Atmel tinyAVR microcontrollers
23 July, 2010 byThe Atmel tinyAVR is the smallest family of microcontrollers that includes ATtiny4, ATtiny5, ATtiny9 and ATtiny10 and is now upgraded and available with extended temperature range to +125°C.
Atmel tinyAVR flash microcontroller
23 July, 2010 byAtmel has introduced what it claims is the world’s smallest flash microcontroller, an eight-pad ultra-thin dual flat no-lead (UDFN) package measuring 2 x 2 x 0.6 mm, resulting in a volume of 2.4 mm3.
Atmel ATtiny20 microcontroller
23 July, 2010 byThe ATtiny20 is the latest addition to the Atmel tinyAVR product family of low-power, high-performance microcontrollers featuring picoPower technology.
Freescale Semiconductor Kinetis family of 90 nm 32-bit MCUs
19 July, 2010Freescale Semiconductor has announced the Kinetis family of 90 nm 32-bit MCUs based on the ARM Cortex-M4 processor. Complementing the company’s 90 nm ColdFire+ MCU range, this represents a scalable portfolio of low-power, mixed-signal ARM Cortex-M4 processor-based MCUs.
MIPS and choosing a microcontroller
20 May, 2010 by Terry Schmidt, product marketing manager, Advanced Microcontroller Architecture Division, Microchip TechnologyMeasuring CPU performance in real-time embedded-control applications has always been a widely debated and subjective topic. The market is composed of 8-, 16- and 32-bit microcontroller and digital signal controller products with a wide variety of device pin counts, memory sizes and types and integrated system support and peripheral functions.
Microchip Technology 32-bit MCU families
03 March, 2010 byMicrochip Technology has released three new families of microcontrollers that provide up to 128 KB of RAM and various connectivity options, including 10/100 Mbps ethernet, two CAN2.0b controllers, USB host, device and OTG, and six UART, five I2C and four SPI ports.
Renesas Technology SH7266 and SH7267 MCUs eight versions released
10 February, 2010 byRenesas has released eight versions of the SH7266 and SH7267, two 32-bit MCUs with an on-chip SRAM size of 1.5 MB that are intended for embedded applications in the industrial and consumer fields, such as displays for digital audio players or graphical dashboards.
Production problems with microcontrollers
02 December, 2009Microcontrollers are commonly considered by designers to be one of the easiest products to use due to their simple programming language, wide peripheral set and price/performance value. They are heavily used in products from washing machines to motor vehicles.
Eight-bit core microcontrollers
17 August, 2009 byMicrochip has announced the first six members of the PIC16F193X family of microcontrollers featuring enhanced mid-range eight-bit core - the PIC16F1934, PIC16LF1934, PIC16F1936, PIC16LF1936, PIC16F1937 and PIC16LF1937.
PIC microcontrollers
17 August, 2009 byMicrochip has announced a family of 8-bit PIC microcontrollers with nanoWatt XLP technology, enabling low sleep currents.
16-bit microcontroller
17 August, 2009 bySeiko Epson has developed the S1C17803 16-bit microcontroller that enhances the user interface of control panels used in items such as whitegoods and factory automation equipment.
MCU family
01 June, 2009 byRenesas has announced the first RX family MCU products built around the RX CPU, which will form the core of the company’s MCU business in future.
GSM terminal
17 April, 2009 byGlyn has introduced the EZ864 Pro GSM terminal with Microchip PIC18F67J10 microcontroller as a turnkey solution for machine-to-machine applications.
Entry-level MCU
17 April, 2009 byCyan has released the eCOG1XE01A6, an entry-level subset of the eCOG1X microcontroller (MCU) family.
MCP73871 battery charger
17 April, 2009Microchip has announced the MCP73871 charge-management controller — a Li-Ion/Li-polymer charger with an intelligent charge management feature that enables simultaneous AC-DC-adapter or USB-port charging and powering of devices.
