Bringing developers advanced integration, scalability and peripherals all in one chip, Texas Instruments announced the Sitara™ AM57x processor family, the highest performance devices in this processor platform. Sitara AM57x processors are designed for a broad range of embedded and industrial applications through their unique heterogeneous architecture including ARM® Cortex®-A15 cores for high-performance processing and running a high-level operating […]
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SoCs for embedded feature real-time processing and multimedia
The new Sitara AM57x processors from Texas Instruments provide advanced integration of compute, real-time control, connectivity and multimedia capabilities, allowing developers to simplify their designs with a single chip instead of needing multiple chips for each function. This integration is well suited for applications involving industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), factory automation, machine vision, embedded computing, […]
ARM co-processor eliminates need for FPGAs, ASICs
The programmable real-time unit (PRU) on Sitara processors from Texas Instruments (TI) enables customers to differentiate their products by offloading real-time processing from the ARM® core. The PRU is a 200MHz low-latency multicore co-processor optimized for deterministic, real-time processing with local peripherals and memory that allows customers to save time and money by removing costly […]
Industrial microcontroller portfolio with integrated smart analog
Texas Instruments today announced a new series of MSP430™ industrial microcontrollers (MCUs) integrated with smart analog for high accuracy, precision and cost savings. The MSP430i204x MCUs meet the broad temperature range requirements from –40 to 105 degrees Celsius needed for industrial and smart grid applications. The new MSP430 i-series MCUs are ideal for a variety of cost-sensitive industrial […]
Mining MCU Tips & Tricks – TI’s MSP430
Inspired by an especially helpful and popular forum thread with valuable Microchip PIC microprocessor resources on the edaboard.com community, I decided to dig through the numerous tips, tricks, and resources for other MCUs. This time, I decided on the Texas Instruments MSP430. For those of you unfamiliar with this microprocessor from Texas Instruments, the MSP430 […]
High-temperature Bluetooth® Smart wireless microcontroller
Texas Instruments announced the SimpleLink™ Bluetooth® low energy CC2540T, a highly-reliable, low power wireless microcontroller (MCU) that offers an extended temperature range of -40C to 125C and USB connectivity for industrial applications. The CC2540T is a complete solution for easier development with TI’s BLE-Stack™ software and sample applications including over-the-air download support for in-field updates. […]
TI brings 16-bit ADC precision performance to industrial control applications
Introducing the powerful, single-core series for industrial real-time control design, Texas Instruments (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) launches the new C2000™ Delfino™ 32-bit F2837xS microcontrollers (MCUs). These single-core MCUs are the first in the industry to offer four 16-bit analog-to-digital converters (ADCs), enabling precision feedback in power control applications. They are pin- and software-compatible with the recently […]
TI introduces its latest RF430 security MCU
Expanding its broad portfolio of low-power, radio frequency (RF) solutions, Texas Instruments (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) introduces the RF430F5978 microcontroller (MCU) and accompanying evaluation module (EVM). Building on TI’s CC430 product family, the RF430F5978 MCU is a highly integrated RF solution with improved read zone and battery performance for ultra-low power applications. The RF430F5978 MCU includes […]
TI expands portfolio of motor control solutions
Texas Instruments (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) introduced its latest devices with InstaSPIN-FOC™ (field-oriented control) and InstaSPIN-MOTION™ motor control technology. These C2000™ Piccolo™ TMS320F2805x microcontrollers (MCUs) are equipped with the InstaSPIN-FOC and MOTION technology on the read-only memory (ROM) of the chip, which helps drastically reduce development time — from months to minutes. These MCUs are optimized […]
TI introduces fastest Hercules microcontroller
Adding to its portfolio of SafeTI design components, today Texas Instruments Incorporated introduces its latest 32-bit dual-core lockstep Hercules RM57Lx and TMS570LCx microcontrollers (MCUs) for developers’ functional safety applications. Unique to the Hercules MCU platform, these two new floating-point devices offer a 50 percent increase in computational performance over any of TI’s current ARM® Cortex™-R […]
