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The successful design, development, and manufacture of electronic systems
require engineers to overcome numerous technical, schedule, and cost
obstacles that may occur throughout the process. Since it is not always
feasible to perform extensive research to select the best system designs and
components, the electronic system design engineer must rely on trusted
suppliers in order to make informed decisions. This article describes how
Texas Instruments (TI) amplifier products, solutions, and expertise can help
design engineers rapidly solve their application needs and thereby boost their
product development capabilities.
Electronic systems may include several key components that are critical
in determining overall system characteristics. One of the first steps in the
electronic system design process is to create a block diagram, which shows
these principal components and how current, voltage, or data is transferred
among them. The block diagram is then analyzed and optimized according to
any number of design goals, such as performance, power efficiency, reliability,
cost (including development, manufacturing or life cycle costs), physical size
and weight, and component availability. This is usually an iterative process,
whereby numerous potential system configurations and components must be
considered to arrive at an optimum configuration.
Among the numerous challenges that an electronic system design engineer
must face involves the selection of electronic components. On one hand,
there are numerous so-called "foundational components" (e.g., resistors,
capacitors, and inductors) that are easy to select since they are
Numerous op-amps, suppliers,
and manufacturers make it
difficult for electronic system
designers to select the best
op-amp for an application.
Mouser Electronics and Texas
Instruments offer the widest
range of op-amps available,
enabling designers to identify
multiple approaches so that
optimum designs can be
developed in a faster and
cost-efficient manner.
TI Amplifiers Boost Product Development
By Phil Hipol for Mouser Electronics
