TIDM-ULTRASONIC-FLOW-TDC is a reference design for an ultrasonic flow meter (water, gas or heat meter) with LCD, using a time-to-digital converter and an ultra-low power MCU. The solution includes optimized leak detection, low power consumption and small form factor, which are important requirements for water, heat and gas meter applications. The design also includes a high-efficiency DC-DC converter for system power supply.
TIDA-00891 is designed to evaluate the HD3SS3220 device for UFP implementation. This reference design also serves as a hardware reference design for any implementation using the HD3SS3220 with a USB-C™ connector. Reference design files are available upon request to assist in PCB design using the HD3SS3220. This design provides layout files to guide you through the routing/location rules schematic to implement the TUSB321A. This reference design provides an onboard USB Type-A plug to connect to legacy USB systems. Please note that this reference design may contain test components that are intended for evaluation and are not suitable for production.
The PMP20634 reference design is an isolated DCM flyback design that provides a universal AC line input from 85V to 265V and produces a 12V output capable of handling a 12W load. The design uses the UCC28730 controller to achieve ultra-low standby power at no load. It achieves 85% efficiency in high and low voltage lines and measures 1 x 3 inches on a 2-layer circuit board.
This reference design is a low standby and transport mode current consumption, high SOC metering accuracy, 13S, 48V Li-ion battery pack design. It monitors each cell voltage, battery pack current and temperature with high precision and protects lithium-ion battery packs from overvoltage, undervoltage, overheating and overcurrent. SOC metrology based on the bq34z100-g1 utilizes an impedance tracking algorithm to achieve up to 2% accuracy at room temperature. Utilizing a carefully designed auxiliary power strategy and the efficient low quiescent current DC/DC converter LM5164, this design achieves 50µA standby power and 5µA transport mode power, thereby saving more energy and extending transport and idle times. In addition, the design supports working firmware, which helps reduce product development time.
The TIDA-00821 reference design is a stackable monitor and protector for use in large lithium-ion batteries that provides monitoring, balancing and communication functions. Each bq76PL536A-Q1 EVM can manage 3 to 6 cells in Li-ion battery applications. Up to 32 bq76PL536A-Q1 EVM modules can be stacked. The system provides fast cell balancing, diagnostic capabilities, and module-to-controller communication. In addition, an independent
protection circuit is integrated.
TIDA-00524 provides a complete reference design for asset tracking and cold chain data logging, with over 5 years of battery life and a simple NFC (Near Field Communication) interface for configuration and readback. For maximum flexibility, the system offers multiple sensor configuration options to monitor temperature (TMP112), ambient light (OPT3001) and/or humidity (HDC1000/HDC1010). TI's RF430CL331H can provide NFC, and the MSP430FR5969 MCU can provide up to 64KB of non-volatile FRAM storage.
This "RF Layout Reference Design" demonstrates excellent decoupling and layout techniques for low power RF devices in the 868 MHz and 915 MHz bands.
This design uses the highly flexible PCM5242 differential output DAC to convert the extremely high performance analog input TPA3251D2 Class D amplifier into a digital input system with audio processing capabilities. The full performance of the TPA3251D2 amplifier can now be achieved through a variety of digital input sources. The PCM5242 DAC's analog differential output and high SNR are a perfect match for the TPA3251D2 amplifier's full differential analog input, resulting in excellent noise performance and very low distortion. Through the miniDSP on the PCM5242, audio processing and filtering functions can be added to further enhance the audio performance in the end device.
Li-Ion battery formation and electrical testing require accurate voltage and current control, usually to better than ±0.05% over the specified temperature range. This reference design proposes a solution for high-current (up to 50 A) battery tester applications supporting input (bus) voltages from 8 V–16 V and output load (battery) voltages from 0V–5V. The design utilizes an integrated multi-phase bidirectional controller, LM5170, combined with a high precisiondata converters and instrumentation amplifiers to achieve charge and discharge accuracies of 0.01% full scale. To maximize battery capacity and minimize battery formation time, the design uses highly-accurate constant current (CC) and constant voltage (CV) calibration loops with a simplified interface. All key design theories are described guiding users through the part selection process and optimization. Finally, schematic, board layout, hardware testing, and results are also presented.
This reference design is a BeagleBone Black add-on board that allows users to explore TI's powerful Programmable Real-Time Unit (PRU) core and basic functionality. The PRU is a low-latency microcontroller subsystem integrated into Sitara's AM335x and AM437x family of devices. The PRU core is optimized for deterministic real-time processing, with direct access to I/O and ultra-low latency requirements. Featuring LEDs and buttons for GPIO, audio, temperature sensors, optional character display, and more, this add-on board provides schematics, bill of materials (BOM), design files, and design guides to allow designers to learn the basics of the PRU.
The PMP4489 reference design is a dedicated USB-C PD2.0 DFP 5V/12V 3A output flyback converter featuring the secondary-side regulation UCC28740DR, which provides constant voltage and constant current functionality. This design features less than 75mW standby power consumption (DOE 6 and CoC V5 Level 2 compliant). The secondary voltage and secondary balanced synchronous rectifier UCC24636 achieves high efficiency with maximum SR on-time. The TPS25740 is fully compatible with USB Power Delivery 2.0 providers and Type-C downstream ports (DFP).
This design is a simulation solution for car taillights with sequential turning animations. This design is compatible with TL81000 RI and BCI testing (third party EMC laboratory). This design also demonstrates complete automotive diagnostics for low quiescent current in failure modes.
This TI design provides a reference solution for measuring insulation resistance up to 100MΩ. The design features an on-board isolated 500Vdc power supply and isolated signal conditioning circuitry for measuring leakage current. This design is useful for finding leaks due to insulation breakdown in transformers and motor windings.
This reference design demonstrates how to use the CapTIvate software library communication module to connect an MSP430 MCU with CapTIvate™ technology to an MSP432 MCU host microcontroller. This design integrates capacitive touch technology and human touch, using MSP432 MCU as the host to drive the QVGA LCD color screen.
This TI precision verification design circuit converts the differential current output of an audio DAC into a single-ended voltage that can drive low-impedance headphones. This design achieves the high-fidelity performance levels currently being promoted in cell phones and mobile audio players.
The TIDA-01333 Isolated High Voltage Analog Input Module Reference Design has eight channels, each supporting voltage and current measurements. In addition, 4 of the channels support common-mode voltages up to ±160V. The device provides isolation of the +5V line and serial peripheral interface (SPI) communications within a single chip via the ISOW7841. The design uses the ADS8681, a 16-bit analog-to-digital converter (ADC) that can handle input voltages up to ±12.288V. This eliminates the need for any preprocessing of standard input voltages found in industry.
This TI reference design is a 3.1W mono fully differential audio power amplifier for driving chimes as part of a complete automotive dashboard system solution optimized for the mid-range dashboard market. The entire dashboard solution supports 4.5-40V system functionality and can withstand cold crank, start-stop and load dump conditions.
The TIDA-00262 reference design is a high-speed serial video interface that allows remote automotive camera modules to be connected to a display or machine vision processing system. This design uses TI's FPD-Link III SerDes technology to transmit uncompressed megapixel video data, bidirectional control signals and power over shielded twisted pair or coaxial cable.
The PMP10116 reference design utilizes the UCC28063A conversion mode PFC controller to drive LEDs up to 700mA from the AC input. This flyback PFC topology provides isolation and uses quasi-resonant mode control. It supports analog dimming at the output. See UCC28060 Interleaved AC-DC Single-Stage Flyback-Based LED Driver for design guidelines
This reference design is a battery initialization reference design solution for automotive and battery applications. The module enables a high efficiency single stage conversion for charging and discharging the battery. This design features a 0.1% accurate current control loop using the high performance INA225 current sense amplifier. The design was achieved in a compact form factor (40mmX143mmX20mm).