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Brown, Kevin T. "Texas Instruments 4100 GPS positioning software." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/22146.
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Stelzer, Ryan, Tamara Alani, Maryam Abdul-Wahid, Angel Lopez, and Brain Ngo. "SENSORBALL: A TEXAS INSTRUMENTS MARKETING SYSTEM." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/613613.
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Texas Instruments asked the team to design a marketing product that would attract more
customers to the company’s booth at a trade show and showcase the performance of its
devices. SensorBall uses components from the TI Analog Portfolio, including an analog-todigital
converter, digital-to-analog converter, operational amplifier, voltage regulator, and
microcontrollers. An accelerometer, vibration motor, heart rate monitor, light sensor, and
temperature sensor complement the TI products and show what an integrated system might
look like. Users interact via a graphical user interface with games and demonstration modes
incorporated into the ball, which is made of clear plastic with an internal polycarbonate structure
to house all the components. The ball communicates with a personal computer via Bluetooth
Low Energy, and a user interface displays sensor output and enables mode changes.
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Tao, Morris M. (Morris Matthew) 1977. "Texas Instruments DSP Dynamic Run-Time Loader." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/16862.
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Thesis (M.Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2001.<br>Includes bibliographical references (leaf 41).<br>This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.<br>The increased demand in applications of Digital Signal Processors (DSP) are reaching the limits of the basic method of statically loading libraries. These statically loaded libraries are fixed to the location in memory where they can be executed. Therefore these inflexible libraries are difficult to use in multitasking environments, are not portable between different DSP architectures and are an inefficient use of RAM. A Dynamic Run- Time Loader for libraries adds an abstraction layer between the DSP kernel and the library. This solution will remove the memory inflexibility of the static model while improving code reuse, portability and multitasking ability, to help meet the demands of tomorrows DSP applications.<br>by Morris M. Tao.<br>M.Eng.
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Hui, Jeremy R. (Jeremy Ryan) 1977. "Optical tweezers using the Texas Instruments' Digital Micromirror Device(tm)." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/86699.
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Thesis (M.Eng. and S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2001.<br>Includes bibliographical references.<br>by Jeremy R. Hui.<br>M.Eng.and S.B.
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Vondrášek, Štěpán. "Globální trendy v high-tech průmyslu: případová studie Texas Instruments." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2009. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-16161.
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Work deals with global trends in high-tech industry which are mainly consolidation, concentrations and regionalization. It provides the definition of the high-tech industry, then focuses on specific sector - semiconductor industry. It describes the characteristics of the manufacturing process and workforce. A special part is devoted to government policies regards to the semiconductors research and development. The last part is devoted to a case study of the American company - Texas Instruments Inc. which has been playing the important role in the world semiconductor industry.
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Swamidoss, Kamal (Kamal Samuel) 1975. "Optimizing a Reed-Solomon decoder for the Texas Instruments TMS320C62x DSP." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/49648.
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Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; and, Thesis (B.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1998.<br>Includes bibliographical references (leaf 64).<br>by Kamal Swamidoss.<br>B.S.<br>M.Eng.
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Netzer, Gilbert. "Efficient LU Factorization for Texas Instruments Keystone Architecture Digital Signal Processors." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för datavetenskap och kommunikation (CSC), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-170445.
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The energy consumption of large-scale high-performance computer (HPC) systems has become one of the foremost concerns of both data-center operators and computer manufacturers. This has renewed interest in alternative computer architectures that could offer substantially better energy-efficiency.Yet, the for the evaluation of the potential of these architectures necessary well-optimized implementations of typical HPC benchmarks are often not available for these for the HPC industry novel architectures. The in this work presented LU factorization benchmark implementation aims to provide such a high-quality tool for the HPC industry standard high-performance LINPACK benchmark (HPL) for the eight-core Texas Instruments TMS320C6678 digitalsignal processor (DSP). The presented implementation could perform the LU factorization at up to 30.9 GF/s at 1.25 GHz core clock frequency by using all the eight DSP cores of the System-on-Chip (SoC). This is 77% of the attainable peak double-precision floating-point performance of the DSP, a level of efficiency that is comparable to the efficiency expected on traditional x86-based processor architectures. A presented detailed performance analysis shows that this is largely due to the optimized implementation of the embedded generalized matrix-matrix multiplication (GEMM). For this operation, the on-chip direct memory access (DMA) engines were used to transfer the necessary data from the external DDR3 memory to the core-private and shared scratchpad memory. This allowed to overlap the data transfer with computations on the DSP cores. The computations were in turn optimized by using software pipeline techniques and were partly implemented in assembly language. With these optimization the performance of the matrix multiplication reached up to 95% of attainable peak performance. A detailed description of these two key optimization techniques and their application to the LU factorization is included. Using a specially instrumented Advantech TMDXEVM6678L evaluation module, described in detail in related work, allowed to measure the SoC’s energy efficiency of up to 2.92 GF/J while executing the presented benchmark. Results from the verification of the benchmark execution using standard HPL correctness checks and an uncertainty analysis of the experimentally gathered data are also presented.<br>Energiförbrukningen av storskaliga högpresterande datorsystem (HPC) har blivit ett av de främsta problemen för såväl ägare av dessa system som datortillverkare. Det har lett till ett förnyat intresse för alternativa datorarkitekturer som kan vara betydligt mer effektiva ur energiförbrukningssynpunkt. För detaljerade analyser av prestanda och energiförbrukning av dessa för HPC-industrin nya arkitekturer krävs väloptimerade implementationer av standard HPC-bänkmärkningsproblem. Syftet med detta examensarbete är att tillhandhålla ett sådant högkvalitativt verktyg i form av en implementation av ett bänkmärkesprogram för LU-faktorisering för den åttakärniga digitala signalprocessorn (DSP) TMS320C6678 från Texas Instruments. Bänkmärkningsproblemet är samma som för det inom HPC-industrin välkända bänkmärket “high-performance LINPACK” (HPL). Den här presenterade implementationen nådde upp till en prestanda av 30,9 GF/s vid 1,25 GHz klockfrekvens genom att samtidigt använda alla åtta kärnor i DSP:n. Detta motsvarar 77% av den teoretiskt uppnåbara prestandan, vilket är jämförbart med förväntningar på effektivteten av mer traditionella x86-baserade system. En detaljerad prestandaanalys visar att detta tillstor del uppnås genom den högoptimerade implementationen av den ingående matris-matris-multiplikationen. Användandet av specialiserade “direct memory access” (DMA) hårdvaruenheter för kopieringen av data mellan det externa DDR3 minnet och det interna kärn-privata och delade arbetsminnet tillät att överlappa dessa operationer med beräkningar. Optimerade mjukvaruimplementationer av dessa beräkningar, delvis utförda i maskinspåk, tillät att utföra matris-multiplikationen med upp till 95% av den teoretiskt nåbara prestandan. I rapporten ges en detaljerad beskrivning av dessa två nyckeltekniker. Energiförbrukningen vid exekvering av det implementerade bänkmärket kunde med hjälp av en för ändamålet anpassad Advantech TMDXEVM6678L evalueringsmodul bestämmas till maximalt 2,92 GF/J. Resultat från verifikationen av bänkmärkesimplementationen och en uppskattning av mätosäkerheten vid de experimentella mätningarna presenteras också.
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Rosson, Richard D. (Richard Douglas). "Self-directed work teams at Texas Instruments Defense Systems & Electronics Group." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/82670.
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Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1994.<br>This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.<br>Includes bibliographical references (leaf 83).<br>by Richard D. Rosson.<br>M.S.
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Uphoff, Jan Luca. "Introduction to automotive FMCW Radar Technologies : Using Texas Instruments mmWave AWR sensor series." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för tillämpad signalbehandling, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-16266.
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The goal of the following thesis is to transfer radar basic theory in a practical work using Texas Instrument’s mmWave radar series. The range of practical applications for FMCW radars has increased, for example in automotive sector. Understanding the basics of radar mathematics in a simplified way, as well as the transfer from theory to practical work is important for any engineer working on radar projects. Even if the theory is known, the way from a theory to a running system can be hard, facing several problems, because the reality is limited. In two experiments, data from the radar is collected while cars are crossing the observation area of the radar.The data is then used to count the number of vehicles passing the observation area and to estimate the movement of the objects in the field of view.
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Sjödahl, Sofie. "Embedded Wireless Networks with 6LoWPAN : A study of Texas Instruments' low-power wireless kit using 6LoWPAN." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT), 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-98697.
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This thesis is a study of the wireless embedded Internet implemented with a standardized set of protocols called 6LoWPAN (IPv6 over Low-power Wireless Personal Area Networks). 6LoWPAN enables efficient and adaptable use of IP in networks with low power and low bandwidth. Such a network is set up consisting of an Edge Router and two nodes called CC1180DB from Texas Instruments. A program called NanoHost Example was downloaded and run on the boards making them send data packages with amongst else the current RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indication) value. With a PC connected to the network, a program called NodeView was used to receive the data. NodeView is a product from Sensinode based on tabs that gives the user possibility to add and program a new tab. A new tab was created in NodeView, showing the received RSSI data in a graph as function of time. The program worked well and the data was reasonable compared to two indicator LED’s on the board. The conclusion is that 6LoWPAN and the associated software and libraries provide a relatively easy way to build long-lasting low power wireless networks. The technology has an endless number of possible applications for industry and individuals to use.
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Giese, Jon Mark. "Father knows best: one corporation's use of televised images and rhetoric of family and fairness for control of employee population." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1991. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc798466/.
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This thesis is a close textual analysis of three videotapes produced at Texas Instruments. The first chapter outlines the background of corporate video and some of the methods used in the analysis. Chapter II discusses the origins of televisual conventions and traces their migration to the corporate sector's video production efforts. Chapter III is the analysis of three videotapes produced at Texas Instruments. Chapter IV contains conclusions and discussion of the findings, including how cultural myths are articulated and produced, The appendix contains freeze frame examples of the shows analyzed and representative frames from Father Knows Best and The Donna Reed Show for use as a basis of comparison.
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Parks, Jeremy. "A Texas Instruments C33 DSP PCI platform for high-speed real-time implementation of IEEE802.11a Wireless LAN algorithms." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2003. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0002880.
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Parthey, Jan. "Porting the GCC-Backend to a VLIW-Architecture." [S.l. : s.n.], 2004. http://www.bsz-bw.de/cgi-bin/xvms.cgi?SWB11312530.
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Kovacs, Ingrid Merker. "The life and influence of string pedagogue Phyllis Young (b. 1925): from the Kansas Plains through the University of Texas String Project." Thesis, Boston University, 2010. https://hdl.handle.net/2144/34583.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Boston University<br>The purpose of this study was to examine the life of Phyllis Young (b. 1925) and
her contributions to string education. The researcher explored her ancestry, childhood,
education, personal life, and career as a cellist and string pedagogue. The study is divided
into a prologue, five chapters, and an epilogue, and ends with her retirement from the
University of Texas String Project in 1993.
Phyllis Young, a faculty member at the University of Texas at Austin from 1953-
2007, was Professor of Cello from 1974-2007 and the Parker C. Fielder Regents
Professor in Music from 1991-2007. She authored two books, Playing the String Game
(1978) and The String Play (1986), and served as national president of the American
String Teachers Association. She received that organization's Distinguished Service
Award (1984) and the Paul Rolland Lifetime Achievement Award (2002). In 2006, the
American String Teachers Association established an award in her name, The Phyllis
Young Outstanding Studio Teacher Award.
For forty years (1953-1993) Young was associated with the University of Texas
String Project, a teacher training program that continues to serve as a model for numerous
string programs nation-wide. She was director of the project from 1965-93. Young has
given lecture-demonstrations, master classes, and workshops for string teachers in thirtythree
countries on six continents and in forty-four of the American states. Her success as
a pedagogue is substantiated through her numerous students, many of whom occupy
significant musical positions in universities and orchestras, and as leaders in the string
education field.
Phyllis Young is a dedicated, passionate teacher whose legacy rests not only on
her professional accomplishments, but also on her influence on those who have been
associated with her. The success of her students, her influence on other string teachers
and programs, and her two books, all lasting testaments to her commitment to excellence,
can be considered the most significant components of her legacy.
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Bowles, Roger A. "Hiring preferences of employers of entry-level biomedical equipment technicians in Texas." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2006. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc5478/.
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This study examined the signaling strength, or marketing power, of the most common qualifications of entry-level biomedical equipment technicians (BMETs) in Texas, based on stated hiring preferences of BMET managers, using order ranking of fictitious resumes. This study also sought to determine whether certification status, education background, military training background as a BMET, or type of employer [hospital or ISO] of the hiring manager had an effect on hiring preference for applicant qualifications of associate degree, military training as a BMET, or certified biomedical equipment technician (CBET) certification candidacy. Participants were asked to rank 16 fictitious resumes representing the most common qualifications of entry-level BMETs and to fill out a background questionnaire regarding their education, military, certification, and employer. The number of times each resume ranked in first place was tabulated and inter-rater reliability was calculated. Resumes with qualifications of associate degree versus military training as a BMET were compared at three levels of work experience. A chi-square test for independence was conducted for the comparisons to determine whether work experience influenced preference. Chi-square tests were also conducted for comparisons of associate degree with candidacy for CBET certification versus associate degree and military training with CBET candidacy versus military training. No statistically significant results were found for the chi-square tests, indicating that work experience did not significantly influence participant preferences for the compared qualifications. BMET hiring managers indicated a preference for combinations of qualifications rather than any single qualification. Correlations in hiring managers' educational background, certification status, military training as a BMET, type of employer, and preference for applicant qualifications were examined. Statistically significant correlations were found between participants' preference for associate degree or military training and level of education, military training background, and type of employer. Statistically significant correlations were also found between participants' preference of military training with CBET candidacy over military training alone and military training as a BMET background as well as certification background.
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Sweeney, Sharon Shriver. "Attitudes and beliefs of parents of middle school children about calculators in school mathematics." Connect to this title online, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1095709423.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2004.<br>Title from first page of PDF file. Document formatted into pages; contains xiii, 245 p.; also includes graphics. Includes bibliographical references (p. 210-217).
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Strätling, Adrian. "Optimizing the GCC Suite for a VLIW Architecture." Master's thesis, Universitätsbibliothek Chemnitz, 2004. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:swb:ch1-200401767.
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This diploma thesis discusses the applicability of GCC optimization algorithms for the TI TMS320C6x processor family. Conditional and Parallel Execution is used to speed up the resulting code. It describes the optimization framework of the GCC version 4.0 and the implementation details<br>Diese Diplomarbeit behandelt die Anwendbarkeit der verschiedenen GCC Optimierungsalgorithmen für die TI TMS320C6x Prozessorfamilie. Bedingte und parallele Ausführbarkeit werden zur Beschleunigung eingesetzt. Sie beschreibt den Rahmen in dem die Optimierungen in Version 4.0 des GCC stattfinden und Details zur Implementierung
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Törmänen, Daniel. "Framtidens D250S Dual batteriladdare." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för elektronik, matematik och naturvetenskap, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-16426.
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This thesis aims to develop proposals and models for a modular electronics construction to a future D250S Dual battery charger. The aim also includes investigation of possibilities to use some of Texas Instruments C2000 microprocessors. The reason for this is that CTEK SWEDEN AB wants to renew the present D250S Dual battery charger and lower the manufacturing costs. The thesis work has involved gathering theoretical facts for the development of a design on the modular electronic construction, the choice on which microprocessor to use, the choice of electronic components and facts about peripheral equipment to the D250S Dual. With the theoretical there has been developed different solutions to the proposed hardware and software solutions with comparisons in aspects of positive and negative. The thesis work is only a feasibility study to a future D250S Dual. The development of a future D250S Dual needs more work to make it possible to do a proof of concept.
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Orsak, Katherine Cecil. "Factors Affecting Exercise Adherence among Participants, Nonparticipants and Dropouts of a Worksite Health and Fitness Program." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1994. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc277769/.
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This study examines the relationship between exercise adherence and several factors: self-motivation; attitudinal commitment; predisposing, enabling, and reinforcing (PER) factors; and barriers related to exercise. The sample (N=431) consists of employees at Texas Instruments, Incorporated in Dallas, Texas. The sample was placed into six comparison groups: high adherers, low adherers, nonparticipants who exercise, nonparticipants who do not exercise, dropouts who exercise and dropouts who do not exercise. Using a one-way ANOVA, the results show significance (p<.01) among the groups for: self-motivation and barriers. Attitudinal commitment and PER factors did not show significance. The results can be applied to worksite health programs to increase exercise adherence among employee populations.
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Novotný, Libor. "Přestavba RC modelu pro autonomní řízení." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta strojního inženýrství, 2020. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-417416.
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This master’s thesis deals with rebuild of RC car model for use of autonomous sensors. Practical part of the thesis is divided to five main parts. The First part deals about selection of suitable RC model. Next part of thesis deals with detailed description of the RC model. The third part of thesis deals about selection of microcontroller which will be processing the model control. The fourth part of thesis deals about construction changes of the model. The last part of thesis deal about Simulink control of the vehicle.
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Kočík, Karol. "Modul osciloskopu s bezdrátovým přenosem dat." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta elektrotechniky a komunikačních technologií, 2015. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-221279.
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The aim of the thesis is the design and realization of the oscilloscope module with wireless data transfer. One part of the thesis is a short overview of the different types of AD converters. The main part is focused on the hardware configuration that allows modification of the wireless module of the oscilloscope, and the possibility of using in the industrial zone. The design takes into account reducing of consumption and EMC compatibility.
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Bohman, Matthew Kendall. "Compiler-Assisted Software Fault Tolerance for Microcontrollers." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2018. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/6724.
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Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) microcontrollers can be useful for non-critical processing on spaceborne platforms. Many of these microprocessors are inexpensive and consume little power. However, the software running on these processors is vulnerable to radiation upsets, which can cause unpredictable program execution or corrupt data. Space missions cannot allow these errors to interrupt functionality or destroy gathered data. As a result, several techniques have been developed to reduce the effect of these upsets. Some proposed techniques involve altering the processor hardware, which is impossible for a COTS device. Alternately, the software running on the microcontroller can be modified to detect or correct data corruption. There have been several proposed approaches for software mitigation. Some take advantage of advanced architectural features, others modify software by hand, and still others focus their techniques on specific microarchitectures. However, these approaches do not consider the limited resources of microcontrollers and are difficult to use across multiple platforms. This thesis explores fully automated software-based mitigation to improve the reliability of microcontrollers and microcontroller software in a high radiation environment. Several difficulties associated with automating software protection in the compilation step are also discussed. Previous mitigation techniques are examined, resulting in the creation of COAST (COmpiler-Assisted Software fault Tolerance), a tool that automatically applies software protection techniques to user code. Hardened code has been verified by a fault injection campaign; the mean work to failure increased, on average, by 21.6x. When tested in a neutron beam, the neutron cross sections of programs decreased by an average of 23x, and the average mean work to failure increased by 5.7x.
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Šostý, Radim. "Časomíra pro požární sport využívající bezdratové technologie." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta informačních technologií, 2014. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-413349.
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This thesis deals with design and implementation of flexible modular electronic stopwatch system for use in resport. One of the advantages of the system is possibility of using wireless communication with sensors and displays. Developed system consist of main control unit, external display, wireless modules for communication with the sensors and desktop application that collects data and controls the system. Solution of system components, communication between them and method of time synchronization of wireless devices is also described in this thesis.
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Skrášek, Tomáš. "Úzkopásmová PLC komunikace se standardy G3-PLC, PRIME a IEEE-1901.2." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta elektrotechniky a komunikačních technologií, 2015. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-220388.
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Diploma thesis is about narrowband PLC communication standards. The theoretical part describes details of all available OFDM standards including G3-PLC, PRIME, IEEE-1901.2 and G.hnem. The practical part deals with PRIME and G3-PLC standards. In this part is also compared OFDM technology with system of single carrier frequency in environment with real interferences. The last part describes developement of two firmwares for PLC modems Texas Instruments TMDSPLCKIT-V3, which allow UART communication and remote data collection. The thesis also includes Windows application developed to display and save collected data.
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Konečný, Ondřej. "Knihovna pro programování mikrokontrolérů nezávisle na jejich rodině." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta informačních technologií, 2014. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-236105.
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This project describes a concept of a library architecture that will enable to hide platform-specific behaviour of different MCUs under an united API that will enable the developers to develop portable applications. After a short summary of the current situation, the report describes the main principles of the library-to-be followed by definitions of behaviour of each module that can be controlled using the library. Then this report describes techniques used in the implementation and platform specifics. In the conclusion there is an idea of the direction in which the development could continue.
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Pelka, Tomáš. "Univerzální časomíra pro hasičský sport." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta informačních technologií, 2018. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-385904.
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This work deals with the design of universal wireless timer for fire sport disciplines. Fire sport is a group of more than 15 disciplines. There are different ways of time measurement for each discipline. Important part of this work is detailed research of individual disciplines and their requirements at time measurement system and it's accessories. Another part of this work deals with the specification of wireless timekeeping system, which involves suitable partitioning of time measurement system into wirelessly communication modules. The interface for connecting sensors and accessories is also specified. Designed system is suitable for racing and training purposes, it has short installation time. This work also deals with the design of electronics (power and digital circuits) for each module and also with building of prototype, which is tested using prepared scenarios. New findings are evaluated and lead to design of next generation of time measurement system.
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Wang, Dongmei. "Least mean square algorithm implementation using the texas instrument digital signal processing board." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 1999. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1175279376.
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Pertsch, Alexander Thomas. "An intelligent stand-alone ultrasonic device for monitoring local damage growth in civil structures." Thesis, Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/31716.
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Thesis (M. S.)--Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010.<br>Committee Chair: Jacobs, Laurence J.; Committee Co-Chair: Wang, Yang; Committee Member: Kim, Jin-Yeon. Part of the SMARTech Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Collection.
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Forsmark, Christopher. "Investigation of magnetic sensors and hardware design of a sensor platform for human-computer interaction purposes." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Fysik och elektroteknik, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-143872.
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Company A develops algorithms and hardware for the application of magnet tracking, to be able to use a dipole magnet as an interaction tool between humans and computers. This master thesis investigates the available magnetic sensors through a market survey and practical testing of a selection of the sensors in purpose to determine the most suitable magnetic sensor and magnetic sensor technology for the application of magnet tracking. With the most suitable sensor found in the investigation, a sensor platform is designed and manufactured. The sensor HMC5983 from Honeywell is found to be the most suitable sensor and is designed into the sensor platform, which also includes ,for instance, a wireless MCU, CC2640 from Texas Instru- ments, together with a PCB antenna and a PSU including a battery charger, BQ24075 from Texas Instruments. The most suitable mag- netic sensor technology was found to be magnetoresistive sensors. The sensor platform was designed according to the requirements and is working good enough to enable company A to start testing their algorithms for magnet tracking on the new platform.
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Dobbs, Louann. "A Quasi-Experimental Study of Inter-rater Reliability When Awarding Exceptional Quality Points on the Texas Teacher Appraisal Instrument." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1989. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc331185/.
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This study investigates the inter-rater reliability of appraisers who award exceptional quality points on the Texas Teacher Appraisal Instrument. Inter-rater reliability was measured when appraisers scored exceptional quality points after viewing a videotaped lesson. Comparisons were made between appraisers when grouped according to elementary or secondary certification, sex, years of administrative experience, and type of training. A total of 707 subjects from 56 school districts participated in the study. Five research hypotheses were formulated with the .05 level of significance for acceptance. All hypotheses were tested by correlation of coefficients, multiple response procedures, frequencies, and percentages.
The data measuring inter-rater reliability of the appraisers in training imply that there is very little reliability in the awarding of exceptional quality points on the Texas Teacher Appraisal Instrument. The findings of this study are that certification, sex, administrative experience, and type of training made no significant differences when scoring the instrument. Therefore, it is concluded that the scoring of exceptional quality points is a subjective, professional judgment made by each appraiser when observing a teacher. Since no significant reliability was found, the scoring of exceptional quality points cannot be supported as a reliable means of determining the quality of teaching in Texas schools. Generally, elementary certified appraisers awarded fewer exceptional quality points than secondary appraisers, males awarded slightly more points than females, appraisers indicated no noticeable trend because of years of administrative experience, and less experienced appraisers had the tendency to award more points than experienced appraisers.
Therefore, inter-rater reliability in awarding exceptional quality points cannot be expected on a consistent basis. Each appraiser, regardless of certification, sex, years of administrative experience or training, will use his or her own professional judgment when scoring the instrument.
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Hansen, William R. "The research and development of an assessment instrument for measuring the spiritual growth of Forest Hill Baptist Church, Longview, Texas." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2002. http://www.tren.com.
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Široký, Adam. "Časomíra letu v ultralehkém letadle/vrtulníku." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta informačních technologií, 2015. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-235008.
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This thesis deals with the development of embedded system for ultra light airplanes and helicopters. The aim is to design a system which would allow to measure and record the length of individual flights. It is therefore an onboard electronic diary which should facilitate and streamline the administration associated with sport aircraft operation. The base of the system is created on microcontroller of the MSP430 family by Texas Instruments. A reader will be offered the used hardware, the system design, the way of function and the possibility of using of the suggested system.
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Kavousanos-Kavousanakis, Andreas. "Design and implementation of a DSP-based control interface unit (CIU)." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2004. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/04Mar%5FKavousanos-Kavousanakis.pdf.
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Thesis (M.S. in Electrical Engineering and M.S. in Systems Engineering)--Naval Postgraduate School, March 2004.<br>Thesis advisor(s): Xiaoping Yun. Includes bibliographical references (p. 61-63). Also available online.
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Burdett, Kimberley H. "A review of literature and texts relating to the percussion methods course including a proposal for a new text to meet concerns about course content and structure." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1180457064.
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Kahler, Betty June. "Development and validation of a prototype instrument to be used in the appraisal of school library media specialists." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1990. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/24615821.html.
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Mota, Larissa Larie. "Instrumento educativo para escolares sobre temas de atenção às urgências na perspectiva dos profissionais do Serviço de Atendimento Móvel de Urgência." reponame:Repositório Institucional da UFSC, 2013. https://repositorio.ufsc.br/xmlui/handle/123456789/122732.
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Dissertação (mestrado profissional) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Gestão do Cuidado em Enfermagem, Florianópolis, 2013.<br>Made available in DSpace on 2014-08-06T17:17:59Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1
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Previous issue date: 2013<br>Este estudo objetivou criar um instrumento educativo voltado à população em idade escolar, contendo os principais temas da atenção às urgências, através da sistematização dos principais temas e investigação fundamentada na literatura. Estudo qualitativo, de natureza exploratório-descritiva, desenvolvido em um município catarinense. Os sujeitos foram 19 profissionais do Serviço de Atendimento Móvel de Urgência (SAMU), que participaram de quatro encontros, no formato de Grupos Focais (GF). Ao final, obteve-se um instrumento educativo composto por conceitos e orientações que facilitem, à população em idade escolar incluída no Programa Saúde na Escola (PSE), identificar uma situação de risco ou agravo à saúde e como agir corretamente frente a ela, baseada nos princípios de atenção às urgências e cuidados pré-hospitalares até a chegada do atendimento especializado. Os resultados deste estudo foram organizados em dois manuscritos e uma produção técnica. O primeiro manuscrito aborda os principais temas para a elaboração do instrumento educativo sobre atenção às urgências, apresentando como principais resultados quatro categorias temáticas: O SAMU e a escola: educação e promoção da saúde para as crianças; Como o SAMU funciona: o que é importante saber?; Tem algo errado, e agora? e; Estamos quase concluindo, dê sua opinião. O segundo manuscrito trata de investigar os principais temas de atendimento pré-hospitalar como subsídios para elaboração do instrumento educativo voltado à população em idade escolar, com fundamento na literatura. Obteve-se como resultados quatro conjuntos temáticos: Meu Deus, ele caiu!: Desmaios, crise convulsiva (epilepsia) e parada cardiorrespiratória (PCR); Ele está roncando, será que está dormindo?: Hipoglicemia e hiperglicemia; Engasgou, e agora?: Obstrução de vias aéreas por corpo estranho (OVACE); e, O que aconteceu aqui?: Acidentes domésticos, intoxicações, acidentes com animais peçonhentos e queimaduras. Com base nas categorias e nos conjuntos temáticos, a produção técnica intitulada Trabalho Informativo Objetivo sobre o SAMU (TIO SAMU) foi idealizada como uma proposta de um instrumento educativo com informações sobre o SAMU e a atenção às urgências. Sugere-se que seja utilizado pelas Equipes de Saúde da Família (ESF) durante a realização de atividades de educação em saúde, junto ao PSE. O documento está disponível no link: http://www.jolimack.com/larissa/cartilha_tio_samu.pdf e, também, no site do Mestrado Profissional em Gestão do Cuidado em Enfermagem da UFSC. Conclui-se sobre a importância de incentivar e fortalecer a intersetorialidade, principalmente entre os setores saúde e educação, como propõem a configuração do PSE, constituindo-se o diferencial deste estudo em relação às demais iniciativas educativas. Pondera-se que para ganhar robustez, é fundamental a institucionalização desta proposta, tendo o instrumento educacional como uma das inúmeras estratégias à educação em saúde com as crianças e adolescentes.<br>
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Hunt, Edmund. "'The difference between us' : using early medieval northern European texts in the creation of a work for instrumental ensemble, voices and electronics." Thesis, Birmingham City University, 2017. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.743085.
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The aim of this investigation was to explore ways of using untranslated early medieval texts in contemporary musical composition, drawing on literature in Old English, medieval Irish, Old Norse and Middle Welsh. The ultimate goal of this research was to compose a chamber opera for three singers, ensemble and electronics. Despite focusing on the use of text, this is not a literary or linguistic research project. While a knowledge of languages, form and metre has been crucial to my work, the texts have been treated as an element of the creative compositional process. The music has not been written to exemplify text, but to explore and extrapolate the ideas that might arise from it. Moreover, although the texts under consideration were from early medieval northern Europe, the project did not address issues of historical performance practice. Neither was there any attempt to recreate a historical or imagined form of early music. Instead, the texts were used for the literary and sonic content that they provided. The musical language with which these ideas were expressed is my own, which owes its development both to contemporary music and to the legacy of the twentieth century. The first chapter introduces the background to the project, with reference to contemporary composers whose works have informed and influenced the development of my ideas. This is followed by a brief description of the major piece, a chamber opera for three singers, ensemble and electronics entitled The Difference Between Us. In order to hone and explore the various approaches that had the potential to be used in the chamber opera, it was necessary to compose a variety of supporting works. The first supporting work, We Are Apart; Our Song Together, is discussed in detail in Chapter Two, since the composition was included in its entirety as part of the final work. Additional supporting works are discussed in Chapter Three, with sections of this chapter devoted to the vocal, instrumental and electronic compositions of the portfolio. The ideas that were developed in these three compositional genres achieved synthesis in the final work, The Difference Between Us, which is discussed in Chapter Four. In writing The Difference Between Us, the supporting compositions provided invaluable preparatory research into the ways in which early medieval texts could shape the musical structure and content of the work at every level, from surface detail through to global structure. However, the use of untranslated texts in a chamber opera raised profound questions regarding communication and narrative. The form, structure and content of The Difference Between Us arose precisely as an attempt to answer these questions. Rather than limiting the scope of the chamber opera, the early medieval texts became the cornerstone of the musical structure and drama of the work. These conclusions are discussed and evaluated in Chapter Five.
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Castillo, Rengifo Sandra Viviana. "Los textos narrativos como instrumento didáctico en la enseñanza del español como lengua materna en Suecia." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Romanska och klassiska institutionen, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-194108.
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This research addresses the issue of narrative texts in the teaching of Spanish. Narrative texts and literature in general can be instruments of great value teaching and learning a language when used appropriately. Therefore, it is interesting to know how teachers use this didactic tool and how narrative texts can motivate students. To answer these questions, data is collected through surveys answered by 17 students of Spanish as a mother tongue. In these surveys, students answer questions about their experiences with narrative texts in and out of class. There are also 5 interviews with two teachers and three students of Spanish as a mother tongue. The responses obtained are analyzed with quantitative methods (with the help of software such as Minitab and Excel) and qualitative methods. The analysis of the responses to the surveys suggests that students with greater curiosity for narrative texts have a greater increase in the vocabulary obtained. There are also positive relationships between interest in narrative texts, frequency of language use, and frequency of dictionary use. The responses of both teachers and students in the interviews show that the narrative texts provide different knowledge. These results support the idea that narrative texts are effective for mother tongue teaching and learning.
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Abdulredha, Adnan. "Le français instrumental au Koweït : retour sur l'expérience de la lecture des textes juridiques français et perspectives didactiques pour le français juridique." Phd thesis, Université Paul Valéry - Montpellier III, 2012. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00719291.
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L'enseignement du français est tenu de s'adapter aux contextes et publics. Ainsi, la faculté de droit du Koweït a proposé à ses étudiants, à la fin des années 1980, un enseignement-apprentissage de la lecture des textes juridiques français. Notre travail se propose, dans un premier temps, de passer en perspective le contexte du Koweït dans ses différentes déclinaisons géographique, économique, linguistique, ainsi que la place du français langue étrangère dans cet émirat.Dans un second temps, l'analyse de cette expérience particulière aboutit à une évaluation à la lumière des critères retenus en la matière. Partant de là, nous formulerons quelques propositions d'ordre général sur l'enseignement-apprentissage du français juridique au Koweït.
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Barberá, Pastor Carlos. "Variaciones sobre la Bye House de John Hejduk." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Politècnica de València, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10251/37607.
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El objeto de estudio del trabajo titulado Variaciones sobre la Bye House de John Hejduk es la casa Wall House 2; proyectada entre 1972 y 1974 para la ciudad de Ridgefield, en Connecticut (U.S.A), y construida sobre el año 2000 en la ciudad de Groningen, en Holanda.
Se dedican dos capítulos para analizar la Wall House a partir del material publicado en Mask of Medusa y Five Architects. Los capítulos se titulan "Presentación de la Wall House 2 (Bye House) de John Hejduk" y "Una visita a la Wall House 2 de papel". En estos dos apartados, se pone en orden la información sobre la Wall House disponible en los documentos.
En estos dos primeros capítulos la casa, de papel, es visitada a través de los libros donde aparece el proyecto.
En el capítulo tercero, "Una visita a la Wall House 2 construida en Groningen", se describe la visita a la casa construida en Holanda. Se comparan las explicaciones sobre la experiencia en el interior de la casa con algunas explicaciones que Hejduk da sobre la experiencia arquitectónica. Se considera que la casa surge de un proyecto y de un proceso que la origina.
En el capítulo 4, titulado "La Wall House 2 como instrumento musical", se compara el proyecto de la Wall House con algunos dibujos sobre instrumentos musicales que Hejduk plantea a los estudiantes de la Escuela de Arquitectura de New York. En este capítulo se introduce la concepción de la casa como un instrumento musical. Es, en parte, un prólogo al planteamiento de la tesis doctoral, es un preludio a la exposición, donde la Wall House empieza a presentarse desde la particularidad de la casa al compararla con la música.
El capítulo siguiente analiza las relaciones que vinculan el proceso de la transformación de un cuadrado, sobre el cual se fundamenta la casa, con otros proyectos anteriores, como son las Texas Houses, las Diamond Houses y otras Wall Houses.
El último capítulo, "La Casa para el Habitante que se Negó a Participar en la Wall House 2", es una continuación del anterior<br>Barberá Pastor, C. (2009). Variaciones sobre la Bye House de John Hejduk [Tesis doctoral no publicada]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/37607<br>Palancia
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"Texas Instruments Incorporated : service level agreements and cultural change : case study." Center for Information Systems Research, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/2677.
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Pangan, Emerson, and 潘艾生. "Asset-Light Strategy and Competitive Advantage: A Case Study of Texas Instruments." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/7w4jnw.
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碩士<br>國立交通大學<br>企業管理碩士學程<br>102<br>This study focuses on Texas Instruments deployment of its fab-light-strategy. This strategy is equivalent to the name Light-asset strategy wherein this is a new business model for the IDM firms where they try to focus on their core competency in which it is believe that it give its firm a competitive advantage over others. Competitive advantage is defined as the ability of a firm to generate returns above its normal return, therefore higher competitive advantage the higher one firms profit is.
Reports and news are stating that TI or abbreviation for Texas Instruments success in implementing its fab-lite strategy is influencing other IDM to follow their steps and thus it is a fact now due to numerous firm announces its pursue in this new business model. However, there is no measurement given by report and news telling how success is TI is on that chosen strategy.
This paper tries to have in-depth analysis of TI asset-light strategy, using quantitative case analysis, S&;P Compustat database and numerous literatures to justify the success of the said firm. The quantitative case study provides several insights such as (a) How much in US$ is this light-asset strategy contributed to TI (b) If this strategy can give competitive advantage to one firm, this paper shows how big it is and its sustainability in long run. And (c) If one firms is pursuing this strategy, some pointers in the implementations.
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LEE, FU-SHOU, and 李福壽. "Example from Texas Instruments IC A/T fields─ Sub-contract’s performance managing model." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/53468908343701220844.
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碩士<br>國立臺灣科技大學<br>工業管理系<br>99<br>Texas Instruments, an IDM kind of factory, no doubt on quality ensure, cost became a major factor to consider for sub-contract business.
Business scale of the other IDMs may vary by season. Seems IDMs are not extends on capacity, but, treat sub-contract’s capacity as a buffer. TI is treat sub-contract business with certain ratio to be coopetition but cannibalization. TI was treat low pin count to go sub-contract with priority, next scenario is technology with unique that cost high for TI to be own. Capacity concern is a backup as TI internal A/T full fill the demand first and remains go for sub-contract. In different scenario have a different contract agreement for deal.
By quality first priority and cost first consider, this study focus on a manage method develop how TI can be ranking sub-contracts. What chrispy method can do on all different sub-contract management team to produce a product that within TI requirement. Property of this study is not a decision make for sub-contract selection, but, applying BSC for driven all improvement actions with same goal. It actions define with concentrate on Cost、Ease of doing business、Technology、Responsiveness、Assurance of Supply、Quality. For periodically, will review with quarterly, monthly base.For advance gradually, settle goal, timeframe for achieve, revise the goal per segment accomplishment. Key factor from BSC is to be tracking the actions with execution reality.
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Wasson, George Dwayne. "Elevators and escalators the study of an innovative approach to teaching fingerboard geography to heterogeneous string classes /." Thesis, 2002. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/fullcit?p3086731.
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Mainor, Fredrick Dean. "Using KLEE to generate test cases for the Texas Instruments® Stellaris® Peripheral Driver Library." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/26348.
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Software engineers spend much of their time checking the correctness of software. Software testing is the most widely used technique for accomplishing this task. Most of the test cases used for checking software are manually created, and may not always cover all execution paths of the software. If key test cases are not executed, then the possibility of errors within the software still exists. By using tools that can automate the testing of software, software engineers can run exhaustive tests on their applications to provide verification and validation. Symbolic execution is a program analysis technique that can be utilized to achieve this. KLEE is an open-source dynamic test generation tool based on symbolic execution. In this report I present my results from evaluating KLEE on the Texas Instruments® Stellaris® Peripheral Driver Library. The Stellaris® Peripheral Driver Library consists of software drivers for controlling the peripherals on the Stellaris suite of ARM® Cortex-M based microcontrollers. In total 554 functions within the library were tested, and a total of 14763 test cases were generated. There were 32 bugs found in the software, which include assertion violations, memory errors, and arithmetic errors (division by zero, and shift errors).<br>text
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Andrews, Donald Graham. "A software engineering approach to a digitally synthesised modem using a Texas Instruments TMS320 signal processor." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/15550.
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Penney, Matthew Tyler. ""Instruments of national purpose". World War II and Southern higher education: Four Texas universities as a case study." Thesis, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1911/20690.
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This dissertation considers the significance of the relationship between the federal government and U.S. higher education during World War II and the immediate postwar years, using four Texas universities (the University of Texas, Texas A&M, Baylor University, and the Rice Institute) as case studies. World War II and Cold War contexts of emergency and moral purpose were manifest in America's institutions of higher learning, which channeled their resources to assist a national agenda. Reciprocally, the federal government provided support to universities on unprecedented scales. This partnership was especially relevant to universities in the South, which had historically lagged behind their non-southern peers in research capability, had been more wary of outside influence, and had tended to stress regionalism over---if not at the expense of---nationalism. Yet despite the changes depicted in this study, a preexisting role of the southern university as serving one or more constituencies made the cooperation with the federal government less of a shift in the uses of the university than might otherwise be apparent. Among the topics that this study looks at in some depth are wartime financing of university research, curricular change, campus trainee programs, postwar veteran enrollments, the southern university as a trainer in so-called American values, and the impetus to assert these values. Of special note is the rise of defense-oriented research agendas and securing the revenues to sustain them. The partnership between the university and the federal government institutionalized a new a way of conducting university business that became so normative in just a few years after World War II as to seem irreversible. This dissertation shows the importance of this partnership at a group of universities outside the few high-profile institutions typically invoked as iconic or indicative of war-era federal cooperation. With its regional perspective that considers the southern university's role in advancing defense research, commerce, and technology, such investigation also highlights another basis on which to recognize World War II and the immediate postwar era as transformative in the history of the U.S. South.
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Kao, Tuan-Tai, and 高端黛. "A Case Study of Competitive Strategy Change of Texas Instruments – Apply the Resources, Processes and Values Theory and Value Chain Evolution Theory." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/j4k3n9.
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碩士<br>國立交通大學<br>企業管理碩士學程<br>104<br>Christensen's innovation theories predict change in personal computer market in semiconductor industry. Semiconductor powers the personal computer market and The Moore’s law boosts innovation speed in microprocessors. Incumbents in the personal computer value chain used to enjoy decent market growth when consumers are demanding higher performance and more functionality. However, after years of technology evolution, firms overshot customers for performance and created room for new entrants to enter the market with disruptive innovation target at lower-tier market or non-consumer market. The overshooting signs include customers pay less premium for next generation computers; pure player gain traction in the industry as well as customers can’t use all the functionalities. What factors decide if incumbents would fight or fly when facing industry wide changes?
This research applied the resources, processes and values theory and share empirical study about case company’s capability building blocks that enable them to make analog and embedded processing their technology domains and grow adjacent markets when personal electronics market shows signals of overshooting customer for performance.
Another innovation theory applied is value chain evolution theory. It suggests that firms should integrate resources to improve what’s not good enough. It requires certain part of value chain to be optimized and interdependent. Modular and configurable pieces have to surround the interdependent and optimized pieces.
In TI’s case, we are seeing value chain evolution applied not only in product manufacturing but also in product distribution stage to address market penetration in highly fragmented markets.
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Lee, Michael, and 李世僑. "The analog industry: comparing texas instrument and richtek technology." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/77223067165050054000.
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碩士<br>國立政治大學<br>國際經營管理英語碩士學位學程(IMBA)<br>99<br>This case study of the analogy industry, comparing Texas Instrument and Richtek is divided into seven chapters. Chapter one will discuss the overall analog industry and how it is correlated to the consumer, communication, and computing end markets. It will then be followed by chapter two and three which will describe Texas Instruments’ and Richtek’s current company situation and their future business plans. Chapter four will begin to analyze these two companies using ratio analysis. Chapter five will then discuss how players in the industry have not buit capacity in the past five years and how it will affect their margins in the future. In chapter six Porter’s five force analysis will be implemented to demonstrated the industries strengths and weaknesses and then how each of the two companies fit into these scenarios. Finally in chapter seven, given the information we look to see what may happen to both Richtek and Texas Instruments.
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Claus, Edna Q. "The Development and Validation of a Pre-Evaluation Instrument for the Virtual College of Texas to Measure Quality in Distance Education Courses." 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2009-05-534.
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The purpose of this study was to 1) provide a detailed examination of the criteria for preevaluation
utilized to measure quality in a distance education course for the Virtual College of
Texas (VCT) and consortium members, 2) examine the process of each VCT consortium
member in order to determine the criterion for the quality of distance education courses being
provided by a host or provider college, and 3) develop and validate a pre-evaluation instrument
to pre-determine quality in distance education courses for the Virtual College of Texas and
consortium members.
This was a qualitative research study that utilized document analysis, semi-structured
interviews questions and incorporated a modified use of the research and development cycle.
The data was gathered from the member colleges that are part of the Virtual College of Texas
Consortium. The entire 43 member college?s websites were searched for documents containing
the criteria that they used to evaluate the quality of on-line courses. These documents were also
used to formulate the questions used in the semi-structured telephone interview questions.
During the course of this study it became evident that an educational research and
development strategy would be utilized due to the development of a pre-evaluation instrument to
pre-determine quality in distance education courses for the Virtual College of Texas. There are 10 major steps in the educational research and design (R and D) process however in this study it
was modified since not all of the major steps were applicable.
It is clear that determining quality criteria is not easily accomplished due to the
differences in and of the decision makers, however the participants in this agreed on the final
development of a pre-evaluation instrument to pre-determine quality in a distance education
course. The use of a pre-evaluation instrument to pre-determine quality in a distance education
course may aid distance education in promotion of its foundational purpose of connecting the
instructor with the student for learning and in promoting the value of connecting human beings
in a meaningful way through the use of distance education for human resource development
(Swanson and Holton, 2001).