Large-memory 16-bit MCUs
14 April, 2009 byMicrochip has announced nine mode members of the PIC24F 16-bit microcontroller family that have 2.6 µA standby current, up to 256 KB flash and 16 KB RAM in these 16-bit microcontrollers.
Mixed-signal microcontroller
08 April, 2009 byMaxim has introduced the Q2010, a 16-bit mixed-signal microcontroller with a power-saving stop mode.
Eight-bit microcontrollers
06 April, 2009 byFreescale Semiconductor has introduced the EL and SL microcontroller families to help embedded designers improve system performance in motor vehicle local interconnect network and general market applications.
Controller wins
11 July, 2008Advantech has received the Taiwan Excellence award for its intelligent audio and video controller, the UbiQ-350.
Low-voltage MCU
01 July, 2008Silicon Laboratories has released what it claims is the first microcontroller capable of operating down to 0.9 V, enabling portable devices to derive power from a single-cell battery.
USB microcontrollers
10 March, 2008Microchip has announced 12 high-performance, 8 bit flash microcontrollers, including Microchip's first USB and LCD MCU families to include an on-chip, high-speed 12 bit analog-to-digital converter peripheral.
Debugging a programmer
19 February, 2007Microchip says its PICkit 2 development programmer now supports in-circuit debugging of selected PIC microcontroller products.
Stellaris LM3S811 evaluation kit
15 January, 2007Luminary Micro has released the Stellaris LM3S811 evaluation kit with ARM RealView microcontroller development kit (MDK-ARM) evaluation software.
20-pin microcontroller
04 October, 2006Microchip has announced two 20-pin PIC microcontrollers to strengthen its 8-bit portfolio.
Single-chip microcontroller
02 May, 2006Renesas Technology America, Inc. today announced the SH7211F single-chip microcontroller (MCU) with on-chip flash memory, which features a fast SH-2A CPU core with good real-time control capability, an operating speed of 160MHz, and a processing capability of up to almost 320 MIPS.
USB microcontroller secures HDD access
08 February, 2006Fingerprint recognition technology has been used by Cypress Semiconductor and AuthenTec to introduce a reference design for adding biometric security to external hard disk drives (HDDs).
ARM operating system
03 August, 2005Keil Software has announced the advanced real-time operating system for ARM (ARTX-ARM), a flexible real-time operating system with TCP/IP networking and flash file system support for ARM-based controllers.
Secure microcontroller
11 August, 2003Atmel is sampling a secureAVR RISC microcontroller with 32 Mega-bit flash based on the AT90SC3232CS (secureAVR processor, 32 KB flash, 32 KB EEPROM) with in addition, 32 Mega-bit of flash for secure datastorage.
New manufacturing technique for microelectronics
24 July, 2003About every 18 months, the number of transistors in computer chips doubles - the direct result of ever-shrinking sizes. By decreasing the size of these components and consequently, fitting more of them onto a single chip, computer speed and power improves. Thanks to a new manufacturing technique - developed by an international team of researchers which includes Paul Nealey, a University of Wisconsin-Madison chemical engineer - manufacturing the minute may soon be cheaper and more exact.
Breakthrough tuning for microelectronics
17 June, 2003The ability to make atomic-level changes in the functional components of semiconductor switches, demonstrated by a team of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, North Carolina State University and University of Tennessee physicists, could lead to changes in the semiconductor industry.
