ADC Capture Card helps accelerate high-speed designs.

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Enabling digital data capture from high-speed, high-resolution ADCs, TSW1100 card and software allow user to evaluate ADC performance. Card can operate in single- or dual-channel mode with data capture speeds to 170 MSPS, resolution to 16-bits, and data capture depths up to 1 million points. Data is transferred via USB interface, and software ENABLES users to compute ADC performance metrics such as SNR and SFDR as well as save raw data set or performance graphs.



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New TI Tool Simplifies and Accelerates High-Speed Designs



DALLAS (August 23, 2005) -- Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) introduced today a new tool that saves design time and development cost in high-speed applications, allowing for fast digital data capture from TI's high-speed, high-resolution analog-to-digital converters (ADC). The new data capture card and software allow the user to easily evaluate ADC performance and quickly select the best device for their application in systems such as 2.5G/3G wireless base stations, communications and test and measurement equipment. (See www.ti.com/sc05173 for more information.)

The TSW1100 features data capture speeds of up to 170 megasamples per second (MSPS), resolution of up to 16 bits and data capture depths of up to 1 million points. It can operate in single-channel or dual-channel mode, allowing synchronous capture of a dual-channel ADC. Data is transferred via Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface, allowing easy control from a personal computer, and it requires only one wall-mounted power supply for operation.

In the past, analyzing ADC performance often required investing in a costly logic analyzer and performing complex analysis routines. For select high performance TI ADCs, the TSW1100 makes those steps unnecessary, providing accurate data with its embedded logic analyzer mode. With the accompanying software, users quickly compute ADC performance metrics such as signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and spurious free dynamic range (SFDR). The software also allows the user to save the raw data set or performance graphs for future analysis.

Availability

The TSW1100 is available today from TI and its authorized distributors. The price of $499 includes the data capture board, software, power supply and USB cable.

TI provides the products, tools, system expertise and technical support customers need to get to market quickly with their high-speed designs. TI's analog products and digital signal processors (DSP) comprise the industry's most complete signal chain solution for DC to RF applications. TI offers high-performance analog products and DSPs, including high-speed ADCs such as the ADS55xx family and ADS5424 14-bit, 105-MSPS ADC, the DAC5687 low-noise, 16-bit 500-MSPS dual DAC; the THS4509 low-noise, low-distortion fully-differential amplifier; and the TMS320TCI6482 DSP.

About Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments Incorporated provides innovative DSP and analog technologies to meet our customers' real world signal processing requirements. In addition to Semiconductor, the company's businesses include Sensors & Controls, and Educational & Productivity Solutions. TI is headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and has manufacturing, design or sales operations in more than 25 countries.

Texas Instruments is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol TXN. More information is located on the World Wide Web at www.ti.com.

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