TIDA-00376: TIDA-00376 uses Texas Instrument’s industrial piezo driver, flash LED driver, and the ultra-low-power FRAM microcontroller (MCU) to demonstrate the implementation of both audible and visual notification subsystems, primarily intended for fire alert end-equipment systems. The TI Design demonstrates multiple alert tone frequency outputs through a single piezo transducer, as well as a low input current, high light output LED strobe.
TIDA-00215: The Distance and Weight Measurement Using Inductive Sensing Reference Design is a sub-system design which converts a distance measurement to a weight measurement. This design is intended as a reference design for building automation and weigh scale applications. In mechanical systems, there are many situations that require precise and accurate measurements of distance. One such scenario is the conversion of a distance measurement to a weight measurement, through the use of springs with well-known characteristics. This reference design enables weight and distance measurements to be incorporated into end systems, without the use of expensive magnets or other sensing materials.
TIDA-00218: This TI Design uses Texas Instruments' Hall sensing technology to provide a solution for knowing how much AC current is flowing through a wire without any physical intervention. TIDA-00218 implements a flux concentrator to concentrate the flux around the AC current-carrying wire, rather than letting it escape in air, and then directing that flux to a hall sensor.
TIDA-00483: The TIDA-00483 reference design brings together several devices to create a subsystem capable of measuring the surrounding environment and communicating the temperature, humidity, and ambient light over a 4- to 20-mA current loop. The small foot print of the design contains all sensors, filters, and control circuitry to calculate and communicate the sensor data. The reference design is intended for process measurement applications in factory automation, field transmitters, and building automation. The sensors, MCU, and communication modules all run off power from the current loop, which requires less than 3.5 mA to achieve. This power configuration allows the rest of the current to be dynamically adjustable for the 4- to 20-mA loop communication protocol standard.