Micros

Raspberry Pi 4 has arrived and it is three times faster and boasts more memory capacity than its predecessors taking into compute-intensive embedded applications such as computer vision and Artificial Intelligence (AI). It will also appeal to traditional Raspberry Pi fans including general desktop computer users, hobbyist and makers.

The MPC5777C Power Architecture microcontroller from NXP Semiconductors is in stock at Mouser Electronics. Boasting three dual-issue, 32-bit CPU core complexes, the microcontroller supports automotive and industrial engine management applications such as electric DC motor control, aerospace engines, and Ethernet and CAN FD connectivity.

Texas Instruments has introduced an automotive system basis chip that is, according to the company, the industry’s first to integrate a controller and transceiver for Controller Area Network with Flexible Data Rate (CAN FD). Designed to meet the high bandwidth and data rate flexibility needs of in-vehicle networks, the TCAN4550-Q1 uses the SPI bus of almost any microcontroller to implement, with minimal hardware changes, a CAN FD interface or increase the amount of CAN FD bus ports in a system.

The UT Solar Car team's design involves the use of Silicon Laboratories Gecko MCUs, allowing for a variety of readings for the driver.

According to the company, the new STM32H7 microcontrollers (MCU) from STMicroelectronics are the industry’s highest performing Arm Cortex-M general-purpose MCUs, combining dual-core punch with power-saving features and enhanced cyber protection. The new devices leverage a 480MHz version of the Cortex-M7, the highest performing member of Arm’s Cortex-M family, and add a 240MHz Cortex-M4 core.

The RS13100 Wireless MCU from Redpine Signals is an ultra-low power dual-mode SoC with Bluetooth 5 and 802.15.4 capable of running ZigBee or Thread now available from Rutronik UK.

  As the latest smart electronic products add extra sensor driven features and adopt higher efficiency power technologies such as silicon carbide or gallium nitride to save energy, STMicroelectronics has unleashed its next generation of microcontrollers with the performance to manage them.

Supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, Renesas Electronics, has introduced the RX23E-A Group 32-bit RX microcontrollers (MCUs), combining high-precision analogue front end (AFE) and an MCU on a single chip, designed for manufacturing and test and measurement equipment applications that require high-precision measurements of analogue signals for temperature, pressure, weight, and flow.

Renesas Electronics has introduced the RX72T Group of 32-bit motor control microcontrollers (MCUs) with dedicated hardware accelerator IP to perform the complex, high speed computations required for motor control in robots and other industrial equipment. The RX72T Group delivers performance, achieving an 1160 CoreMark score as measured by EEMBC Benchmarks (Note 1) - the highest level for a 5V MCU operating at 200MHz.

Targeting the automotive, AR/VR, drone, mobile, robotics and surveillance markets, Cadence Design Systems has expanded the high end of its Tensilica Vision DSP product family with the introduction of the Vision Q7 DSP delivering up to 1.82 tera operations per second (TOPS).