While microcontroller specs may be the first thing engineers look at when deciding on a device for their system, the ecosystem that surrounds the microcontroller is certainly very important, and ...

Electronic Design's own Lou Frenzel is updating one of his textbooks—and is soliciting advice from readers on microcontroller content to include. I am in the process of updating my book "Electronics ...

Integrating processors, sensors, and data exchange functionality into everyday objects, the Internet of Things (IoT) pushes computing capabilities far beyond desktops and servers, weaving computation ...

Inside any electronic device, from an old television remote to a global positioning system, there will be at least one microcontroller unit (MCU) and, in many cases, several. MCUs are used in ...

MicroBlaze™ is a 32-bit RISC soft processor core that can be used with soft peripherals to design embedded systems in Xilinx FPGAs. The MicroBlaze microcontroller is an integrated solution intended ...

A seminar aimed at providing users with information on best practices to consider when designing with 8 and 16bit microcontrollers. Newcastle Under Lyme A seminar aimed at providing users with ...

When programming a microcontroller, several aspects for the structure and flow of the software need to be considered. Software engineers nowadays are aware of critical cases to various available ...

Philips Semiconductor has signed a two-year agreement in which Tality Corp., a subsidiary of Cadence Design Systems, Inc., will be designing microcontrollers targeted at a range of applications. The ...

There are many parts to building a secure networked device, and the entire industry is still learning how to do it right. Resources are especially constrained for low-cost microcontroller devices.

The level of competition in the microcontroller market has never been higher. Suppliers are relying more than ever on the strength of the distribution channel to secure design wins in this key market ...

A way to apply the output of certain sensors to a TTL/CMOS-level iput on a microcontroller. Sensor must have an NPN output stage that can support a pullup to its power rail. With just a few components ...