Microcontroller Madness
Atmel Broadens AVR MCU Family
March 12, 2012 1:38 pm | Atmel Corporation | Product Releases | CommentsAtmel Corporation announced 14 new devices in its AVR microcontroller (MCU) family, providing more options to meet unique design requirements. Used by well over 100,000 engineers worldwide, AVR microcontrollers are regarded for their performance, power efficiency and flexibility across many application areas. Adding more memory, connectivity peripherals and system integration, the newest devices
General-Purpose 8-bit MCUs Include Next-Generation Digital and Analog Peripherals
February 28, 2012 12:28 pm | Microchip Technology Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsMicrochip Technology Inc. announced a new family of 8-bit microcontrollers (MCUs) featuring next-generation analog and digital peripherals, making them desirable for general-purpose applications, as well as
Technical Training Series in China Shows How To Move Applications Among 8, 16 and 32-bit
February 13, 2012 5:48 am | News | CommentsMicrochip Technology Inc. announced a series of technical training seminars in China-beginning in February - that will show designers how to easily adapt to changing product requirements by migrating a real-world application from 8, to 16, to 32-bit PIC microcontrollers (MCUs). The seminars will run from
ThreadX RTOS and NetX Duo TCP-IP Stack Enhance Cortex-M4 Performance
February 1, 2012 4:35 am | Stmicroelectronics | Product Releases | CommentsExpress Logic announced that it has ported its popular ThreadX RTOS and NetX TCP/IP stack to support a wide range of processors based on ARM’s Cortex-M4.
Flowcode Developers Kit Integrates Graphical Programming to Ease Electronic Design
January 30, 2012 3:22 am | Product Releases | Commentselement14, the collaborative global electronics community from Premier Farnell, has teamed up with Microchip and Matrix to introduce the PIC18 Flowcode Developers Kit.
PIC32 Multimedia Developers Kit Eases Development of 10-100 Ethernet Applications
January 24, 2012 8:35 am | Product Releases | CommentsTargeted at 10/100 Ethernet applications, the new PIC32 Multimedia Developers Kit from element14 offers comprehensive design software support for rapid evaluation and engineering development projects.
Premier Farnell Extends Line Card to Distribute ARM System Design Solutions in the Americas
January 23, 2012 3:36 am | News | CommentsPremier Farnell announced it has entered into an agreement to distribute ARM development tools, software, evaluation boards and debug hardware across the Americas through its Newark element14 brand.
ZLG Partners with Energy Micro in China
January 11, 2012 12:55 pm | by Posted by Chris Warner | News | CommentsEnergy Micro, the energy friendly microcontroller and radio company, has today announced the appointment of ZLG as an approved distributor of its ultra low power ARM Cortex based Gecko MCU and EFR4 Draco radio devices in China.Â
Software Tools Optimized for TriCore Microcontrollers in Complex Automotive Applications
December 20, 2011 4:12 am | News | CommentsWind River is collaborating with Infineon Technologies as part of a multi-year partnership to extend its integrated software tools portfolio by optimizing Wind River Diab Compiler for the TriCore microcontroller architecture
Optimize MCU Code for Low Energy Operation
December 2, 2011 3:55 am | by Rasmus Christian Larsen, Energy Micro, www.energymicro.com | Articles | CommentsOnce you’ve selected the right low power microcontroller, how important is your application code in achieving energy saving and efficiency goals? And how do you go about optimizing it for ultra low power operation? Answering such questions has always been difficult, since correlating current consumption with software code has traditionally been a somewhat inexact and cumbersome task.
Android Accessory Development with chipKIT MAX32
November 15, 2011 3:37 am | Videos | CommentsThis video demonstrates a working application example from Microchip's Accessory Framework for Android running on the chipKIT Development Platform.
DSCs and MCUs Bring 70 MIPS Performance and Cap Touch to Cost-Sensitive Designs
November 10, 2011 6:16 am | Microchip Technology Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsMicrochip Technology announced the expansion of its enhanced core 16-bit dsPIC33 and PIC24 “E” Digital Signal Controller (DSC) and microcontroller (MCU) families to include on-chip op amps and Microchip’s Charge Time Measurement Unit peripheral.
TV System on Chip Achieves Irdeto Security Certification
November 10, 2011 4:47 am | Stmicroelectronics | Product Releases | CommentsSTMicroelectronics announced the Freeman Premier family of TV System on Chip devices has been certified for Security Application by Irdeto, a global software security and media technology company.
element14 and Atmel Launch the SAM9 Development Kit
November 3, 2011 7:09 am | Atmel Corporation | Product Releases | Commentselement14 has announced availability of the SAM9 development kit, a full-featured evaluation board centred on Atmel’s ARM based AT91SAM9G45 processor.
Low-Power Microcontrollers Feature RC Analog-to-Digital Converters
October 31, 2011 5:40 am | Product Releases | CommentsML610Q4xx series low-power microcontrollers offer more choice when creating battery-powered devices used for the measurement and display of temperature, humidity and carbon monoxide (CO) in industrial and commercial environments.
Overview of the QorIQ Multicore Configuration Suite
October 28, 2011 4:36 am | News | CommentsLearn how Freescale's QorIQ Configuration Suite can help reduce multicore development time.
STM32F4 Discovery Kit Now Available
October 27, 2011 8:24 am | Stmicroelectronics | Product Releases | CommentsSTMicroelectronics, a global leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, has begun shipping the STM32F4 Discovery Kit to appointed distributors worldwide. The kit provides an ultra low-cost development environment enabling fast, convenient design starts using the new devices.
Chip Package System Convergence Requires Holistic Approach
October 26, 2011 8:16 am | by Ji Zheng, Apache | Blogs | CommentsWith extreme demands on power, performance and regulatory specifications, it becomes essential to view the chip, package and system as a cohesive network of interdependent parts.
Atmel Unveils Fifth-Generation ARM Cortex-M4 based Flash Microcontroller Family
October 26, 2011 7:45 am | Atmel Corporation | Product Releases | CommentsAtmel, a leader in microcontroller and touch technology solutions, is sampling the Atmel SAM4S16, the first device in the Cortex-M4 processor-based family, to lead customers. With a continued commitment to its ARM-processor-based MCU offerings, Atmel is also unveiling its fifth generation Cortex-M4 based Flash MCUs.
EnSilica launches Updated eSi-RISC Development Suite
October 25, 2011 4:31 am | Product Releases | CommentsEnSilica has launched a major new version of its ceSi-RISC Development Suite, a complete development environment for evaluating the EnSilica family of eSi-RISC highly configurable and low-power soft processor cores and creating embedded applications.
Vector Fabrics Joins ARM Connected Community
October 13, 2011 5:10 am | News | CommentsVector Fabrics today announced it is now a member of the ARM Connected Community, the industry’s largest ecosystem of ARM technology-based products and services.
Development Kit Features 'Giant Gecko' Cortex-M3 Microcontrollers
October 10, 2011 8:34 am | Product Releases | CommentsEnergy Micro has announced the availability of a development kit supporting their ARM Cortex-M3-based EFM32 Giant Gecko microcontrollers. Referenced EFM32GG-DK3750, the kit provides users with full J-Trace and J-Link support plus access to the Giant Gecko´s low energy features.
Eight-bit Microcontrollers Integrate Configurable Logic
October 5, 2011 9:38 am | Microchip Technology Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsMicrochip Technology announced from the Embedded Systems Conference in Boston several new 8-bit PIC microcontrollers that feature configurable logic and a high level of peripheral integration in 6- to 20-pin packages.
Collaboration to Provide Ultra-Low Power 802.11n Wi-Fi Capability for AVR and ARM-based Microcontrollers
September 30, 2011 6:28 am | Atmel Corporation | Product Releases | CommentsAtmel and Redpine Signals announced that system engineers can easily implement 802.11n Wi-Fi to all Atmel AVR and ARM-based microcontrollers (MCUs) using Redpine Signals’ Connect-io-n and n-Link modules.
The Tinker's Toolbox - Alf Bogen of Atmel on Intelligent Embedded Systems
September 23, 2011 6:57 am | Podcasts | CommentsIn today's podcast we talk to Alf Bogen of Atmel on Intelligent Embedded Systems. Today's engineer is faced with designing products containing systems of systems, often individually intelligent.
