my.TI Newsletter - June 30, 2013
Sitara ARM
Cortex-A Processors:
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Beagle literally
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Data Converters:
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Engineering the
world through Analog
Our lives are
surrounded by analog everywhere we go. In everything from
power tools to a
runner?s heart-rate monitor to the factory robot,
analog chips are
managing power and converting and conditioning
signals. Learn
how analog will continue to make an impact on the way we
live, learn, work
and play on TI's signal chain blog, "Analog Wire."
Industrial
Strength Design ? Part II
II
Learn the ins and
outs of electromagnetic interference or EMI
susceptibility
and how it affects your industrial design on TI's blog,
"Energy
Zarr."
Power Management:
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No! Not that
button!
Even in our
advanced technological age, our devices' screens freeze up,
apps decide not
to launch, work sluggishly or provide an ever-
frustrating blank
screen. So, what value, can push-button reset
controllers bring
to the table? Learn on TI's power management blog,
"Power
House."
Pumping Milliamps
In small,
consumer and medical devices, it may not be possible to
combine all the
required IC power needs into a few common power rails.
Learn how to
implement an auxiliary charge pump circuit to do this
light lifting and
save the day on TI's power management blog, "Power
House."
N-channel
controller for dimmable LED drives with low-side current
sense
The TPS92690/90Q1
is a high voltage, low-side NFET controller with an
adjustable output
current sense resistor voltage. Ideal for LED
drivers, it
contains all of the features needed to implement current
regulators based
on boost, SEPIC, flyback, and Cuk topologies. Output
current
regulation is based on peak current-mode control supervised by
a control loop.
This methodology eases the design of loop compensation
while providing
inherent input voltage feed-forward compensation.
Industrial:
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This amplifier
doesn't exist...now what?! - Part 2
On TI's signal
chain blog, "Analog Wire," we reviewed the theory
involved in
making a composite amplifier. Now learn how to implement
the ideal
amplifier with a real component.
Settling Time
Settling time is
the time required for an op amp to respond to an input
voltage step,
enter and stay within specified error range of the final
value. It?s
important in applications that drive an a/d converter,
digitizing
rapidly changing inputs. But let?s look beyond the
definition and
focus on the character of settling waveforms.
Video: ULP energy
harvesting sensor based on MSP430FR5969
Energy harvesting
battery-less MSP430FR5969 (Wolverine) wireless sensor
with on-chip
signal processing and data logging. We are leveraging
Wolverine FRAM
technology for an ULP energy harvesting wireless sensor
with on-chip
signal processing and data logging.
Certify designs
to comply with UL 1998 and IEC 60730 standards
New,
pre-certified SafeTI™ software packages from TI help make
designing for
functional safety consumer applications faster and easier
with
C2000™ real-time control MCUs. SafeTI software packages are
compliant to IEC
60730-1:2010 Class B and UL 1998:2008 Class 1
standards,
including use for home appliances, arc detectors, power
converters, power
tools, e-bikes and more.
Automotive &
Transportation:
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DRA74x
("Jacinto 6")
DRA74x
("Jacinto 6"), the next-generation infotainment processor from
Texas
Instruments, enables BOM-optimized automotive solutions, adding
audio, analytics and radio accelerators, along
with rich interfaces and
peripherals. With
the OMAP™ 5 architecture at its foundation -
including dual
ARM® Cortex™-A15 cores, quad Cortex-M4 cores
and dual SGX544
3D graphics cores - DRA74x ("Jacinto 6") delivers best-
in-class
performance. Paired with a feature-rich software offering and
an ecosystem of
leading automotive partners, DRA74x ("Jacinto 6")
brings
unprecedented in-vehicle entertainment and telematics
functionality to
automobiles. Explore how DRA74x ("Jacinto 6") changes
the driving
experience here.
Clocks and
Timers:
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Ultra low-jitter
synthesizer and jitter cleaner
The LMK04820
family is the industry's highest performance clock
conditioner with
JEDEC JESD204B support. The 14 clock outputs from PLL2
can be configured
to drive seven JESD204B converters or other logic
devices using
device and SYSREF clocks. SYSREF can be provided using
both DC and AC
terminations. Not limited to JESD204B applications, each
of the 14 outputs
can individually be configured as a high performance
outputs for
traditional clocking systems.
