What USB OTG means for Android phones (and why you should use it)

You may have heard of USB OTG as a feature on several Android phones. Here's what it means and how you can take advantage of it on your smartphone.
Electronic Design

Real-Time MCU First to Integrate NPU

The TMS320F28P550SJ from Texas Instruments is the industry's first real-time MCU with an integrated neural processing unit (NPU). It's designed to run convolutional-neural-network (CNN) models to help ...
Dallas Innovates

Serial Peripheral Interface

Measuring only 1.38mm, Texas Instruments' new MCU is about the size of a black pepper flake. But it could have a big impact in helping to create "shrinking products"—from medical wearables to electric ...
IEEE

Analysis of Serial Peripheral Interface

Abstract: Serial peripheral interface, a term originally coined by Motorola in the 1980s, serves as a protocol facilitating the communication of serial synchronous data between a master device, often ...
Electronic Design

What’s the Difference Between Serial NAND and NOR Flash?

Why serial NAND flash memory is an alternative to serial NOR flash memory. What kinds of applications are targeted by each memory type? Serial NOR flash memory has been a mainstay in low-pin ...
EDN

SPI Serial SRAM with SDI Interface

The 23LCV1024 is a 1 Mbit Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) serial SRAM with battery backup and SDI interface. The memory of the device is accessed via a simple SPI compatible serial bus. The bus ...
EDN

Serial Peripheral Interface EEPROM

The BR25G128-3 is a serial peripheral interface BUS EEPROM by ROHM. The device is a 128 kbit SPI BUS Interface that features a high speed clock action of up to 20 MHz. The device has an operating ...