specification called space high-grade in plastic (SHP) for radiation-hardened products and introduced new analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) that meet the SHP qualification. TI also introduced…

Enabling smarter connections to the world around us, Texas Instruments (TI) has introduced new Matter-enabled software development kits for Wi-Fi and Thread SimpleLink wireless microcontrollers (MCUs) that will streamline the adoption of the Matter protocol in the Internet of Things (IoT) applications. The software builds on TI’s close involvement with the Connectivity Standards Alliance and innovation in…

Several consumer devices now involve temperature monitoring. For example, most of the air conditioners on the market feature climate control, where the AC continuously monitors the ambient temperature of a room and accordingly regulates the air conditioning. Even some digital clocks now have temperature monitors embedded in them. Many other consumer appliances also offer temperature…

Texas Instruments (TI) has expanded its connectivity portfolio with a new family of wireless microcontrollers (MCU) that enable high-quality Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) at half the price of competing devices. Featuring best-in-class standby current and radio-frequency (RF) performance, the SimpleLink Bluetooth LE CC2340 family is built on the foundation of TI’s decades of wireless connectivity expertise.…

Expanding on its history of delivering highly integrated processors, Texas Instruments (TI) has introduced the new Sitara AM62 processors that help expand edge artificial-intelligence (AI) processing into next-generation applications. The low-power design of the new processors enables support for dual-screen displays and small-size human-machine interface (HMI) applications. TI will showcase the new AM62 processors and…

Texas Instruments (TI) has officially broken ground on its new 300-mm semiconductor wafer-fabrication plants (or “fabs”) in Sherman, Texas. In a groundbreaking ceremony attended by elected officials and community leaders, TI Chairman, President and CEO Rich Templeton celebrated the start of construction on the largest private-sector economic investment in Texas history and reiterated the company’s commitment to expanding…

Texas Instruments (TI) demonstrated at the Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC) last week, focused on how engineers can overcome some of their most pressing power-management design challenges. The company showcased the newest additions to its power-management portfolio and demonstrate system-level solutions for increasing power density, reducing electromagnetic interference (EMI), noise, and quiescent current (IQ), and…

In the previous tutorial, we learned how to display custom characters on a character LCD. Character LCD is the most commonly used display device in embedded systems and circuits.  Although character LCDs are from sophisticated, they provide a simple interface that’s easy to use and learn. They also convey useful information about operating conditions, warnings,…

Texas Instruments (TI) has announced plans to begin construction next year on its new 300-millimeter semiconductor wafer fabrication plants (or “fabs”) in Sherman, Texas. The North Texas site has the potential for up to four fabs to meet demand over time, as semiconductor growth in electronics, particularly in industrial and automotive markets, is expected to continue well…

Texas Instruments (TI) introduced a new bidirectional buck/boost converter with an ultra-low quiescent current (IQ) of 60 nA, which is one-third the IQ of competing boost converters. The TPS61094 buck/boost converter integrates a buck mode for supercapacitor charging while providing ultra-low IQ, enabling engineers to extend battery life by as much as 20 percent when compared…

Texas Instruments (TI) has introduced the industry’s most accurate 3D Hall-effect position sensor. With the TMAG5170, engineers can achieve uncalibrated ultra-high precision at speeds up to 20 kSPS for faster and more accurate real-time control in factory automation and motor-drive applications. The sensor provides integrated functions and diagnostics to maximize design flexibility and system safety,…

Texas Instruments (TI) recently introduced the industry’s smallest and most accurate 1.5-W isolated DC/DC bias-supply module. The UCC14240-Q1 uses a proprietary integrated transformer technology to enable designers to cut their power solution size in half for use in high-voltage environments such as electric vehicles (EVs), hybrid EVs, motor-drive systems, and grid-tied inverters. With the accelerating…

Texas Instruments (TI) has announced that its gallium-nitride (GaN) technology and C2000 real-time microcontrollers (MCUs) are being combined with Delta Electronics’ high-efficiency power electronics expertise in the design of an enterprise server power-supply unit (PSU). They feature an 80-percent improvement in power density with one percent better efficiency — up to 99.2 percent — for…

Texas Instruments (TI) has introduced the industry’s first 70-W brushless DC (BLDC) motor drivers to provide code-free, sensorless trapezoidal and field-oriented control (FOC). The devices enable engineers to spin a BLDC motor in less than 10 minutes — eliminating months of design time for engineers designing a wide variety of industrial systems (such as major…

Texas Instruments (TI) is introducing a new high-performance microcontroller (MCU) portfolio that advances real-time control, networking, and analytics applications at the edge. With new Sitara AM2x MCUs, engineers can achieve 10 times the computing capability of traditional, flash-based MCUs. This high-performance portfolio closes the growing gap between today’s MCUs and processors, enabling designers to push…

Texas Instruments (TI) has introduced the first devices in a new family of humidity sensors that provide the industry’s highest reliability and accuracy and the lowest power consumption – along with built-in protection of sensing elements. The HDC3020 and HDC3020-Q1 will allow engineers to create more reliable industrial and automotive systems that withstand potential damage…