TI announces the industry's first fully programmable MEMS chipset to empower embedded ultramobile near-infrared analysis
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TI announces the industry's first fully programmable MEMS chipset to empower embedded ultramobile near-infrared analysis

New TI DLP® chipset enables twice the signal-to-noise ratio in the palm of your hand1

NEW ORLEANS, March 9, 2015 — (PRNewswire) — Today at Pittcon 2015, Texas Instruments (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) announced the expansion of its near-infrared (NIR) chipset portfolio with the industry's first fully programmable micro-electro mechanical systems (MEMS) chipset that enables ultramobile analysis for a 700-2,500 nm wavelength range.

TI DLP NIRscan Nano evaluation module allows designers to easily prototype portable analyzers to accelerate the development of ultramobile spectrometers.

The DLP chipset, consisting of the DLP2010NIR digital micromirror device (DMD), DLPA2005 integrated power management and DLPC150 controller, boasts low power consumption, programmable high-speed patterns and the latest high-tilt 5.4μm pixel size for use in compact optical designs. For more information, visit www.ti.com/DLPNIR.

The DLP2010NIR DMD is the smallest, most efficient DLP chip and is designed for a variety of handheld NIR sensing application areas, including spectrometers and chemical analyzers.2 Application areas include farming, food and drink, petrochemical, health, and skin care industries. When the chipset is paired with the Bluetooth® and Bluetooth low energy-enabled DLP NIRscan™ Nano evaluation module (EVM), designers can easily prototype portable analyzers to accelerate the development of ultramobile spectrometers.

Key features and benefits of the DLP2010NIR chip

Key features and benefits of the DLP NIRscan Nano EVM

To accelerate end-product development, TI maintains an extensive ecosystem of design houses. The DLP Design Network provides developers a diverse network to support their hardware and software integration, optics design, system integration, prototyping, manufacturing services, and turnkey solutions structured to support current and evolving customer needs.

Availability and package
The DLP2010NIR and DLPC150 will be available in April 2015 and the DLP NIRscan Nano EVM will be available in spring 2015 for purchase from the TI Store. To receive the latest information on product availability, please sign up for email updates here. The DLP2010NIR will be offered in a 40-pin package and the DLPC150 will be available in a 201-pin, VFBGA package. The bq24250 battery charger is currently available in a 4.0mm x 4.0mm 24VQFN-pin, 2.4mm x 2.0mm 30DSBGA package.

 Find out more about the TI DLP NIR portfolio for sensing applications:

About Texas Instruments DLP Products
Since 1996, award-winning TI DLP technology has powered the world's top display devices to deliver high-resolution images rich with color, contrast, clarity and brightness for a wide range of applications, including industrial, automotive, medical and consumer market segments. DLP technology is being used in movie theatres (DLP Cinema® products) and large-scale, professional venues and conference rooms, classrooms and home theaters. With mobile devices enabled by DLP® Pico technology, users have the ability to display images from the palm of their hand. Every DLP chipset features an array of microscopic mirrors that switch on and off up to 10,000 times per second. To learn more, please visit www.ti.com/dlp or follow TI DLP technology on Twitter at @TI_DLP.

About Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) is a global semiconductor design and manufacturing company that develops analog ICs and embedded processors. By employing the world's brightest minds, TI creates innovations that shape the future of technology. TI is helping more than 100,000 customers transform the future, today. Learn more at www.ti.com.

Trademarks
DLP and DLP Cinema are registered trademarks and DLP Pico, NIRscan and TI E2E are trademarks of Texas Instruments. All registered trademarks and other trademarks belong to their respective owners.


1 The DLP chipset enables a >10,000:1 signal-to-noise ratio compared to traditional mobile spectroscopy systems in the market today.

2 The chipset leverages TI's proprietary DLP TRP architecture to deliver up to 50 percent lower power consumption than previous DLP Pico chipset architectures.

Texas Instruments announces the industry's first fully programmable MEMS chipset to empower embedded ultramobile near-infrared analysis.

 

The DLP2010NIR digital micromirror device is the smallest, most efficient DLP chip and is designed for a variety of handheld near-infrared sensing application areas.

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