Texas Instruments spotlights latest embedded and Analog technologies at the Embedded...

Texas Instruments spotlights latest embedded and Analog technologies at the
Embedded Systems Conference and TI Technology Days in San Jose, CA

WHAT: Embedded Systems Conference (ESC) Silicon Valley
Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) will spotlight the
latest embedded processing and Analog solutions during ESC Silicon
Valley held from March 30 - April 2 in San Jose, CA. Visit TI booth
#830 to learn how integrating innovative TI technologies can help
developers design faster, greener and more intelligent products,
such as smart digital signage, video surveillance, low-power radio
frequency (RF) control, energy-harvesting and control applications.

Build your own embedded systems (BYOES) with Beagle Board
Don't miss a chance to meet the faces (Jason Kridner and Gerald
Coley) behind the popular OMAP35x processor-based Beagle Board by
attending any or all of the eight technical sessions in the BYOES
labs. Registered attendees will be the first to receive the newest
Beagle Board Revision C, which features an additional USB 2.0 host,
LCD interface, 256 MB RAM and power management technologies.
Classes in the BYOES program include:

Monday, March 30
-- 8:30 a.m. - Beagle Board 101: Gerald Coley and Jason Kridner
-- 1:00 p.m. - Introduction to creating 3D UI with the Beagle
Board: Todd Fischer
-- 2:30 p.m. - Understand Linux components, kill bugs and fix
wasteful code: Klaas Van Gend
-- 4:00 p.m. - Taking advantage of Bluetooth for communications and
more: Hunyue Yau

Tuesday, March 31
-- 8:00 a.m. - Understanding Linux kernel modules: William Gatliff
-- 2:00 p.m. - Embedded streaming media with Gstreamer: Todd
Fischer
-- 3:30 p.m. - Understanding free and Open Source Licenses: William
Gatliff
-- 5:00 p.m. - Run Android on your Beagle Board: William Gatliff

TI seminars and demos
Join TI experts for in-depth seminars and a panel on the latest in
power management and Analog advancements:

-- Tuesday, March 31 at 8:00 a.m. - Session: Avoid electrical
overstress on your Op Amps: Bonnie Baker and Thomas Kuehl
-- Tuesday, March 31 at 4:00 p.m. - Panel: Energy harvesting: Dave
Freeman
-- Wednesday, April 1 at 8:00 a.m. - Session: Batteryless energy
harvesting embedded system design: Adrian Valenzuela
-- Thursday, April 2 at 5:00 p.m. - Session: A single
controller-based LED lighting system: Hrishikesh Nene

Visit TI booth #830 to see innovative TI demonstrations:
-- Beagle Board and DLP(R) Pico Projector: The popular embedded
Linux board provides designers with the flexibility to utilize
standard PC peripherals for limitless expansion. Take it a step
further and see how to integrate digital projection technology
by coupling it with a Pico Projector.

-- TMS320C2000(TM) digital power experimenter's kit: With this tool,
users can easily vary the output voltage of the board's two
independent power rails and watch the current, output voltage and
power circuit temperature change in response. The integrated GUI
program allows users to view the affects of an active load on the
output rail and then tune a PID loop in real time using simple
sliders.

-- TMS320C28x peripheral explorer board: Come see how users can
interact with most of the C28x peripherals using buttons, knobs
and TI analog components on the baseboard. The demo shows the
advanced features of the ADC, ePWM, eCAP, SPI, McBSP and GPIO
peripherals.

-- H.264 HD video with TMS320DM365: The new DM365 digital video
evaluation module (DVEVM) shows how simple it is to process H.264
HD video processing for camera-driven and video playback devices.

-- MSP430 solar energy harvester: With this wireless sensor
development kit for solar energy harvesting, developers can
convert ambient light into power for TI's ultra-low power MSP430
MCUs, CC2500 RF transceivers and the eZ430-RF2500 development
tool. Energy is stored in Cymbet's EnerChip(TM) thin-film battery
Technology using only a tiny amount of space on the board.

-- MSP430 vibration energy harvester: Based on AdaptivEnergy's
Joule-Thief(TM) energy piezoelectric harvester, attendees will
see how energy harvested from the vibration of a fish tank air
pump powers TI's ultra-low power MSP430 MCU and RF technology to
wirelessly monitor and communicate the tank's temperature, light,
pressure and potentiometer to a nearby PC.

-- OMAP35x EVM: Check out the OMAP3530 EVM in action. Learn how
developers of smart connected devices, such as portable
navigation devices, portable media players, Internet appliances
and digital signage, can harness the laptop-like performance and
handheld power levels of TI's ARM(R) Cortex(TM)-A8-based
applications processor.

-- ZigBee(R) RF4CE: Come see how to change Infrared to RF with the
RemoTI(SM) Network Protocol. This product offers both hardware
and software support for TI's Low-Power RF product portfolio so
developers can get a RF remote control up-and-running in no time.

TI Technology Days
Join TI at the TI Technology Days in San Jose, CA for two days
packed with technical design sessions and technology exhibits. The
seminar provides attendees with practical high-performance design
solutions, tools, techniques, topologies and example scenarios.
Sessions cover low-power wireless, interfaces and clocks, signal
chains, power management, embedded processors and MCUs. For a $99
discount, use code 100DISC-PR during registration.

WHEN & WHERE:

ESC Silicon Valley: March 30 - April 2, 2009
McEnery Convention Center
135 West San Carlos Street, San Jose, CA 95113
Booth #830

TI Technology Days: April 1-2, 2009
Marriott San Jose
301 South Market Street, San Jose, CA 95113

About Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN) helps customers solve problems and develop new
electronics that make the world smarter, healthier, safer, greener and more
fun. A global semiconductor company, TI innovates through design, sales and
manufacturing operations in more than 30 countries. For more information, go
to www.ti.com.

Trademarks
TMS320C2000 and RemoTI are trademarks of Texas Instruments. DLP is a
registered trademark of Texas Instruments. All trademarks and registered
trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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/PRNewswire -- March 24/

SOURCE Texas Instruments Incorporated