my.TI Newsletter - September 29, 2013
Sitara ARM
Cortex-A Processors:
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Video: Improved
Industrial Communications Engine
To continually
improve the development process, TI has recently
introduced the
new Sitara™ AM3359 Industrial Communications
Engine. Watch
this video to learn more about the new development board
and its broad
support for industrial protocols.
Getting Started
with ARM-based TI processors
Which processor
should you choose and why? Go beyond the core to see
what TI platforms
fit your applications, performance, peripheral and
price
requirements.
BeagleBone Black
Hackerspace Challenge ? the votes are in!
n!
This summer,
Element 14 pitted 2 transatlantic hackspaces against one
another, each
armed with a BeagleBone Black, to create the 2013
BeagleBone Black
Hackerspace Challenge - and the winner has been named!
Whose project won
it all? Learn more.
LEGO selects
Sitara™ processor for new MINDSTORM EV3
Sitara
processors, along with TI connectivity and analog solutions,
have been
selected to power the LEGO® MINDSTORMS® EV3 robotics
platform that was
released to stores earlier this month. LEGO
MINDSTORMS EV3 is
a complete building set that contains hardware and
software to
create customizable and programmable robots. Learn more
about the robot
and the TI technology that makes this all possible.
Instrumentation
Amplifier:
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Add a little TINA
to spice up your circuit
Simulation tools,
like TINA-TI?, add a great deal of value by saving
you time that
designing at the bench can?t provide. Learn about a very
useful feature
called parameter stepping on TI's signal chain blog,
"Analog
Wire."
Switches and
Multiplexers:
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Health care
technologies enhance quality of life
Read Hagop
Kozanian's closer look at how the health technology field is
evolving and how
electronics are revolutionizing this industry on TI's
signal chain
blog, "Analog Wire." Don't forget to take the survey at
the end to be
entered to win a prize!
Data Converters:
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Trying to find
ADC non-linearity? Look under the carpet
How do
high-resolution SAR analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) relate
to pulling up old
carpet on your stair case? Find out on TI's precision
signal chain
design blog, "TI Precision Designs Hub."
Power Management:
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How Small is
Small?
What sorts of
items come to your mind when you think of small? Now
think about small
integrated circuits (ICs). What picture comes to your
mind? Learn about
the brand new, state of the art TPS63051 and how it
flaunts 12 pins
on a mere 1.6 mm by 1.2 mm package on TI's power
management blog,
"Fully Charged."
PowerLab Notes:
how to build a car charger
DC/DC chargers in
cars are becoming not only popular, but necessary to
charge smart
phones on the go. Learn a simple way to design one on TI's
power management
blog, "Power House."
Painting a
picture for powering high-performance FPGAs
FPGAs have come a
long way over the years, and so has power management.
Have you been
touching-up your FPGA power designs with old paint? Find
out how to
refresh your design on TI's power management blog, "Power
House."
Changing LED
color in solid state lighting
Pulse-width
modulation (PWM) dimming is a very simple idea (as far as
engineering
goes), but to achieve high frequency PWM dimming at low
duty cycles is
not easy. Learn more on TI's power management blog,
"Power
House."
Video &
Vision:
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An eye opener for
broadcast video gear
Given the
complexity of high-speed design, it?s highly desirable to
have an embedded
eye opening monitor that allows you to examine the
shape and health
of incoming signal waveforms and conduct real-time eye
measurements.
Learn more about how TI has implemented an on-chip eye
opening monitor
(EOM) in its latest generation of 3G-SDI reclockers on
TI's signal chain
blog, "Analog Wire."
Industrial:
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Video: Hercules
RM4 MCU Kits
This video
provides an overview of all the evaluation and development
kits available
for the Hercules RM4 Safety Microcontrollers
IoT solution:
Wi-Fi BoosterPack and MSP430 LaunchPad eval. kit
Now available for
the discounted price of $40.99, the MSP430 LaunchPad
and CC3000
BoosterPack bundle includes everything you need to quickly
and easily design
wirelessly connected ultra-low-power and portable
devices in home
automation, health and fitness and machine-to-machine
applications.
Just attach the BoosterPack directly onto the MSP430
LaunchPad
easy-to-use development kit to add Wi-Fi capabilities!
