TI intros low-power ADCs

BANGALORE: Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) today introduced a pair of 16-bit analog-to-digital converters (ADCs). Combined with low-power operation, best-in-class temperature drift and either an industry-standard MSOP-8 or a 3mm x 3mm SON-8 package, the ADS8317 and ADS8326 provide an easy performance upgrade for portable, battery-powered applications including industrial data acquisition and portable medical instrumentation, TI said in a statement.

The ADS8317 and ADS8326 are based on a successive approximation (SAR)capacitive charge redistribution architecture that inherently includes a sample/hold function. Each offers a high-speed, wide-voltage SPI/SSI serial interface that can be used in a multi-device, daisy-chain configuration. Both devices operate over a wide supply voltage range of 2.7V to 5.5V. The devices are the latest additions to TI’s portfolio of pin-compatible MSOP-8 SAR converters, which provide designers with resolution, speed and performance upgrades for their existing systems without requiring costly and time-consuming redesigns.