Product category: Microprocessors, Microcontrollers and DSPs
News Release from: Texas Instruments (April 2001-March 2006) | Subject: MSP430
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 28 April 2005
Frugal MCU saves power for watch-sized
radar
Sonic Instruments has designed its new watch-sized radar speed system using ultra-low-power microcontroller, DSP and analogue technologies from Texas Instruments.
Sonic Instruments has designed its new watch-sized radar speed system (RSS) using ultra-low-power microcontroller (MCU), digital signal processing (DSP) and analogue technologies from Texas Instruments (TI) The new lightweight RSS watch and speedometer use radar to provide precise speed and distance information to skiers, joggers, cyclists and other sports enthusiasts
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 17 May 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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