High-Efficiency Buck-Boost Converter Prolongs Battery Life

Texas Instruments rolled out a new buck-boost converter with advanced power management that it said can boost the battery life of industrial and consumer Internet of Things devices by over 50%. According to TI, the TPS63900 integrates programmable input current limits and dynamic voltage scaling to prolong the life of smaller, cheaper batteries used in IoT devices, ranging from smart door locks to sensors slapped on a factory floor or on the side of a building. It is a high-efficiency synchronous dc-dc buck-boost converter with a wide range of input…

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