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For AMR (Automtated Meter Reading) and AMI (Advanced Meter Infrastructure) to become truly pervasive it needs to provide more than a reduction in meter reading costs. Optimization for Asset tracking, dynamic pricing, tamper notification, outage management, supply automation, load profiling and network diagnostics are critical elements for the success of this infrastructure. The trend towards AMR increases the electronics content of the meter itself, and AMI drives a networked infrastructure for all metering. TI�s comprehensive utility metering portfolio includes devices targeted at electricity, water and gas metering, as well as power line communications (PLC) and radio frequency (RF) interfaces for AMI that allow customers to design smart grid solutions. From highly optimized application specific embedded processors, low-power RF, power management and RFID to dedicated software support for ZigBee, WMBUS, OFDM and SFSK modulations, TI offers the most complete solution set for smart metering. This...

Precision analog in medical applications is critical to the interface of biological sensors and embedded processing. Explore the various sensor interface techniques and solutions available.

This session will focus in on the analog drive section of the motor, reviewing the H-Bridge architecture, on-chip protection circuits, decay modes, thermal performance, on-chip control logic, and overall performance and reliability of today�s integrated motor drive ICs. This section will also briefly cover the rest of the analog motor signal chain, including isolation devices, sense amps, and high performance ADCs.

Main benefit of LEDs is that you can save energy by dimming the light. So what about an intelligent light which is aware of its environment and communicates to other lights on the need for illumination? From simple temperature measurement, ambient light and occupancy sensing using TI MCUs and DSPs to wired and wireless communication protocols TI�s software and hardware solutions help to design Intelligent Lighting.

Extracting maximum power from energy harvesters places unique demands on the power management architecture. Several practical issues arise related to the energy levels that can be achieved from the harvester, the requirements on storing the energy and conversion into a form useable by the system. In this presentation, various energy harvesting devices will be briefly introduced along with applications which are suitable to utilizing this technology. Key considerations for the storage devices used in energy harvesting systems will also be discussed. Lastly, critical attributes and requirements for the power management will be presented.

Bill Wong talks with John Elbon of Boeing about their commercial space-flight capsule designed to hold any combination of up to seven crew or cargo.

Hosted by: Bill Wong Videography by: Terry Knight Edited by: Terry Knight

Bill Wong talks with John Miyamoto, Dennis Granato, Michael Shaw, David Helseth and Steve Tatum of Lockheed Martin about several satellites for commercial, military, government and civil customers.

Hosted by: Bill Wong Videography by: Terry Knight Edited by: Terry Knight

Fairchild Semiconductor is targeting low standby power applications (such as wall chargers for mobile devices) with their newly introduced FAN302HL PWM controller which features their mWSaver technology.

Hosted by: Don Tuite Videography by: Curtis Ellzey Edited by: Curtis Ellzey

Electronic Design's Don Tuite wrap's up APEC 2011, where SiC and GaN technologies made a big impact at the show this year.

Hosted by: Don Tuite Videography by: Curtis Ellzey Edited by: Curtis Ellzey

At APEC 2011, Transphorm revealed how it would solve the large and growing problem of electrical energy waste in power conversion. The company announced the availability of its first product: power diodes based on its patented, high-performance EZ GaN (Gallium Nitride) technology.

Hosted by: Don Tuite Videography by: Curtis Ellzey Edited by: Curtis Ellzey