Texas Instruments (TI) maintained its leading position as the largest industrial semiconductor supplier in 2015, followed by Infineon Technologies and Intel, according to the latest IHS Inc. research. Rounding out the top five ranking are STMicroelectronics, which fell to number four, and Analog Devices, which maintained its number five position. Semicast Research also recently released…
Mouser Electronics, Inc. is now stocking the MSP430FR263x/MSP430FR253x mixed-signal microcontrollers from Texas Instruments (TI). These ultra-low power Ferroelectric RAM (FRAM) microcontrollers feature CapTIvate™ touch technology for buttons, sliders, wheels, and proximity applications. The microcontrollers also include a high-performance 10‑bit analog-to-digital converter (ADC) as well as a 32-bit hardware multiplier for math-intensive operations. The microcontrollers are…
Mouser Electronics, Inc. is now stocking the ADS131E08S analog front end (AFE) for power monitoring from Texas Instruments (TI). The ADS131E08S AFE is a multichannel, simultaneous sampling, 24-bit, delta-sigma, analog-to-digital converter (ADC) with an integrated programmable gain amplifier (PGA) and short start-up time (3 milliseconds). The ADC’s wide dynamic range, scalable data rates up to…
E-commerce has effectively demolished the geographic boundaries that used to limit electronics procurement through the distribution channel. Component suppliers authorized distributors to sell their brands in geographic markets to avoid over-distribution and linecard conflicts. The first time a distributor offered all of its brands internationally online tested those boundaries. The supply chain found that expanding…
Englewood, Colo. – The industrial semiconductor market is forecast to grow from $43.5 billion in 2014 to $59.5 billion in 2019, at a compound annual growth rate of eight percent, according to IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS). Analysts expect market growth to be driven by increased capital spending and continued economic growth, particularly in the United States, led by commercial…
Mouser Electronics, Inc., the global authorized distributor with the newest semiconductors and electronic components, today announced that it will sponsor the 2016 North American Texas Instruments Innovation Challenge Design Contest. The design contest is intended to encourage engineering students to solve today’s engineering problems by employing analog and embedded design skills into electronic solutions. The contest offers…
Dallas, Tex. – Texas Instruments (TI) launched a highly integrated battery management solution that features a linear charger, configurable LDO, load switch, buck converter, pushbutton control and battery voltage monitor in one solution. The bq25120 claims the industry’s lowest quiescent current (Iq) at 700 nA with the buck converter, operating at 1.8 V. The configurable…
Mouser Electronics, Inc. is now stocking the PGA900 programmable resistive sensing conditioner from Texas Instruments (TI). The PGA900 device is the industry’s highest resolution resistive sensing signal conditioner, enabling fast and precise 24-bit measurement of parameters such as pressure, strain, flow, or liquid levels. The TI PGA900 sensing conditioner, now available from Mouser Electronics, manipulates…
Dallas, Tex. – Texas Instruments (TI) introduced the Sitara AM57x processor family, the highest performance devices in this processor platform. The processors, through their unique heterogeneous architecture including ARM Cortex-A15 cores for high-performance processing and running a high-level operating system (HLOS), target a broad range of embedded and industrial applications, TI said. The AM57x processors integrate TI’s C66x digital…
Texas Instruments (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) today announced its SimpleLink Wi-Fi® wireless microcontroller (MCU) easily and securely connects IoT endpoints to the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud for remote management and data analysis. The AWS IoT Software Development Kit (SDK) is now available for TI’s low-power SimpleLink Wi-Fi® CC3200 wireless MCU LaunchPad kit, enabling developers to quickly establish a…