Microcontrollers have proliferated into every nook and cranny of our daily lives from simple 8-bit devices that control our toaster ovens to powerful 32-bit DSPs that provide us with the rich media ...

The Xport 2.0 lets you take advantage of millions of dollars worth of Nintendo hardware engineering in the Game Boy Advance, turning it into a user-programmable embedded microcontroller for directing ...

SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 30, 2008 – Building on its heritage of embedded microcontroller innovation, Zilog, Inc. (Nasdaq: ZILG) today introduced its new Encore! 32 Series Microcontroller for home or ...

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 ...

The automotive electronics industry continues to expand its use of 8-bit and 16-bit microcontrollers (MCUs). With the MCU being the cornerstone of electronic control modules (ECMs), from safety ...

Embedded Processors Mean Variety THIS YEAR, MORE NEW PROCESSOR VARIANTS THAN EVER WILL BE released. But don't expect any really new processor architectures, except AMD's (www.amd.com) 64-bit ...

HILLSBORO, OR, Oct 11, 2010 --Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: LSCC) today announced the availability of GNU software development tools for its LatticeMico8(TM) soft processor. The tool ...

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Rennes, France -- April 14, 2009-- LEAD TECH DESIGN, which specializes in the design of ASIC/FPGA System-on-Chip (SoCs) and embedded software for Linux and Linux hard real time with Xenomai, is ...

To help embedded system designers, semiconductor manufacturers including TI are developing feature-rich microcontrollers (MCUs) and embedded processors with smaller footprints. These devices feature ...

Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation ("Toshiba") has started volume shipments of the SmartMCD™ Series of gate driver ICs with embedded microcontroller (MCU). The first product, "TB9M003FG, ...

When designing a system, one of the most important design decisions is choosing what voltage domain(s) to use. Some voltage domains, such as 5 V, are good for noisy and harsh operating environments ...