TI is on-site today as a returning sponsor at the 2009 Solar Decathlon in Washington DC. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, the Solar Decathlon brings together 20 university teams from across the globe in a competition to design, build and operate the most energy-efficient and attractive solar-powered home. Tomorrow marks the first official [...]
Starting tomorrow in the U.S., TI will host MCU Day, its largest worldwide training event to be held around the world at more than 150 locations. This free, one-day technical training event will explore TI’s broad MCU portfolio, including MSP430™ ultra-low power MCUs, C2000™ real-time MCUs and ARM® Cortex-M3-based Stellaris® MCUs as well as ARM9-based [...]
Electronic energy meters have fostered their way into the market the last decade replacing conventional electromechanical meters. This has led to increased accuracy and features, reduced cost and size, and an opportunity to get smart. Energy measurement in its purest form, is just a mathematical sum of products of voltage and current. Just like any [...]
This week, the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy, ACEEE, released a comprehensive report titled “Semiconductor Technologies: The Potential to Revolutionize U.S. Energy Productivity”. In conjunction with this report the Semiconductor Industry Association, SIA, released a series of recommended public policies that would help ensure the energy savings that the ACEEE report identifies.
In general, [...]
In 1970 Senator Gaylord Nelson called for the first Earth Day to be held on April 22nd. The goal was to raise environmental awareness and seek solutions to the environmental degradation that had begun to afflict parts of the planet. Senator Nelson once said “The economy is a wholly owned subsidiary of the environment, not [...]
Last week I came across two interesting blog entries.
Katie Fehrenbacher outlines a couple of the key benefits we will enjoy going from incandescent light bulbs to LED based light bulbs. Ariel Schwartz’ post takes a very different approach looking at new applications LEDs will enable.
Most likely we will see both roads being traveled. Updating existing [...]