March 6, 2013 Texas Instruments Incorporated has introduced three new 48-V synchronous buck regulators with integrated high-side and low-side MOSFETs for single- and multi-output power supplies. Read more

February 28, 2013 Motor control system designers can concentrate on differentiating designs rather than spending weeks and months tuning their motor control systems, promises Texas Instruments to users of its InstaSPIN-FOC (field-oriented-control) solution. It enables designers to identify, tune and control (through variable speeds and loads) any type of three-phase, synchronous or asynchronous motor in five minutes or less and removes the need for a mechanical motor rotor sensor. Read more

February 8, 2013 In some automotive applications such as graphical cluster for instrument panels, infotainment and advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), the electronic systems need to exhibit extremely fast start-up times. For such applications, Texas Instruments has designed a low-voltage power management unit The TPS659119-Q1 is optimized to work with TI’s automotive OMAP processors, including the DRA6x family (“Jacinto”) of infotainment processors, and other ARM Cortex-A offerings. Read more

January 10, 2013 Texas Instruments has introduced an automotive OMAP processor built to bring higher in-vehicle entertainment and telematics functionality to automobiles. Codenamed “Jacinto 6,” the DRA74x processor builds upon TI’s OMAP 5 architecture to enable automotive solutions with audio, analytics and radio accelerators, along with automobile interfaces and peripherals. Read more

December 13, 2012 Texas Instruments confirmed that the 'High' version of Audi’s MIB (Modularer Infotainment Baukasten), the next-generation infotainment platform for Audi vehicles, is the first automotive system to incorporate TI’s Jacinto automotive infotainment processor. Read more

October 10, 2012 Faster time to market for safety-critical automotive and transportation motor control applications promises Texas Instruments the users of its new safety platform - a total of 12 new Hercules TMS570 ARM Cortex-R4 safety microcontrollers, a complementary TPS65831-Q1 multi-rail safety power management integrated circuit (PMIC) and the DRV3201-Q1 safety motor driver. Read more

September 19, 2012 Texas Instruments Incorporated has released SafeTI design packages to help customers get to market quickly with their safety-critical applications. Read more

July 2, 2012 Texas Instruments Incorporated has introduced the first in a family of multi-chemistry, multi-cell battery management gas gauge circuits with TI's proprietary Impedance Track capacity measurement technology.
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May 29, 2012 Texas Instruments Incorporated has introduced a fully integrated, programmable solution for driving ultrasonic transducers in automotive park distance, blind-spot detection or similar object detection applications. Read more

April 4, 2012 Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) has introduced a dual output power supply for automotive applications that ensures stable, uninterrupted output voltages, even in cases where the input voltage drops significantly below the output voltage levels. Read more

March 14, 2012 For automotive applications such as battery monitoring systems in HEV/EV vehicles, fuel or oil pressure sensing, Texas Instruments has combined the functions of a delta-sigma analog-to-digital converter with a programmable gain amplifier, a multiplexer and an oscillator. The result, the ADS1115-Q1 is the industry's most highly integrated automotive-qualified 16-bit ADC. Read more

January 26, 2012 Texas Instruments Incorporated has expanded the company’s high-voltage point-of-load product line by introducing what the company claims is the industry’s first 100-V synchronous buck regulator with integrated MOSFETs. The 600-mA LM5017 is the first in a new family of step-down switching regulators that reduce PCB area and system cost while improving high-voltage reliability in telecommunication, industrial, smart grid and automotive systems. Read more

November 30, 2011 Texas Instruments Incorporated has announced the qualification of MSP430 16-bit microcontrollers for automotive applications. The AEC-Q100 certification allows developers to integrate higher performance, power efficiency and scalability into their designs without sacrificing on price. Read more

October 17, 2011 Texas Instruments has introduced  an automotive power management integrated circuit (PMIC) to support 14 power voltage rails. As the industry's first automotive PMIC with more than 10 rails, the TPS658629-Q1 provides all power supply functions and reduces board space for infotainment, navigation and LCD/TFT cluster applications by integrating multiple regulated power supplies, system power management and display functions in one package. Read more

October 10, 2011 Texas Instruments (TI) has introduced four new Simple Switcher power management integrated circuits for space-constrained point-of-load designs in industrial, communications and automotive applications. Read more

September 21, 2011 Texas Instruments Incorporated has introduced an automotive-qualified 36-V, single-supply, low-noise op amp (operational amplifier) that can operate on supplies ranging from +2.7 V to +36 V. Read more

September 8, 2011 Ingredients such as cloud computing, tablet computer hardware and open-source operating systems today are ubiquitous in the consumer corner of the IT world. Now IT services provider Tieto is about to bring all these ingredients into the automotive environment. Read more

July 19, 2011 E-bikes and power tools are target applications for Texas Instruments' integrated battery protection and cell-balancing solution for Li-Ion and lithium iron phosphate battery packs. The device simplifies battery pack designs for e-bikes, e-scooters, portable gardening tools, power tools and uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) and can also be used when replacing lead acid batteries. Read more

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May 19, 2011 Texas Instruments Incorporated has introduced a battery management integrated circuit that increases the life of rechargeable lithium-ion battery packs and maximizes available energy for hybrid and electric vehicles, power tools and uninterruptible power source (UPS) applications. The stackable bq76PL536 battery monitor, balancer and protector incorporates analog-to-digital converters for independent cell voltage and temperature protection, cell balancing and isolated chip-to-chip communication. Read more

May 13, 2011 As part of its multi-squib driver chip family for airbag deployment, Texas Instruments has introduced the TPIC71004-Q1 four-channel squib driver, providing a cost-optimized integrated catalog device. The family of multi-squib driver devices allows flexibility for airbag designers to quickly and cost-effectively scale their design to the needs of their system, TI says. Read more

May 13, 2010 Exposure to Chinese automobile makers helped Dutch chip vendor NXP BV (Eindhoven, The Netherlands) take the top position in the global automotive infotainment semiconductor market in an economically difficult 2009, according to market research company iSuppli Corp. (El Segundo, Calif.). Read more