Renesas Electronics Corporation announced a new addition to the RX 32-bit MCU Family, the RX660 Group of microcontrollers (MCUs) that supports operating voltages of up to 5V, offering superior noise tolerance for home appliances and industrial equipment exposed to high electromagnetic interference. The RX660 is the first in Renesas’ higher-end RX general-purpose MCU devices to […]
Microcontrollers
Single-package gate-driver/MCU targets battery-powered three-phase BLDC motors
Due to their numerous advantages, three-phase brushless DC (BLDC) motors are becoming the preferred choice for designing modern battery-powered motor products. However, reducing their size and weight to enhance ergonomics and extended battery life leads to design challenges. To help designers meet the end-market objectives, Infineon Technologies has launched the fully programmable motor controllers MOTIX IMD700A and […]
Eight-bit MCU dev board optimized for sensor/actuator IoT network nodes
IoT network developers are looking for an easy path to implement a secure cellular connection in their design applications but are faced with design complexities and high deployment costs. To offer a solution for network designers who need the ultimate in location flexibility, low-power consumption, and deployment simplicity, Microchip Technology Inc. announced the AVR-IoT Cellular Mini Development […]
MCU development kits connect wirelessly with cloud services without a gateway
Two new cloud development kits, CK-RA6M5 and CK-RX65N, provide a complete connectivity solution for the RA and RX Families of 32-bit microcontrollers (MCUs). The cloud kits are the first to be equipped with Renesas’ RYZ014A Cat-M1 module, a certified LTE cellular module that offers the ability to establish wireless connection between MCUs and cloud services […]
High-performance MCU drives motor control applications
The ARTERY Technology AT32 high performance ARM Cortex-M4F MCU embeds a Floating Point Unit (FPU) and operates at a frequency of up to 288 MHz, featuring 512 Kbytes ZW Flash (zero wait-state), three 12-bit 5.33Msps ADCs, count and capture timers based on 32-bit resolution, and patented code protection mechanism. Further to this, its highly competitive […]
MCUs target advanced industrial and IoT edge computing tasks
The new MCX portfolio of microcontrollers is designed to advance innovation in smart homes, smart factories, smart cities and across many emerging industrial and IoT edge applications. The portfolio includes four series of devices built on a common platform and is supported by the widely adopted MCUXpresso suite of development tools and software. This combined […]
MPU combines secure subsystems, Arm TrustZone tech
Security threats are growing in complexity and causing product development challenges in the Internet of Things (IoT), consumer, industrial, medical and other markets. It is imperative that these products have strong embedded security while also offering low power consumption for longer battery life. Microchip Technology Inc. announces the release of the industry’s first microcontroller (MCU) […]
Low-power, edge computing, multi-sensor module is built around Raspberry Pi RP2040
Sfera Labs has extended its widely-deployed family of Exo Sense Raspberry Pi-based technologies with the launch of Exo Sense RP, a small form factor, low-power edge-computing multi-sensor module built around the Raspberry Pi RP2040 microcontroller unit (MCU). Ideal for installation in space-constrained, indoor environments, the Exo Sense RP module combines the performance and versatility of […]
MCUs designed for sensing, multi-voltage analog applications
With smartphones, autonomous vehicles, and 5G wireless connectivity dominating the landscape of embedded design in 2022, Microchip’s 8-bit PIC and AVR microcontroller (MCU) families are gaining market share. Over the past 50 years, the market for 8-bit MCUs has grown steadily and Microchip currently sells one device for every human in the western hemisphere each […]
Azure RTOS runs on STM32 MCUs
STMicroelectronics has extended support for Microsoft Azure RTOS in the STM32Cube development environment, covering additional high performance, mainstream, ultra-low-power, and wireless microcontrollers (MCUs) from the STM32 family. Users can leverage the qualities of Azure RTOS the convenience of STM32Cube, and the flexibility of the STM32 family to optimize MCU properties now choosing from over 700 MCUs in […]