This article presents an introduction of microcontrollers as the first part on the series Embedded Systems Programming. It describes the structure and operation of the microcontroller, and the purpose ...

If you want to use the reset pin as I/O, you will need to use High Voltage Parallel Programming to talk to your chip. Even if you don’t decide to do that, at some point you’re going to screw up and ...

The CC3200 is a SimpleLink™ single-chip wireless MUC for Wi-Fi and Internet-of-Things solution. The device is a wireless MCU that integrates a high-performance ARM Cortex-M4 MCU, allowing customers to ...

The age of ARM microcontrollers for the electronics hobbyist is upon us, and luckily there are a few breadboard-friendly microcontrollers available in a DIP package. One of these chips is NXP’s ...

Makers, hobbyists and developers that enjoy creating wearable electronic projects or anything that is connected to the Internet of Things (IoT) may be interested in a new 32-bit microcontroller ...

Power management and motor control chip standards are evolving in response to increasingly complex end application demands, and microcontroller units (MCU) are being used to handle more sophisticated ...

The 177-MHz NS9360 MCU targets compact network applications. Digi's chip is based on the ARM 926EJ-S, the most powerful ARM-based processor core with DSP support. The core also has ARM Jazelle Java ...

The chips used in automotive electronics mainly fall into four categories: master control chips (MCU/SoC), power chips (IGBT), image sensor chips (CIS), and storage chips (Flash). As the core chip for ...

SAM3U is Code Portable from Atmel's Established ARM7- and ARM9-based MCU Families SAN JOSE, Calif. -- June 1, 2009-- Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) announced today the SAM3U, the industry's first ...

Digital signal processors (DSPs) earn their living by doing certain analog jobs better than analog circuitry. In some cases, where analog circuits can’t even be considered for a task due to cost or ...