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 [...]
The deployment of smart meters in Europe is planned to reach about 100 millions of units in the coming 10 years.
This past week, I was able to see the efforts provided by the entire European utility market while visiting major meter manufacturers in France. France is very unique in that its market is very [...]
My name is Chris Link, and I’m responsible for business development and our strategy for all energy-related technologies. Energy technology is an exciting space because I get to do two things: grow the business and make this world a better place. My job is to look for opportunities in areas where semiconductor innovation previously wasn’t [...]
I’m Mark Buccini and I work with TI’s Strategic Marketing team, focused on smart grid technologies. I work with customers who are developing new ways to make the grid more efficient and balance, including products to help consumers better manage their energy consumption. One technology I’m particularly interested in is smart metering, which is just [...]