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RS Components to highlight MCUs and development kits from Microchip and TI at ESC UK 2009
RS Components is showcasing new microcontrollers and development kits including those from Microchip and TI on Stand 323 at this week’s Embedded Systems Conference and Exhibition at the Farnborough International Show Centre (FIVE).
MSP430F4xx - TI expands its smart metering portfolio with 16 new MSP430 MCUs supporting a broad range of implementation standards
Due to increased legislation and various implementation standards across the United States and Europe, utilities are seeking compliant metering solutions that will meet stringent energy efficiency guidelines. Expanding its smart metering portfolio to address these needs, Texas Instruments Incorporated today announced 16 new ultra-low power MSP430 microcontrollers targeted at electricity and gas metering applications. These new MSP430F4xx devices ...
Texas Instruments - 720 MHz processor targeted at multimedia applications
Giving designers more performance to run new application features and additional headroom to add their own IP, Texas Instruments has announced a speed upgrade for the OMAP3530 applications processor and evaluation module (EVM). The new OMAP3530 processor features a 720 MHz ARM Cortex-A8 core and a 520 MHz TMS320C64x+ DSP.
UTAS Medical Equipment Ensures Quality Patient Care with help from Analog Devices' Blackfin Processors
Analog Devices has announced that UTAS, a provider of medical devices for patient monitoring and diagnostics, has selected ADI Blackfin processors to ensure high-performance digital signal processing operations and robust functionality across its full line of products – highlighted by UTAS’ most recent product introduction, the UM 300 portable patient monitor. Leveraging Blackfin’s performance, low power consumption and flexible peripheral ...
Atmel Offers microcontroller with 128 KB of Flash for Ultra-Low-Power Applications
Atmel has announced the availability of a 128 KB picoPower megaAVR microcontroller, targeting size-constrained, low-power applications. The small 44-pin package makes the ATmega1284P ideal for applications such as wireless and ethernet nodes, home automation and other code-intensive battery or signal-line powered products, combined with its ultra-low-power consumption, 128 KB of flash and 16 KB of random access memory (RAM).
UTAS Medical Equipment Ensures High Quality Patient Care With Help From Analog Devices’ Blackfin Processors
Analog Devices has announced that UTAS, a provider of medical devices for patient monitoring and diagnostics, has selected ADI Blackfin processors to ensure high-performance digital signal processing operations and robust functionality across its full line of products – highlighted by UTAS’ most recent product introduction, the UM 300 portable patient monitor. Leveraging Blackfin’s performance, low power consumption and flexible peripheral ...
Arm And NXP Launch mbed To Enable Rapid Prototyping With Microcontrollers
ARM and NXP, the independent semiconductor company founded by Philips, today announced at Embedded Systems Conference (ESC), Boston, mbed.org and the mbed microcontroller rapid prototyping tools. With the market for 32-bit microcontrollers set for explosive growth, the ability for new markets to adopt and exploit modern microcontroller technology becomes a critical success factor. To maximise these opportunities ARM has developed mbed, the indust...
Freescale offers low-power option for networking applications
Code and pin compatibility with the QorIQ P4080 processor further extends Freescale’s advanced multicore architecture. The new processor combines control, datapath and application layer processing, which lowers part counts, reduces system cost and shrinks product footprints. The P4040 is well-suited for wireless infrastructure, enterprise routing and switching and industrial applications.
STMicroelectronics - New 8-bit Microcontrollers Are First Implementation of Ultra-Low-Power Technology Platform
STMicroelectronics has begun volume production of the first microcontrollers to combine its high-performance 8-bit architecture with the company’s recently announced ultra-low-power innovations to save power in active modes as well as when idle. The STM8L product family comprises 26 devices in three lines spanning a broad spectrum of performance and function.
Green Hills Software Supports Texas Instruments Power-Efficient OMAP-L137 Processor
Green Hills Software has announced the availability of its embedded software development solution for the Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) OMAP-L137 low-power applications processor based on the ARM926EJ-S core. Green Hills Software’s ARM-optimized solution includes the INTEGRITY real-time operating system (RTOS), MULTI integrated development environment (IDE), optimizing C/C++ compilers, and Green Hills Probe. Green Hills Software brings mo...