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Understanding Texas Instruments’ Humanoid Robot Motor Drive and Sensor Layout

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Understanding Texas Instruments' Humanoid Robot Motor Drive and Sensor Layout

According to reports from Electronic Enthusiasts (by Wu Zipeng), with continuous breakthroughs in core technologies such as AI large models, motor drives, and multimodal sensing, humanoid robots are at the critical point of technological breakthroughs and large-scale production, showcasing tremendous development potential. The “Humanoid Robot Industry Research Report” indicates that the market size for humanoid … Read more

Technical Insights | TI’s Ultra-Compact M0+ MCU Packaging Offers More Possibilities for Your Designs

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Technical Insights | TI's Ultra-Compact M0+ MCU Packaging Offers More Possibilities for Your Designs

Click the blue text to follow us Add a star to the “…” in the top right corner of the homepage to stay updated! As circuit and system design sizes shrink, it becomes increasingly challenging for engineers to select suitable components for their designs. In many different applications (such as earbuds, thermometers, wearable devices, styluses, … Read more

Major Move: Texas Instruments’ Ultra-Small M0 MCU Leads Innovation in Miniature Applications

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Major Move: Texas Instruments' Ultra-Small M0 MCU Leads Innovation in Miniature Applications

In the face of intensifying global competition in the microcontroller (MCU) market, Texas Instruments (TI) has made a significant move at the start of the year—launching the new MSPM0C1104 MCU, marking the first shot in MCU innovation for 2025. Its M0 core architecture once again demonstrates robust vitality. This chip, officially defined as “the world’s … Read more

Texas Instruments Launches the World’s Smallest MCU, Measuring Just 1.38mm²

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Texas Instruments Launches the World's Smallest MCU, Measuring Just 1.38mm²

On March 12, Texas Instruments (TI) unveiled the world’s smallest microcontroller (MCU), the MSPM0C1104, at the Embedded World exhibition in Germany. It measures just 1.38mm², which is 38% smaller than the current smallest MCU on the market, with a unit price of approximately $0.16. The MSPM0C1104 is based on the Arm Cortex-M0+ core and features … Read more

World’s Smallest MCU Released

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On March 13, Texas Instruments (TI) announced at Embedded World 2025 the release of what it claims to be the “world’s smallest microcontroller (MCU)”, with an area of only 1.38 square millimeters and a price of approximately $0.16. This MCU, named MSPM0C1104, features an Arm Cortex-M0+ core, 16KB of memory, a 12-bit SAR ADC with … Read more

Internet+AR Smart Fish Tank: Easy Fish Care

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Internet+AR Smart Fish Tank: Easy Fish Care

Unique Inspiration Source Accurate Product Positioning Rich Team Experience This Year’s National College Student IoT Design Competition Best Popularity Award – “Xiaobai Smart” Team’s Smart Fish Tank System What unique inspiration can it bring you? Let’s see how the four students from the College of Mechatronics and Control Engineering at Shenzhen University shine! Inspiration Source: … Read more

Vision Pro Chip-Level Teardown: Contains Many TI Chips and a Domestic Chip!

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Vision Pro Chip-Level Teardown: Contains Many TI Chips and a Domestic Chip!

On February 3, the professional teardown organization iFixit released the teardown report of the Vision Pro, and on February 7, iFixit published a more in-depth chip-level analysis report, showing that it contains a large number of Texas Instruments (TI) chips and a NorFlash from Gigadevice. As introduced in the previous teardown article, although the Vision … Read more

Low Static Current Technology for Efficient Power Management

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Low Static Current Technology for Efficient Power Management

Click the blue text above Follow us! With the rapid development of electronic technology and systems, batteries are now ubiquitous, powering various devices including personal electronics and electric vehicles (EVs). The trend towards battery power shows no signs of slowing down, while the design challenges remain, namely how to achieve higher battery performance over longer … Read more

Hidden Costs of Isolated RS-485 Optocoupler Design, TI Offers New Solutions!

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Hidden Costs of Isolated RS-485 Optocoupler Design, TI Offers New Solutions!

Hidden Costs of Isolated RS-485 Optocoupler Design Optocouplers, also known as optical isolators or optoelectronic couplers, have been used for over 40 years to achieve current isolation in electronic circuits. Optocouplers use LEDs and phototransistors to communicate signals without transmitting current. As a low-cost solution, optocouplers have remained popular. But considering the advancements in digital … Read more

Choosing RS-485 Transceivers Made Simple

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Choosing RS-485 Transceivers Made Simple

Texas Instruments is committed to providing engineers with cost-effective, high-performance, and diverse RS-485 transceiver solutions. Our product line includes devices with various duplex modes, supply voltages, transmission rates, polarities, protection schemes, and packaging types, fully meeting the needs of different application scenarios. Watch the complete video for more valuable insights on TI RS-485 transceiver selection, … Read more