Zero-drift instrumentation amplifier (IA) takes the strain out of sensor measurements
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2009-05-27 |
| This article examines the use of instrumentation amplifiers (IAs) for sensor applications. It highlights system challenges and implementation choices, describes new architectures for IC IAs, and outlines applications such as ratiometric bridges and low-side current sensing. |
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Selecting the right battery system for cost-sensitive portable applications while maintaining excellent quality
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2007-08-27 |
| This application note shows characteristics of some popular battery chemistries for portable applications and fully integrated low cost single-cell Li-ion/lithium polymer battery charge management solutions. |
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Interfacing Spansion GL MirrorBit Family to Freescale i.MX31 processors
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2009-04-24 |
| The Freescale i.MX31 and i.MX31L processors unplug multimedia, driving video and graphics. Freescale's i.MX31 and i.MX31L processors are designed for any wireless device running computationally intensive multimedia applications. |
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Interface design guide for STMicroelectronics Cartesio microprocessor
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2009-03-06 |
| This technical note provides guidelines for interconnecting the STA2062 dynamic bus controller to two Micron 512Mb Mobile DDR SDRAM devices to achieve a 128MB external dynamic memory without series termination resistors other than clock line parallel terminations. |
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Xenon flash application design based on NCP5080 integrated with IGBT driver and photo sense function
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2008-04-21 |
| This paper presents how to design Xenon flash application based on NCP5080 which is a high voltage boost driver integrated with IGBT driver, photo sense function, thermal shutdown, transformer primary side current limit and flash control input. |
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MSP430 interface to TPS60250 via I²C master software
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2008-07-09 |
| This application report written by Randy Wu describes a simple hardware and software platform to demonstrate a Texas Instruments MSP430 MCU implementing an I²C master interface using two general-purpose I/O pins via I²C software emulation. |
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Modern altimeter and barometer system using the MPL115A
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2009-09-04 |
| Here's how you can use the MPL115A, an absolute pressure sensor, in modern altimeter and barometer system design. |
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Medium size backlight NCP5050: Drive up to 120 LEDs
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2007-07-24 |
| This application note illustrates how the NCP5050 white LED driver can be configured to drive multiple LED strings for LCD backlighting and how to expand the output voltage rating beyond its 20V rating. |
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Use of the LMV112 to reduce reference clock interaction in handheld device
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2007-04-23 |
| This article discusses how the LMV112 clock buffer amplifier can resolve clock interference issue among different chipsets. |
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Handheld electronic compass applications using a Kionix MEMS tri-axis accelerometer
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2009-10-21 |
| This application note explains the integration of a Kionix MEMS tri-axis accelerometer into a handheld electronic compass application. |
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SA2600 field spectrum management
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2008-06-24 |
| In this application note, we look at how the SA2600 from Tektronix features are applied to solve four common spectrum management field activities. |
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Software library
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2002-12-05 |
| This article gives a summary of the functions provided in the software library and provides a number of macro definitions for performing common operations. |
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| A new synchronized ultra miniature rubidium oscillator
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2003-10-27 |
| This application note describes how to use a new synchronized ultra miniature rubidium oscillator to develop an ultra-stable time & frequency machine usable for applications such as synchronization of telecommunications systems (SDH, SONET, CDMA), military communications, navigation and instrumentation. |
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