Design Guides
Collection of articles to help you design better embedded systems.
Bulletproofing Your Product Design For Wireless Products
In wireless product development, how do you select the right communication technologies, from identifying the specific hardware and software to delivering the finished product?
How...
5 Interesting Reference Designs For Sensors
Designing sensors is tough. Ready-made reference designs for industrial, automotive,and health applications help you prototype faster.
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24-VAC Power Stage Reference Design
Tired of dealing with 24 VAC power in your thermostat or HVAC design? Here’s a way to get DC power, battery backup, and protection.
Most...
Thermostat Reference Design
A thermostat design that sleeps most of the time, drives HVAC, blinks the LCD in hardware, and can be reused for smart home nodes.
When...
Reference Design For Industrial Ethernet
It offers engineers a complete, pre-validated platform for PROFINET IRT-compliant devices, integrating hardware, software, and real-time features to reduce development time and ensure reliable...
Smart Lock Reference Design from Texas Instruments
Smart locks can quickly drain batteries. The design shows how engineers can make them last longer using low-power electronics and efficient wireless control.
Wireless battery-powered...
High-Speed DC-Coupled RF Receiver Reference Design
Designed for engineers developing advanced communication, radar, and test systems, it offers a ready-to-implement blueprint for building high-performance RF receivers with reduced complexity and...
High-Power RF Amplifier Reference Design
A ready-to-use RF power amplifier reference design delivers up to 100 W across 1.8 MHz to 250 MHz, featuring a reusable PCB layout, optimized...
Bidirectional eFuse Reference Design
The eFuse helps engineers protect high-voltage circuits, monitor current, and connect or disconnect batteries safely. Can this design simplify the eMobility systems?
High-voltage eMobility applications...
Off-Battery Processor Power Reference Design
Car processors need many power rails, but getting them from a 12 V battery is hard. This design shows a way to do it safely...
IO-Link Proximity Sensor Reference Design
A compact, energy-efficient reference design brings IO-Link-enabled optical proximity sensing to industrial automation, combining low power, high reliability, and easy system integration for next-generation...
Human Skin Temperature Sensing Reference Design
Measuring skin temperature in wearables is hard. This reference design shows how to get readings using sensor placement, signal paths, and small boards.
Wearable devices...
5 Wearable Electronics Reference Designs
Build wearables faster with sensors, Bluetooth, and extended battery life—powered byready-to-use reference designs.
Wearable electronics are increasingly common in health, fitness, and industrial applications, but...
Reference Design Of Health Sensor Platform
Struggling to develop wearable health devices fast? See a platform that tracks vital signs, measures sleep and stress, and saves engineers months of design...
Ultrasonic Distance Sensor Reference Design
This is a small compact ultrasonic sensor for industry 4.0 features low power, real-time data communication for industrial robots.
Engineers often struggle with squeezing complex...
Industrial Multi-Sensor Reference Design
A reference design that might help engineers build industrial sensor networks, integrate IO-Link, and reduce MCU workload. Read on!
When we design industrial sensor and...
Reference Design Of A Current Sensing Solution
Measuring current precisely without design headaches is possible. Discover a compact reference design that simplifies sensing up to 30 A while ensuring industrial reliability.
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Reference Design For Advanced Sensor Interfacing
See how engineers can make sensor systems using ready tools, processing, and safety features for cars and industrial machines.
Modern automotive and industrial systems rely...