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Texas Instruments TMAG5124 Hall-Effect Switch Sensor
Texas Instruments TMAG5124 Hall-Effect Switch Sensor is a high-precision Hall effect sensor that offers a 2-wire interface designed for industrial designs. The TMAG5124 integrates a current source that switches between two levels depending on the value of the magnetic field applied to...
Continue ReadingTexas Instruments TPL1401 Digital Potentiometer (Digipot)
Texas Instruments TPL1401 Digital Potentiometer (Digipot) offers higher load regulation in voltage-divider applications as a result of an integrated buffered wiper. The TPL1401 makes in-factory calibration and trimming easier with integrated non-volatile memory (NVM) and a simple I2C...
Continue ReadingTI’s CC3230x SimpleLink MCUs Offer BLE and Wi-Fi Radio Coexistence
One interesting feature the Raspberry Pi has gotten us used to is having Bluetooth and Wi-Fi on the same board, and it has proven extremely useful for IoT projects that require such connectivity. But sometimes, those power hungry boards can become a burden when you need to make a device...
Continue ReadingTI Release TPS62912, TPS62913 family of low-noise DC/DC Switching Regulators
Texas Instruments released the TPS62912 and TPS62913 family of low-noise DC/DC switching regulators with integrated ferrite-bead compensation. They offer low noise of 20 µVRMS for frequencies ranging from 100 Hz to 100 kHz and ultra-low output-voltage ripple of 10 µVRMS. Traditional...
Continue ReadingTCA4307 Hot-Swappable I2C Bus and SMBus Buffer
Texas Instruments' buffer features stuck bus recovery Texas Instruments' TCA4307 is a hot-swappable I2C bus buffer that supports I/O card insertion into a live backplane without corruption of the data and clock lines. Control circuitry prevents the backplane-side I2C lines (in) from...
Continue ReadingPSpice for TI tool offers system-level circuit simulation
Texas Instruments (TI) has announced a new custom version of the PSpice simulator from Cadence Design Systems that enables engineers to simulate complex analog circuits with unlimited analysis of TI power and signal-chain products. By Rich Pell @ smart2zero.com Available for download...
Continue ReadingOptically Isolated Bidirectional I2C Shield For Arduino
Optically isolator Arduino Shield has been designed to provide optically isolated I2C communication between Arduino and any other device or sensors that works with I2C protocols. I have used the ISO1540 Low-Power Bidirectional I2C Isolator IC from Texas Instruments to build this...
Continue ReadingATmega328-Based Smartwatch Keeps Track Of Drugs In Your System by Analyzing Your Sweat
Wearables have been part of the medical field for a while now, making the work of medical practitioners easier. They help monitor heart rate, temperature, oxygen levels etc. However, to achieve the mission of personalized medicine, centering on delivering the right drug to the right...
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