'Microcontrollers' Category Archive

Analog Devices ADuC706x Precision Analog Microcontrollers

Posted by Ken Cheung in Microcontrollers on Monday, September 8, 2008

The ADuC706x microcontroller family, from Analog Devices, Inc. (NYSE: ADI), offers best-in-class data conversion performance for hardware, firmware, and industrial systems engineers designing smart sensing, factory automation, and instrumentation equipment. The ADuC706x family of precision analog microcontrollers feature two 24-bit sigma-delta analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) and a host of analog peripherals with a 32-bit ARM7 core [...]

Freescale QorIQ Embedded Multicore Platforms

Posted by Ken Cheung in Microcontrollers on Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Freescale Semiconductor recently introduced the QorIQ multicore platforms. The QorIQ platforms are the next-generation evolution of Freescale's PowerQUICC processor line and are designed to help developers migrate to multicore with confidence. QorIQ platforms include single, dual and many core processors — all based on Freescale's e500 Power Architecture technology. The platforms start with the P1 [...]

Texas Instruments MSP430F5xx Microcontrollers

Posted by Ken Cheung in Microcontrollers on Wednesday, August 27, 2008

The MSP430F5xx ultra-low power MSP430 microcontrollers (MCU), from Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN), offers the industry's lowest power consumption for devices that can provide up to 25 MHz peak performance, increased Flash and RAM memory and integrated peripherals such as radio frequency (RF), USB, encryption and LCD interfaces. With as low as 160 µA/MHz [...]

Ubicom StreamEngine 7000 Processors

Posted by Ken Cheung in Microcontrollers on Monday, August 25, 2008

Ubicom, Inc. recently introduced the StreamEngine 7000 family of processors for home networking and connected media devices. The StreamEngine 7000 family is software-compatible with the popular StreamEngine 5000 family and delivers higher performance with lower power in a smaller package and a reduced bill of materials. The StreamEngine 7000 family of processors is sampling now, [...]

Microchip PIC18F1XK50 USB Microcontrollers

Posted by Ken Cheung in Microcontrollers on Monday, August 25, 2008

Microchip Technology Inc. recently announced the PIC18F1XK50 family of 8-bit PIC® microcontrollers (MCUs) for USB applications. The lowest-cost PIC18F13K50 and PIC18F14K50 provide a host of features not normally found on inexpensive 8-bit MCUs. The new devices are supported by Microchip's free USB software stack and the free MPLAB® IDE Integrated Development Environment, which provides a [...]

Renesas RX600 Series CISC Microcontrollers

Posted by Ken Cheung in Microcontrollers on Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Renesas Technology Corp. recently launched the RX600 Series CISC (Complex Instruction Set Computer) based microcontrollers (MCUs). The new devices will be the first 32-bit products to incorporate the next-generation 'RX' CPU architecture and offer CPU performance of up to 200MHz, with the industry's fastest single-cycle flash access capability (100MHz). The initial product in the RX600 [...]

Freescale MC9S12P Microcontrollers

Posted by Ken Cheung in Microcontrollers on Monday, August 18, 2008

The MC9S12P family is Freescale Semiconductor's latest 16-bit automotive microcontrollers (MCUs). The advanced S12P family is Freescale's most recent 16-bit MCU with integrated controller area network (CAN) functionality, bridging the gap between 8-bit and 16-bit devices for the automotive market. Samples of the S12P MCUs are available now.

Freescale MPC563xM Automotive Microcontrollers

Posted by Ken Cheung in Microcontrollers on Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Freescale Semiconductor recently introduced the MPC563xM family of 32-bit automotive microcontrollers (MCUs) with integrated emissions control technology. Like other Freescale powertrain microcontrollers, these MCUs are engineered to help reduce carbon dioxide emissions and enable cost-effective, yet sophisticated engine control designs for emerging markets. Samples of MPC563xM products are planned to be available to lead automotive [...]

NEC V850ES/Jx3-H and V850ESJx3-U 32-Bit Microcontrollers

Posted by Ken Cheung in Microcontrollers on Tuesday, August 12, 2008

NEC Electronics recently launched twelve new 32-bit devices with complete USB functionality on a single chip. The new 32-bit V850ES/Jx3-H and V850ESJx3-U MCUs execute USB 2.0 data transfers at high speeds up to 12 megabits per second (Mbps), and enable rapid development of applications that require USB connectivity and 32-bit processing power for real-time control [...]

Freescale MC68HC05B6 Microcontroller Replacement

Posted by Ken Cheung in Microcontrollers on Thursday, August 7, 2008

Tekmos, Inc. recently introduced the first true pin for pin, code and timing compatible drop in replacement for the Freescale MC68HC05B6 microcontroller. The TK68HC05B6 provides 256 bytes of EEPROM, 16 bit timer, two PWM, watch dog timer, 8 channel A/D converter, 24 bit bi-directional I/O lines, on chip oscillator with crystal/ceramic resonator and serial communications [...]

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