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P.O.Box 4633 Nydalen
N-0405 Oslo
Norway
Phone
+47 23 00 98 00
Fax
+47 23 00 98 01
Web Address
http://www.energymicro.com
Energy Micro has revealed that it has been working closely with TSMC to verify the benefits of using the TSMC Extreme Low Leakage process to fabricate its next generation of energy efficient Cortex-M microcontrollers. By aligning closely with TSMC, Energy Micro has benefitted from early access to the process technology to further enhance its MCU portfolio.
Energy Micro a commencé à livrer ses microcontrôleurs Wonder Gecko, les plus récents et les plus avancés de la famille EFM32 et pour lesquels les composants et les kits de conception sont maintenant disponibles. L'EFM32 Wonder Gecko intègre le processeur ARM Cortex-M4, qui fournit un jeu d'instruction DSP complet et une unité à virgule flottante (FPU) dédiée. De plus, ce MCU utilise la technologie silicium eLL (extreme low leakage), qui lui confère une très basse consommation dans les modes actifs et de veille
We just had some fun shooting some slow motion footage of the ARM Cortex-M4 based EFM32 Wonder Gecko microcontrollers. Geeky and nerdy, we know! EFM32 Wonder Gecko MCUs have a FPU floating point unit and dsp instructions to boost performance, and the well known Gecko Technology for extremely efficient sleep modes.
Energy Micro is shipping its latest and most advanced microcontroller yet, the EFM32 Wonder Gecko, with devices and development kits available immediately. The Wonder Gecko MCU includes the ARM Cortex-M4 processor that provides a full DSP instruction set and a dedicated floating point unit. The EFM32 Wonder Gecko also utilises the extreme low leakage process for ultimate low-power operation in active and sleep modes.
Alf-Egil Bogen, Chief Marketing Officer at Energy Micro, talks about the migration from Atmel's AVR to ARM microcontrollers over the decades.
Energy Micro has been selected by ARM to help extend its long-running university program through a focus on the ARM Cortex-M series processors. ARM has chosen Energy Micro to be one of its first partners in this new initiative in recognition of Energy Micro's strong commitment to the ARM Cortex architecture and the training, tools and support it already offers to its customers.
How can you tell which beer is cold enough and others are not? The project is designed to find which beer has the best temperature to drink at the moment. The team used 24 LM35 Precision Centigrade analog temp-sensors mounted at the bottom of the beer case to measure the beer can temperature. The sensors were then connected to the EFM32 Giant Gecko development kit.
Energy Micro a été sélectionné par ARM pour l'aider à développer son programme universitaire portant sur les processeurs ARM Cortex-M. ARM a choisi Energy Micro pour être l'un de ses premiers partenaires dans cette nouvelle initiative, en reconnaissance du fort engagement d'Energy Micro pour l'architecture ARM Cortex, et pour les formations, les outils et le support qu'il propose déjà à ses clients.
Energy Micro announces the immediate availability of the Keil RTX real-time operating system as part of its Simplicity Studio tool suite. The Keil RTX, which has been optimised for ARM Cortex-M processors to provide flexible scheduling and high-speed operation, has been extended by Energy Micro to enable an ultra-low power, deep-sleep mode between tasks.
Energy Micro annonce la disponibilité immédiate du système d'exploitation temps réel (RTOS) RTX de Keil dans sa suite d'outils Simplicity Studio. Optimisé pour les processeurs ARM Cortex-M, le noyau RTX de Keil offre une fonction souple d'ordonnancement des tâches (scheduling) et une grande réactivité ; Energy Micro lui ajouté un mode sommeil profond d'ultra-basse consommation, utilisable entre l'exécution des tâches.
Energy Micro annonce la nomination d'Alf-Egil Bogen comme directeur de marketing (CMO ou Chief Marketing Officer). L'un des inventeurs du microcontrôleur AVR, Mr Bogen est présent dans cette industrie depuis plus de 20 ans et était ces quatre dernières années VP Marketing et CMO d'Atmel Corporation, à San Jose, Californie.
Energy Micro announces the appointment of Alf-Egil Bogen as Chief Marketing Officer. Bogen, one of the inventors of the successful AVR microcontroller, has been in the microcontroller industry for over 20 years and most recently served as VP of Marketing and CMO with Atmel Corporation where he was based in San Jose, CA, for the last 4 years.
Energy Micro has partnered with Mjolner Informatics to demonstrate a smartphone-like graphical user interface running on its EFM32 Giant Gecko microcontroller. This demonstration, developed using Mjolner's TouchGFX technology and featuring full touch control, can be seen on Energy Micro's booth at Embedded World later this month. Mjolner will also present a paper in one of the conference sessions at this event to explain more about the features and benefits of TouchGFX for ARM Cortex-M3.
The Embedded Microprocessor Benchmark Consortium has announced that Energy Micro have joined their Ultra-Low Power Microcontroller Benchmark Development. Energy Micro will join with EEMBC's working group that is developing a benchmark targeting ultra-low power microcontrollers. This working group is a subset of the EEMBC Automotive/Industrial subcommittee, which is also developing benchmarks that target low-power automotive applications.
Energy Micro confirme ce jour que ses MCU EFM32 Gecko à cœur Cortex-M3 ont été choisis par PIEPS GmbH pour son transmetteur d'avalanche portable de haut de gamme VECTOR. Dans les situations d'urgence, les randonneurs et les guides professionnels s'appuient sur leurs transmetteurs d'avalanche.
Energy Micro today confirmed that its EFM32 Gecko Cortex-M3 MCUs have been chosen by PIEPS GmbH for use in its top-of-the-range handheld avalanche transceiver, the PIEPS VECTOR. Frequent back-country travelers and professional mountain guides rely on avalanche transceivers in the event of an emergency. In normal operation regular handheld devices provide beacon functionality should the user run into trouble, and a receive mode helps rescuers conducting a search.
Energy Micro will showcase a number of customer applications for its EFM32 Gecko families of ARM-based microcontrollers (MCUs) at Embedded World 2013. These will demonstrate how energy efficient devices greatly extend battery life in real-world products.
Energy Micro présentera au salon Embedded World 2013 des applications de ses clients utilisant sa famille de microcontrôleurs (MCU) EFM32 Gecko à cœur ARM. Ces applications montreront en vraie grandeur à quel point l'efficacité énergétique de ses MCU permet d'étendre la durée de vie de batterie des produits.
Energy Micro annonce que VELUX a sélectionné le microcontrôleur EFM32 Gecko Giant pour sa nouvelle télécommande électrique de fenêtre. La télécommande programmable portable Integra de Velux dispose d'une interface tactile conviviale pour la commande de fenêtres, de volets de ventilation, de stores et autres accessoires.
VELUX has selected the Energy Micro EFM32 Giant Gecko MCU for its latest electric window remote control. The handheld 'VELUX Integra' programmable remote has an easy-to-use touch screen interface for controlling windows, ventilation flaps, blinds and other accessories. The EFM32 32-bit MCU with 1024KB of Flash memory incorporates an autonomous low power direct drive TFT controller for the large colour display, which features a smartphone-like interface with on-screen icons and 'touch' and 'swipe' functions.
Before Christmas and the last EFM32 hacking event in 2012, the mission was to introduce as many as possible to the joy of soldering and electronics here at Energy Micro. Even though the blinking x-mas tree electronic kit has been done countless times before, we decided to do an EFM32 version as well. After all, it is Christmas time and nothing is more suitable than blinking LED's when it comes to learning electronics and soldering. The one and only 32-bit Cortex-M3 driven Christmas Tree from Energy Micro with IR and touch interface, 12 Bi-color LEDs for multiple colors and slide-together-kit-PCB.
2012 is the year where Energy Micro's celebrates 5 years in the industry. Our vision is to create revolutionary products that enable all things to be smart, connected and energy friendly, and since the first idea back in 2007 we've become the industry leader with the EFM32 Gecko, the world's most energy friendly microcontrollers.
Energy Micro announces a partnership with Lamprey Networks to provide energy friendly, secure and certified remote monitoring medical electronic systems. Using a standard EFM32 starter-kit and HealthLink PC tools, the design includes a USB driver and communications protocol stack certified by Continua Health Alliance.
Energy Micro is expanding its design centre in Krakow, Poland. The company is also establishing a collaboration with the local AGH University of Science and Technology to help develop the skills needed in today's semiconductor industry.
Jurgen Hoika, VP of Sales & Marketing EMEA at Energy Micro demonstrates Energy Harvesting Kit in collaboration with Linear Technology, and Wüerth Elektronik. With the kit, you can find energy harvesting solutions which help you run your applications without using any battery. The box is comprised of Energy Micro's Giant Gecko starter kit and Linear Technology's energy harvesting board.
One of the biggest electronics show, electronica, just ended after four days with more than 72,000 visitors from 78 countries. The Energy Micro team was present and met interested engineers and demonstrated products and applications.
Energy Micro has revealed that the company grew nearly 100% quarter-on-quarter this year, bucking industry trends, and is on target to close the year with MCU revenues 600% higher than in 2011. To extend worldwide availability and technical support for its products, the company has recently signed distribution deals with Premier Farnell, and GLYN.
Energy Micro is partnering with CODICO to distribute free EFM32GG-STK3700 Giant Gecko microcontroller starter kits at electronica 2012. To qualify for a free kit, which can be used as the starting point of the development of most energy efficient applications, visitors register their interest at the booth of Energy Micro (A4.442) or Codico (A5.507).
No batteries needed! Now you can power your EFM32 Giant Gecko by energy harvesting. Together with Linear Technology and Würth Elektronik we made the Energy Harvesting Solution To Go-kit which help you design batteryless microcontroller products.
Energy Micro annonce que steute GmbH a sélectionné le microcontrôleur EFM32 Tiny Gecko pour son commutateur de position RF95. Conçu pour les applications alimentées par batterie ou par récupération d'énergie, le RF95 utilise un protocole de communication sans fil à faible consommation d'énergie, destiné aux applications d'automatismes industriels et de bâtiment.
Energy Micro has launched the Lizard Lounge, a user community for technical discussions related to the company's energy-friendly microcontroller, the 32-bit ARM-based EFM32 Gecko MCU. At the same time, the company has announced a design competition for the best low power design that uses its products.
Energy Micro has announced that it will display a range of real-world applications for its EFM32 Gecko families of ARM-based microcontrollers at Electronica 2012. The company will demonstrate how its low-power devices greatly extend battery life of a variety of portable electronic products.
Energy Micro has declared today that in an evaluation using IAR Systems' tools, Energy Micro's 32-bit EFM32 Gecko microcontroller has demonstrated the industry's best CoreMark number for a device based on the feature-rich ARM Cortex-M3 core.
Energy Micro today officially opened its new design centre in Kraków, Poland. The company's first engineering site outside Norway, the new facility located in Parkowa Kamienica in downtown Kraków, accommodates a group of expert embedded hardware and software engineers, strengthening support for customers using Energy Micro's EFM32 Gecko microcontrollers and future RF-MCUs.
Energy Micro today announced a new program that gives designers around the world quick and easy access to free samples of the EFM32 Gecko series microcontrollers. Part of the company's focus on simplicity, the sample program is aimed at designers wanting to test the latest and most energy efficient MCU technology.
SCUBAPRO-UWATEC et Energy Micro, le spécialiste des microcontrôleurs et circuits radio éco-énergétiques, annoncent que le microcontrôleur EFM32 Gecko a été sélectionné pour la montre-ordinateur Meridian de SCUBAPRO. Meridian est un ordinateur de plongée sophistiqué, intégré dans une montre de sport haut de gamme et alimenté par une pile lithium CR2032.
SCUBAPRO-UWATEC and Energy Micro today announced that the EFM32 Gecko microcontroller (MCU) has been selected to power the SCUBAPRO Meridian dive computer. Meridian is a sophisticated dive computer with a luxury watch design, powered by a single CR2032 lithium battery.
Energy Micro today introduced two feature rich starter kits (STKs) for designers building more complex battery-powered products such as portable health and fitness devices and smart accessories. Based on the already available EFM32 Leopard Gecko and Giant Gecko microcontrollers, the new STKs incorporate onboard debug and current probe functionality and all of the features required to demonstrate the Gecko MCUs' 400nA sleep modes and 1MB built-in Flash memory.
Energy Micro annonce ce jour l'extension de sa famille de microcontrôleurs EFM32 Gecko avec des versions en boîtiers BGA48 à pas fin
Energy Micro, the energy friendly microcontroller and radio company, today announced that it has extended its EFM32 Gecko range of microcontrollers with the addition of products supplied in a very thin, fine-pitch BGA48 packaging.
Energy Micro, the energy friendly microcontroller and radio company, today announced the availability of a new development kit for its EFM32 Gecko microcontroller family. Priced at $309, the kit includes full SEGGER J-Trace and J-Link support, reducing the need for additional debugging tools.
Energy Micro, le spécialiste du microcontrôleur éco-énergétique, annonce une extension de sa gamme de microcontrôleurs EFM32 Gecko avec l'ajout de produits construits autour d'un cœur ARM Cortex-M4F.
Energy Micro today announced that it will extend its EFM32 Gecko range of microcontrollers with the addition of products based on the ARM Cortex-M4F core. The addition of 60 new EFM32 Wonder Gecko devices brings the total number of variants within the Gecko range to over 240 – the industry's most comprehensive range of pin- and code-compatible devices for low-energy embedded applications.
Energy Micro today announced that its EFM32 Tiny Gecko low-energy microcontroller has been named as a finalist in the China Annual Creativity in Electronics (ACE) awards.
SEGGER Microcontroller and Energy Micro have announced that SEGGER's high-performance embedded middleware suite now supports Energy Micro's range of ultra low energy ARM Cortex-M3 based EFM32 Gecko microcontrollers. The comprehensive feature-rich and high-performance software suite from SEGGER delivers an easy-to-use environment for embedded systems development, offering exceptionally low memory requirements, which minimizes Bill-of-Materials costs and enables significantly reduced power consumption overall. The middleware's high performance also enables lower clock speed to further reduce system power consumption.
Energy Micro lance un outil logiciel qui permet aux concepteurs de prévoir avec précision la durée de vie des piles utilisées dans des applications à base de ses microcontrôleurs à basse consommation EFM32 Gecko. Du nom d'energyAware Battery Estimator, cet outil gratuit offre une simulation complète de la manière dont l'équipement tout entier utilise l'énergie à disposition, en prenant en compte les caractéristiques réelles de la source d'énergie, les modes de consommation du MCU, les fonctions périphériques mises en œuvre et les composants électroniques externes employés.
Energy Micro has introduced a software tool enabling designers to accurately predict battery cell life expectancy in applications based on its low power EFM32 Gecko microcontrollers. Called the energyAware Battery Estimator, this free tool provides a full simulation of total system energy usage, that takes into account actual battery source, MCU energy modes, peripherals employed and external circuit components.
Energy Micro annonce que Zeo, le professionnel de la gestion du sommeil, utilise le MCU EFM32 Gecko au sein de l'appareil révolutionnaire Zeo Sleep Manager(TM) Mobile. Ce produit, qui mesure avec une très grande précision aussi bien la durée que la qualité du sommeil, offre aux utilisateurs de smartphones la possibilité de contrôler et d'améliorer leurs habitudes de sommeil.
Energy Micro enrichit sa famille de microcontrôleurs éco-énergétiques Gecko EFM32 en introduisant 100 nouveaux modèles. Compatibles au niveau broche et code avec les produits Gecko et Tiny Gecko existants, les nouveaux MCU Leopard Gecko et Giant Gecko, basés sur le cœur ARM Corte-M3, sont maintenant disponibles avec des configurations mémoires allant jusqu'à 1Mo, un choix plus étendu de boîtiers et de nouvelles options d'économie d'énergie, de connectivité et de commande d'écran.
Energy Micro has announced it has gained ISO 9001:2008 registration of its quality management system for the design and manufacture of its range of energy friendly microcontrollers and RF radios. The certificate of registration to the quality standard was awarded to Energy Micro by the certification body Det Norske Veritas (DNV).