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TI Eases Design for Energy-Efficient and Energy Harvesting Applications with Expanded 16- and 32-Bit MCU Tools Portfolio

Three new controlCARD-based C2000(TM) tools jump-start digital power development while MSP430F5438 Experimenters Kit drives low power/no-power innovation HOUSTON (Feb. 9, 2009) - Broadening its portfolio of MCU development tools to help designers create energy-efficient and ultra-low power applications quickly and easily, Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) today announced three new...

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Architectural & Civil Engineering Products

Development Platform accelerates mobile application creation.

Suited for Smartphone and MID application developers creating applications for mobile operating systems, Zoom(TM) OMAP34x-II Mobile Development Platform (MDP) features 4.1 in. WVGA multi-touch display with QWERTY keypad in landscape, handheld form factor. Solution is based on OMAP3430 applications processor, which supports up to 720p HD video encode/decode, and supports various wireless...

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Computer Hardware & Peripherals

Transmit Processor delivers 20 MHz signal bandwidth.

Combining crest factor reduction block and digital pre-distortion block, single-chip Model GC5325 optimizes power amplifier efficiencies to more than 25% for Class AB PAs and more than 40% for Doherty PAs. DPD architecture incorporates floating point DSP to implement advanced linearization algorithm, which relaxes multi-carrier power amplifier design specifications. Device has greater than 100...

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Computer Hardware & Peripherals

Basestation Manufacturers Can Meet Carrier Requirements to Support Data-Intensive, Next-Generation Mobile Applications While Keeping an Eye on Costs with TI's New Powerful, Scalable LTE Platform

TI's 1.2 GHz DSP and optimized software library allows OEMs to extend current platforms quickly and easily DALLAS, Feb. 9 / / - Addressing the MIPS-intensive LTE (Long Term Evolution) wireless standard, Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) has developed the 1.2GHz TMS320TCI6487, a three core digital signal processor running at 3.6GHz coupled with a powerful software library that...

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Electrical Equipment & Systems

ADCs suit high-density, multi-channel applications.

With digital supply of 1.8-5.25 V and analog supply of 2.7-5.25 V, Series ADS795x includes 8-, 10-, and 12-bit models available with 4, 8, 12, and 16 channels. SAR analog-to-digital converters integrate GPIO, programmable alarm thresholds, onboard sequencer, and SPI compatible interface to minimize board space requirements. Devices target battery and low-voltage applications, such as handheld...

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Agricultural & Farming Products

Solar Energy Harvesting Kit powers wireless sensor networks.

Designed to convert ambient light into power, credit card-sized eZ430-RF2500-SEH kit combines Cymbet Corporation's EnerChip(TM) lithium thin-film battery technology with TI's MSP430 microcontrollers, 2.4 GHz CC2500 RF transceivers, and eZ430-RF2500 development tool. Eliminating need for system batteries, kit enables developers to build self-powered, solar-based wireless sensor networks in remote...

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Communication Systems & Equipment

Voltage Level Translator features auto-direction circuitry.

With TXS0206 Secure Digital/MultiMedia Card level shifter, engineers can bridge gap between 2 disparate voltage nodes while maintaining digital switching capability. Unit features clock frequencies up to 52 MHz, data rates up to 60 Mbps, built-in ESD protection, and EMI filter circuitry. Housed in 2 x 1.6 mm wafer chip-scale package, device supports 1.2, 1.5, 1.8, 2.5, and 3.3 V power supply...

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Agricultural & Farming Products

MCU enables single-phase electricity metering.

Available in 64-pin LQFP package, MSP430FE42x2 offers up to 32 KB of programmable flash memory. It includes embedded signal processor (ESP) peripheral that integrates 2 high-resolution sigma-delta ADCs, programmable gain amplifiers, temperature sensor, precision voltage reference, H/W multiplier, and fixed function MSP430 CPU. ESP provides 0.1% accurate energy measurement over dynamic current...

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