Northern.tech, the leader in device lifecycle management and the company behind Mender, announces today the new release of Mender, including support for microcontrollers (MCUs). Following customer ...
It’s generally pretty easy to spot a microcontroller on a PCB. There are clues aplenty: the more-or-less central location, the nearby crystal oscillator, the maze of supporting passives, and perhaps ...
In our last session we looked at the basic structure and operation of a microcontroller (MCU). Now let’s look at some of the hardware (peripheral circuitry) required to support the microprocessor. In ...
Starting a new microcontroller project can be pretty daunting. While you have at least a rough idea of where you want to end up, there are so many ways to get there that you can get locked into ...
Texas Instruments (TI) unveiled the MSPM0C1104 at Embedded World 2025 in Nuremberg, Germany. This device is now the world's smallest microcontroller (MCU). Measuring just 1.38mm²â€”smaller than a black ...
Renesas Electronics Corp. has expanded its RA0 microcontroller (MCU) family with the launch of the low-cost RA0E2 MCU Group based on the 32-MHz Arm Cortex-M23 processor. This new RA0 MCU family offers ...
NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ:NXPI) has launched its new S32K5 series of automotive microcontrollers (MCU). This MCU lineup is the first in the automotive sector to incorporate 16nm FinFET ...
This course introduces students to the architecture and design of Microcontrollers (MCUs), which are small processors used in a myriad of products. The main MCU components of the processor, memory, ...
The 8-bit microcontroller remains a vital component in embedded design due to its power efficiency, adaptability, and cost-effectiveness. When equipped with advanced CIPs and intelligent analog ...
TI's integrated TinyEngine NPU can run AI models with up to 90 times lower latency and more than 120 times lower energy utilization per inference than similar MCUs without an accelerator. New ...
Microcontroller (MCU) maker Holtek announced it has raised prices on low-margin MCUs following wafer foundry and packaging ...
Prototype plans are on GitHub where the maker encourages experimentation, modification, and non-commercial use.