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Silicon Labs Greens Up Smart Home/Smart Meter Market With Lowest Power Wireless Microcontrollers
Answering the need for energy efficiency in home automation and metering, Silicon Laboratories Inc. (NASDAQ: SLAB), a leader in high-performance, analog-intensive, mixed-signal ICs, today introduced the industry's lowest power single-chip wireless microcontrollers (MCUs). Silicon Labs' new ultra-low-power Si10xx wireless MCU family addresses the power and RF requirements of battery-operated home automation systems, smart meters, in-home utility m...
Renesas Technology announces two new 32 bit RX products with Ethernet, USB and CAN connectivity
Renesas Technology Europe today announced the release of a second selection of products in its wide RX Platform product line-up. The RX Platform is built around the new RX CPU and comprises the next generation of MCUs integrating the functions of Renesas Technology’s existing 16-bit and 32-bit MCU products.
Microchip Significantly Expands Enhanced 8-bit PIC MCU Portfolio
Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller and analog semiconductors, today unveiled several new 8-bit PIC® microcontrollers (MCUs) that sets the industry benchmark for low-power microcontrollers and peripheral integration. These new MCUs feature active currents of less than 50 µA/MHz and sleep currents down to 20 nA. The PIC12F182X MCUs extend Microchip’s Enhanced Mid-range 8-bit core product line into the 8-pin segme...
Microchip Announces Higher Memory, Higher Pin Count Expansion of Enhanced 8-bit PIC Microcontrollers (MCUs)
Microchip announces the expansion of its Enhanced 8-bit Mid-range core microcontroller (MCU) portfolio, with higher memory and pincount devices featuring nanoWatt XLP technology and industry-leading active power consumption. The PIC16F19XX MCUs feature a broad range of peripherals, including an mTouch™ capacitive touch-sensing module, LCD drive, multiple communications peripherals, and more Pulse-Width Modulator (PWM) channels, with independen...
Microchip Announces New 8-, 14- and 20-pin Enhanced Mid-Range PIC Microcontrollers (MCUs)
Microchip announces several new, peripheral-rich 8-bit PIC® microcontrollers (MCUs) with active currents of less than 50 µA/MHz and extremely low sleep currents. The PIC12F182X and PIC16F182X (PIC1XF182X) MCUs extend Microchip’s Enhanced Mid-range 8-bit core product line into the 8-pin segment, bringing the total number of Enhanced 8-bit core PIC MCUs to 16, in packages ranging from 8 to 64 pins. With their extreme low power and high lev...
Energy Micro launches EFM32 Tiny Gecko microcontrollers for low power, space and cost sensitive applications
Energy Micro, the energy friendly microcontroller company, has announced a range of entry-level devices for low power applications subject to stringent PCB space and product cost limitations. At a sub-Dollar price, the EFM32 'Tiny Gecko' (TG) microcontrollers offer the energy-efficient performance of the company's bigger Gecko products combined with smaller Flash and RAM combinations and a choice of space saving QFN20, QFN32 and QFN64 packaging.
TI’s MSP430 MCU Value Line gives 8-bit developers up to 10X performance and 10X battery life and it starts at 25 cents,
Committed to solving the growing performance and efficiency challenges of the 8-bit market, Texas Instruments announced the MSP430 microcontroller (MCU) Value Line that offers superior16-bit MCU performance and industry leading ultra-low power consumption at ultra-low 8-bit MCU prices. Starting at 25 cents, the Value Line ensures 8-bit developers no longer need to sacrifice performance, power efficiency or scalability because of price.
Atmel Expands tinyAVR Product Family with High- Performance, Low-power Microcontroller
Atmel announced the ATtiny4313, an extension to Atmel's tinyAVR product family of low-power, high-performance microcontrollers featuring picoPower® technology. The ATtiny4313 is a new device in the 20-pin tinyAVR family that is code- and pin-compatible with the existing ATtiny2313A. The new device enables a simple, swift upgrade to consumer end products.
Atmel's Secure Microcontroller Offers Easy-to-Implement Security to Prevent Cloning and Counterfeiting
Atmel announced a new secure microcontroller dedicated to deeply embedded security functions including brand and IP (intellectual property) protection against counterfeiting and cloning. Atmel's AT90SO4 is the newest member of the AT90SO product family - a family that offers a wide range of interfaces to bring security in any system. Built around Atmel's secureAVR® microcontroller technology, the AT90SO4 offers banking or government security ...
Fujitsu Announces New Series of Low Pin Count 8-bit MCUs for Motor Control
Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe has expanded its F2MC-8FX family of low-cost, low pin count (LPC) microcontrollers (MCUs). MB95330K is the first Fujitsu 32-pin, 8-bit MCU series to feature motor control functionality. With fast processing, low power consumption and three-phase motor control timers, the devices are targeted for use in a wide range of industrial, medical and consumer applications.