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Display drivers for e-paper interfaces for IoT applications
Atmel Corporation has announced additional ease-of-use capabilities for the ultra-low power Atmel | SMART ARM Cortex-M0+ based MCUs for household appliances, industrial and human interface device applications. Atmel continues to deliver rich features to its growing portfolio and is collaborating with HiTex and Pervasive Displays to release software libraries including the IEC 60730 Class B safety standard and e-Paper drivers, respectively, to sup...
Microcontroller takes aim at IoT applications
The Intel Quark microcontroller D1000, designed for Internet of Things (IoT) architectures and applications is in stock at distributor Mouser Electronics. Announced at Intel’s IoT Insights event in San Francisco, along with Intel Quark microcontroller D2000 and the Intel Quark SE microcontroller for IoT, this new technology extends intelligent computing to a new spectrum of data actuation applications and devices that require lower power co...
Low power MCU adds functionality to next-gen wearable
Ambiq Micro has revealed that its Apollo MCU has been selected by Misfit as the ‘brain’ in the Misfit Shine 2 Fitness and Sleep Monitor. Announced last week, the next-gen Misfit Shine 2 provides new features, functions and capabilities without sacrificing its market leading 6-months of battery life.
Rich ecosystem supports DSI-ready MCUs
A richly featured development ecosystem including boards and software support heralds the start of volume production for STMicroelectronics’ high-performance STM32F469/479 MCUs. The first in the world to integrate the MIPI-DSI controller, the units deliver the industry’s highest ARM Cortex-M4 processor performance of 608 CoreMark at 180MHz and, with up to 2MB dual-bank Flash and 384KB RAM, are capable of supporting the ...
Universal debug engine supports ST Cortex-M7 core-based MCU
PLS Programmierbare Logik & Systeme presents Version 4.5 of its Universal Debug Engine (UDE), providing an optimised testing and debugging environment for the first Cortex-M7 core-based MCU of STMicroelectronics STM32F7 series. The STM32F7 series MCUs not only feature a Cortex-M7 core that operates at up to 216MHz, but also up to 1MB embedded Flash, 320KB SRAM and high-performance peripheral units (graphic accelerator, Ethernet, USB and ...
CANopen protocol stack available for Renesas' RX231 MCUs
Renesas Electronics Europe and port have announced the availability of a highly efficient CANopen protocol stack for Renesas’ smart 32-bit RX231 MCUs. The RX231 series provides large on-chip SRAM of up to 64kB and up to 512kB of on-chip flash, paired with one CAN interface, which is fully compliant with the CAN 2.0B and the ISO11898-1 (standard and extended frames) standards and is therefore well-suited to industrial and consumer applicatio...
Rad tolerant megaAVR MCU for space applications
Targeting next-gen space applications, Atmel has announced the ATmegaS128 MCU which is the company's first µC radiation tolerant device. In addition to all the popular features of the megaAVR family, the new ATmegaS128 delivers full wafer lot traceability, 64-lead CQFP, space screening, space qualification according to QML and ESCC flow and total ionising dose up to 30Krad for space applications.
Nucleo development boards target 32-pin STM32 MCUs
STMicroelectronics is extending its range of STM32 Nucleo development boards with scalable, small-form-factor variants to support the tiny 32-pin members of its STM32 MCU family. The recent STM32 Nucleo-32 boards come with direct support from a wide choice of IDEs and direct access to mbed online resources. The STM32 Nucleo open platform enables easy and affordable prototyping using STM32 MCU combined with a range of available hardware plug-ins t...
GPU improves wearable device efficiency & experience
Enabling smartphone-quality visuals on wearable and IoT devices, the ARM Mali-470 GPU delivers an enhanced user interface for power-constrained products. It is designed for use in smart watches, home gateways and appliances, industrial control panels and healthcare monitors and is available for immediate licensing, with the first Mali-470 enabled devices expected in late 2016.
Modular approach eases MCU development
FTDI Chip has introduced a series of easy-to-utilise modules to facilitate the evaluation, development and subsequent implementation of its 32-bit FT90X Super-Bridge MCUs. This will mean that engineers in the embedded space are better positioned to benefit from the industry-leading performance levels and extensive connectivity that these highly advanced ICs are able to deliver.