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Microchip Integrates and Simplifies Graphics on PIC24F Microcontrollers, Provides up to 96 KB RAM
Microchip announces the eight-member PIC24FJ256DA microcontroller family, which integrates three graphics acceleration units and a display controller, along with up to 96Kbytes of RAM. This integration reduces system costs and makes it practical to add advanced graphics displays for a wide range of embedded applications, by eliminating the need for external RAM and a display controller. Additional savings are achieved through the integrated per...
Freescale accelerates design innovation with 90 nanometer ColdFire+ mixed-signal microcontroller solutions
Freescale Semiconductor is reinforcing its leadership in 32-bit microcontrollers (MCUs) with the announcement of 40 new ColdFire+ (plus) devices, taking its proven ColdFire portfolio to new heights. Built from 90 nanometer (nm) Thin Film Storage (TFS) flash technology with FlexMemory, ColdFire+ MCUs promise to be one of the most integrated, cost-effective, small-package 32-bit MCUs on the market.
1GHz Sitara ARM Cortex MPUs from TI
Developers can now benefit from enhanced system response time, improved boot times and increased battery life with two new TI Sitara microprocessor units (MPUs), the AM3715 and AM3703 processors, with 1GHz ARM Cortex-A8. Introduced today by Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN), these MPUs are appropriate for a wide variety of applications, such as portable data terminals, portable medical equipment, home and building automation, naviga...
Atmel Analog Companion Chip Enables ARM9-based High-quality Audio and Multimedia Applications
Atmel Corporation today announced production availability of the Atmel AT73C246 analog companion chip to provide power supplies and audio input/output to match the Atmel AT91SAM9 ARM9(TM)-based MCUs (and equivalent 32-bit devices) to host multimedia applications. Operating from a single 2.9V to 5.5V source, the AT73C246, when combined with a high-quality stereo audio codec, provides the multi-level supplies required by the AT91SAM9 devices. This ...
Atmel AT90SC28880RCFV Secure Microcontroller Qualified by FIME for e-Passport Applications
Atmel Corporation today announced that FIME, an external and independent third party laboratory, has certified the Atmel AT90SC28880RCFV secure microcontroller (MCU). This secure MCU is now compliant with ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) Radio Frequency (RF) Specifications and ISO 14443 RF. These reports are available for customers upon request.
Microchip Announces Industry’s Most Flexible Range of Extreme Low Power, High Performance 8-bit Microcontrollers
Microchip announces the introduction of the PIC18F ‘K90’ and the PIC18F ‘K22’ families of 8-bit microcontrollers, the latest MCUs based on its industry-leading low power technology, nanoWatt XLP. The ‘K90’ represents the industry’s first and only ultra low power MCU family to include an on-chip LCD driver module capable of driving LCDs up to 192 pixels. Both new families support 1.8 to 5.5V operation, offer a 12-bit Analogue-to-Digi...
Evatronix Introduces an Ultra-fast Intel 80C251 Compatible Microcontroller IP Core
The silicon intellectual property (IP) provider, Evatronix SA, today announced the R80251XC – the high performance 32-bit Intel 80C251 compatible microcontroller. It is the ultimate 8051 compatible IP core, with performance results that exceed these of the original Intel 8051 chip by more than 24 times, which translates to over 3 times better result than the Intel 80C251 at the same clock frequency.
STMicroelectronics Announces Volume Production of STM8L Ultra-Low-Power Microcontrollers Enabling Smarter Energy-Saving Designs
STMicroelectronics has announced full production of the STM8L ultra low-power microcontroller family. Unveiled in late 2009, the new family features EnergyLite technology to minimize power consumption in all operating modes.
Green Hills Software extends support for Cavium Networks OCTEON II family of multicore microprocessors
Green Hills Software announced the availability of Green Hills Software’s multicore embedded software solutions for the OCTEON II family of multicore processors from Cavium Networks (NASDAQ: CAVM), a leading provider of semiconductor products that enable intelligent processing for networking, communications, and the digital home. The new OCTEON II IAP processor family is designed to fuel the voice, video and data convergence driven by mobile in...
Atmel Claims World's Smallest Flash Microcontroller Package
Atmel announced production availability for the world's smallest flash AVR microcontroller package. The Atmel ATtiny4, ATtiny5, ATtiny9 and ATtiny10 AVR microcontroller (MCU) come in an ultra-small 8-pad UDFN package, with a dimension of only 2mm x 2mm x 0.6mm, and weighing less than 8 mg to reduce the package size as much as 55 percent compared to the market's smallest package offering available today. These products target applications in the c...