TI Korea (CEO Kent Chon, www.ti.com/ww/kr) September 22, 2014 – TI (CEO Kent Chon) announced that it has strengthened its third-party ecosystem of development services alongside digital power hardware and software tools. This ecosystem enables digital power design engineers using TI's extensive C2000™ microcontroller (MCU) portfolio to develop their systems quickly and easily. Participating vendors in the ecosystem include Altair, MathWorks, and Powersim. Each vendor enables applications such as inverter control, power factor correction, and power conversion by providing their digital power technology to one or more TI C2000 MCU solutions.

TI's Digital Power Ecosystem

Manufacturers require hardware and software with proven performance that simplifies the development of digital power systems and accelerates time-to-market. The ecosystem enables manufacturers developing based on TI's C2000 MCUs to find the best digital power products that meet their unique needs and to develop differentiated products by extracting the greatest value from TI MCU solutions. Participants in TI's digital power ecosystem provide services that meet the growing demands of the digital power market, including faster time-to-market, increased efficiency, and highly reliable control. Companies that provide high-value-added hardware, software, and development services while meeting the needs of TI's C2000 MCU customers can participate in the TI Design Network.

Evaluation of TI Digital Power Ecosystem Participants

"The VisSim graphical language for simulation and model-based embedded development is powerful, easy to use, and reliable," said Pete Darnell, Vice President at Altair, a manufacturer of model-based embedded tools. "VisSim is an essential tool for C2000 MCU developers who want to rapidly develop digital power and motor control applications."

"MathWorks' Embedded Applications Manager, Tom Erkkinen, stated, 'MathWorks' MATLAB and Simulink product families provide tools for optimized code generation, continuous verification, real-time simulation, and automated testing.' He added, 'MathWorks' tools, combined with the performance of TI's C2000 MCU, help customers rapidly bring their innovative digital power systems to market using model-based designs.'"

"PowerSIM President Hua Jin stated, 'PowerSIM's PSIM products provide dedicated solutions for digital power supplies and motor drives. With an intuitive user interface, built-in function blocks for TI's C2000 MCUs, and numerous examples based on TI development kits, PSIM offers a highly user-friendly and powerful model-based embedded software development environment for rapid control prototyping. This enables the rapid creation of reliable simulation models, earning the trust of customers worldwide.'"