Micros
IAR delivers early support for NXP Kinetis Wireless MCU
IAR Systems has announced its support for the ARM Cortex-M0+-based Kinetis KW41Z MCU from NXP Semiconductors, available in the latest version of the complete C/C++ compiler and debugger toolchain IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM.
24-bit ADC performs synchronised AC/DC signal sampling
The AD7768 24-bit analogue-to-digital converter (ADC) from Analog Devices is now in stock at distributor Mouser Electronics.. The 8-channel, simultaneous sampling ADC features a sigma-delta modulator and digital filter per channel, enabling the device to perform synchronised sampling of both AC and DC signals and allowing it to become a reusable platform for low-power DC and high-performance AC measurement modules.
Free tools extend developer access to STM32 MCUs
STMicroelectronics has made its free development tools for STM32 MCUs available to Mac computer users, who can now easily create embedded designs without leaving their favourite operating environment. The STM32 development tools for OS X support the complete embedded design flow and comprise the STM32CubeMX graphical configuration tool and System Workbench for STM32 including the drivers that enable direct use of ST debugging and programming prob...
Kit provides easy entry into digital power control
Infineon Technologies and Würth Elektronik present an easy and affordable entry into digital power control applications. The Digital Power Explorer Kit was developed for analogue power supply designers and embedded software programmers to help them better understand and implement the capabilities of digital power control based on standard MCUs.
Mixed-signal microcontrollers feature touch technology
The MSP430FR263x/MSP430FR253x mixed-signal microcontrollers from Texas Instruments (TI) are now being shipped by Mouser Electronics. These ultra-low power Ferroelectric RAM (FRAM) microcontrollers feature CapTIvate touch technology for buttons, sliders, wheels, and proximity applications. The microcontrollers also include a high-performance 10‑bit analog-to-digital converter (ADC) as well as a 32-bit hardware multiplier for math-intensive opera...
32-bit MCU makes it easy to add security to IoT devices
A 32-bit MCU from Microchip, the CEC1302, features a hardware-based cryptography suite offering significant performance improvements over firmware-based solutions. The hardware crypto-enabled MCU makes it easy to add security to IoT devices, offering easy-to-use encryption and authentication for programming flexibility and increased levels of security.
SoC families aim at embedded processing applications
OCTEON TX is a complete line of 64-bit ARM based SOCs for control plane and data plane applications in networking, security, and storage introduced by Cavium. This new product line is composed of 4 product families - CN80XX, CN81XX, CN82XX and CN83XX with 1 to 24 full custom, enhanced 64-bit ARM v8.1 cores, providing a broad range of highly integrated 64-bit ARM SOC products for a wide variety of embedded processing applications.
Free visualisation tool for microcontroller customers
The µC/Probe data visualisation tool from Micrium has been licensed to Infineon Technologies for customers of its XMC family of microcontrollers based on ARM Cortex-M cores. The µC/Probe will be shipped at no cost for customers.
Getting a handle on embedded software development costs
Today’s embedded applications are requiring a staggering amount of functionality. Wireless connectivity, intuitive user interfaces, complex functional algorithms, plus an infrastructure suitable for managing these tasks simultaneously are all time consuming to develop, difficult to integrate, and almost impossible to thoroughly test. This means that the true software development costs of a product can no longer be extrapolated from the cost...
Microcontrollers boast advanced security capabilities
The KL8x family of Kinetis L Series microcontrollers from NXP are available at Mouser Electronics. These ultra low-power microcontrollers combine the exceptional energy efficiency and ease-of-use of the ARM Cortex-M0+ core with the performance, peripheral sets, enablement, and scalability of the Kinetis 32-bit microcontroller portfolio.