Micros
Bringing analogue signals into the digital world
Reading analogue signals from the real world and then turning them into digital signals that a microcontroller (MCU) can understand is one of the most difficult tasks you will face when developing MCU-based sensor applications.
Fanless embedded computers come with flexible I/O configuration
ADLINK Technology has launched the MXE-1500 Series of fanless embedded computers. The successor to ADLINK's MXE-1300 Series, the MXE 1500 offers I/O interfaces, and more flexible I/O configurations in the same compact enclosure. Intel Celeron(Braswell) processors, Intel’s last generation of CPU to support Windows 7, power the MXE-1500 to a 90% increase in image processing capabilities over the previous generation, and support three ind...
Multiphase PMICs have high efficiency and small footprint
Renesas Electronics has announced three programmable power management ICs (PMICs) that offer the highest power efficiency and smallest footprint for application processors in smartphones and tablets: the ISL91302B, ISL91301A, and ISL91301B PMICs. The PMICs also deliver power to artificial intelligence (AI) processors, FPGAs, and industrial microprocessors (MPUs), and they are suitable for powering the supply rails in solid-state drives (SSDs), op...
Family of MCUs and the curiosity ecosystem
Watch this short video from Microchip to learn how you can leverage the company's PIC32MM Curiosity Ecosystem to develop IoT and Audio applications hassle free.
Microprocessor plays key role in HMI applications
The RZ/G1C microprocessor, available from Rutronik UK, is Renesas' latest addition to its RZ/G-series. It is suitable for applications ranging from entry-level solutions to high-complexity embedded systems. Thanks to its support for a 3D graphics engine and a Full HD (FHD) video decoder, it allows fast development of powerful HMI and visual applications. The RZ/G1C, which is based on the 1.0 GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A7 CPU, offers performanc...
NIST chip predicts the quantum sensors of the future
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have created a chip on which laser light interacts with a tiny cloud of atoms to serve as a miniature toolkit for measuring quantities such as length with quantum precision. The design could be mass-produced with existing technology. As described in Optica, NIST's prototype chip was used to generate infrared light at a wavelength of 780nm, to be used as a length referen...
Computer-on-Modules come with 8th Gen Intel Xeon and Intel Core
congatec has introduced its conga-TS370 COM Express Type 6 Computer-on-Modules in parallel with the launch of the 8th Generation Embedded Intel Xeon and Intel Core processors (codename Coffee Lake H). They propel the 35-45W TDP class of COM Express Type 6 modules to a new ‘six-pack’ level of high-end embedded computing, offering for the first time up to 6 cores, 12 threads and a turbo boost of up to 4.4 GHz and drive up to t...
Low-power MCUs extend battery life for wearables
Designers of IoT sensors, environmental sensors, smartwatches, medical/preventive health wearables, and other size-constrained devices can now increase battery life and functionality using the ultra-low power MAX32660 and MAX32652 microcontrollers from Maxim Integrated Products. These microcontrollers (MCUs) are based on the Arm Cortex-M4 with FPU processor and provide designers the means to develop advanced applications under restrictive power c...
Vibration condition monitoring with host MCUs
Check out this video from Texas Instruments to learn more about wireless condition monitor for motors and pumps using multi-axis vibration.
MCU steps up power performance in automotive applications
A radar microcontroller from NXP Semiconductors has been engineered to meet the high-performance computation demands required by modern beam-forming and fast chirp-modulation radar systems. The S32R274 which is available from Mouser Electronics combines signal-processing acceleration with a multicore architecture to provide up to four times the power performance in industrial and automotive applications, compared to previous generations of produc...