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Microchip PIC18F47J53 USB Microcontroller

Posted by Ken Cheung in Microcontrollers on Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Microchip Technology introduced the PIC18F47J53 USB microcontroller (MCU). The PIC18F47J53 MCU features XLP technology for eXtreme Low Power Consumption, up to 128 KB Flash program memory and 4 KB RAM, full-speed USB 2.0 capability, integrated mTouch sensing capability, multiple PWMs, timers, and SPI channels with DMA. The PIC18F47J53 microcontroller is available in 44-pin QFN and [...]

Freescale MPC830x PowerQUICC II Pro Architecture Processors

Posted by Ken Cheung in Microcontrollers on Thursday, August 19, 2010

Freescale Semiconductor announced the sub-$10 MPC830x PowerQUICC II Pro Architecture processors. The MPC830x communications processors consist of the MPC8308, MPC8309 and MPC8306/8306S. The MPC830x is ideal for line cards, industrial applications, WLAN access points, intelligent NIC equipment, smart energy gateways, and general purpose control functions. Suggested resale pricing in 10,000 quantities ranges from $7.36 (USD) [...]

Microchip PIC18F47J13 Microcontroller with 128 KB Flash Memory

Posted by Ken Cheung in Microcontrollers on Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Microchip Technology introduced the PIC18F47J13 8-bit microcontroller (MCU). The PIC18F47J13 MCU features 128 KB Flash program memory, XLP technology for eXtreme Low Power consumption, and mTouch capability for implementing capacitive touch sensing user interfaces. Microchip PIC18F47J13 also includes an on-chip 12-bit Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) advanced sensor, instrumentation and measurement applications. Package options for the PIC18F47J13 [...]

Energy Micro EFM32 Giant Gecko Microcontrollers

Posted by Ken Cheung in Microcontrollers on Monday, July 19, 2010

Energy Micro revealed details of their new EFM32 Giant Gecko microcontroller product family. The 32-bit Giant Gecko (GG) MCUs feature Flash configurations up to 1024KB with the added option of embedded USB connectivity. The EFM32GG microcontrollers are ideal for energy sensitive applications with high memory requirements. The EFM32 Giant Gecko from Energy Micro will begin [...]

Microchip PIC24FJ256GB210 Microcontroller Family

Posted by Ken Cheung in Microcontrollers on Monday, June 28, 2010

Microchip Technology introduced the PIC24FJ256GB210 microcontroller family. PIC24FJ256GB210 MCUs feature integrated USB for Embedded Host/Peripheral/On-the-Go and 96 Kbytes of RAM. All four members of the PIC24FJ256GB210 16-bit microcontroller family are available now for general sampling and volume production, starting at $4.10 each in 10,000-unit quantities. The PIC24FJ128GB206 and PIC24FJ256GB206 come in 64-pin TQFP and QFN [...]

Freescale QorIQ P5 64-bit Power Architecture Platform

Posted by Ken Cheung in Microcontrollers on Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Freescale Semiconductor announced the QorIQ P5 64-bit Power Architecture platform. The P5 platform features the e5500 core and is ideal for high-end control and data plane applications in networking, enterprise storage, security appliance, data center and aerospace/defense markets. The single-core 64-bit P5010 and the dual-core 64-bit P5020 processors will be the first products in the [...]

Freescale QorIQ P3041 Communications Processors

Posted by Ken Cheung in Microcontrollers on Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Freescale Semiconductor launched their QorIQ P3041 communications processors. Key features include a three-level cache hierarchy for optimized latencies, a hardware hypervisor for robust support of multiple operating systems within the device, a trusted boot architecture to ensure code is not tampered with or reverse engineered, efficient data path handling, and improved Serial RapidIO and SATA [...]

Microchip PIC24FJ256DA Microcontrollers

Posted by Ken Cheung in Microcontrollers on Monday, June 14, 2010

Microchip Technology launched the PIC24FJ256DA microcontroller family. The eight-member MCU family integrates three graphics acceleration units, a display controller, and 96 Kbytes of RAM. All eight members of the PIC24FJ256DA family are available now for sampling and volume production, starting at $4.14 each in 10,000-unit quantities. The PIC24FJ128DA106, PIC24FJ256DA106, PIC24FJ128DA206 and PIC24FJ256DA206 MCUs are available [...]

Texas Instruments Sitara AM3715 and AM3703 Microprocessor Units

Posted by Ken Cheung in Microcontrollers on Monday, June 7, 2010

Texas Instruments (TI) introduced the Sitara AM3715 and AM3703 microprocessor units (MPUs) with 1GHz ARM Cortex-A8. Both the AM3715 and AM3703 offer a nearly 40% increase in ARM performance. developers can increase application battery life with up to 30% decrease in power consumption compared to previous MPUs in the Sitara family. The AM3715 and AM3703 [...]

Microchip Technology PIC18F K90 8-bit Microcontrollers

Posted by Ken Cheung in Microcontrollers on Thursday, June 3, 2010

Microchip Technology introduced the PIC18F K90 8-bit microcontroller (MCU) family. The PIC18F87K90 MCUs are ideal for home-automation (thermostats, security systems, in-home displays), appliance (coffee makers, ranges, refrigerators), industrial (electronic door locks, metering, HVAC controls), medical (pulse oximeters, glucometers, digital thermometers, portable health-monitoring devices), and automotive (alarm systems, keyless entry, dashboard and center-stack displays) applications. The [...]

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