MCU Design Features

Software tools ease AUTOSAR compliance

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Fixing concurrency defects in multicore design

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A new way to do firmware development on programmable devices

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Neon lamps and photoconductors illuminate logic

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Programmable logic, SoC simplify power steering, accessory control

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How to go about selecting a microcontroller

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Modularity provides functional, economical tire-pressure monitoring

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Book excerpt – The art of hardware architecture, part 4

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Agile development of real-time systems

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Teardown: The power inverter - from sunlight to power grid

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Technical Papers

A Competitive Analysis: AP, Modem Single-Chip vs. Dual-Chip Solutions for Mobile Applications

RX600 Series

Comparative table of MCUs

Application Portability for 32-Bit Microcontrollers--Reality or Myth?

Eliminating the parallel/serial tradeoff in embedded systems with SPIFI-equipped Cortex-M3

8-Bit Microcontrollers: Sophisticated Solutions for Simple Applications

Using USB Connectivity to Integrate Touch Screens

The Truth about Power Consumption in PIC MCUs with XLP Technology vs. TI's MSP430

Why NanoAmps Matter in Low-Power Design

FRAM MCU Key Strengths and Applications

How to Build a Smarter Human Interface

A Novel Technique of MCU Firmware Upgrade from a Remote Server using 3G Modem

Courses and Webinars

Connectivity & Control for Industrial or Renewable Energy Applications

Rapid High- and Full-Speed USB development on Cortex-M microcontrollers

Migrating from 8-bit to 32-bit MCUs with NXP LPC1200

Delivering real-time, high-performance embedded systems with the ARM Cortex-R processors

Frequency Synthesis, Part 1: Phased Locked Loops

Designing with Atmel 6-pin tinyAVR Flash microcontrollers

Programmable Hardware Accelerators Made Easy: Implementing Custom Processors without Compromising Performance, Power or Area

Accelerating Productivity with Xilinx 7 Series Targeted Design Platforms

Video over LTE—Testing the next step in the end user experience

The Latest on Driving ADCs Differentially: Part 2

Teardowns

Under the Hood: Android dreams, GooglePhone delivers

Good vibrations for energy harvesting

Wide Bluetooth, Wi-Fi adoption seen in handsets

Inside the Samsung Galaxy Tab: Taking on the iPad

Inside Xbox 360's Kinect controller

N8: Solid start for Nokia’s Symbian^3 strategy

CE parts met cockpit avionics in vintage F-15 video camera

Innovation at home: Inside a 3-D desktop scanner

FitBit blends wireless, MCUs and MEMS with online interface

BenQ K60 e-reader: Trying to stand on the shoulders of giants

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Reference Designs

Lattice adds over 90 reference designs for PLDs

Lattice Semiconductor Corp. has released more than 90 reference designs optimized for the MachXO and ispMACH 4000ZE PLDs.
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Quantenna debuts 802.11n 4x4 MIMO wireless video bridge ref design

Quantenna Communications Inc. has debuted a complete reference design based on its QHS600 IEEE 802.11n wireless LAN (WLAN) 4x4 multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) chipset.
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Products

µClinux for ARM Cortex-M3

FPGA-based dual motor control kit from Microsemi and TRINAMIC

Microchip and Digilent unveil PIC32-based Cerebot development boards

Samplify Systems announces APAX application acceleration technology

Multi-output regulators take up less space on the board

MCUs for single-phase metering and energy monitoring

Xilinx announces ISE Design Suite 13.4

New USB-to-SPI protocol converter from Microchip

HTML5 platform for infotainment systems debuts at CES

Microchip targets active current reduction in PIC24F expansion

Commentary

Things that go “meep” in the night

Clive Maxfield

I just had a very unsatisfactory night’s sleep, because something kept on going “meep” and I couldn’t track it down…

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I once worked on a project refitting a shop. The Project manager had a PC with a screen saver that ...

Ten things I want to do before I die…

Clive Maxfield

I don’t want to sound maudlin, but every now and then as one gets older, thoughts of mortality do tend to cross one’s mind…

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I would say "Yay", because I think submersible technology is good enough that I won't end up in Davy ...

Quick – Vote now!

Clive Maxfield

It’s time to stand up and be counted – are we going to let some yahoo from “e-Book Reader” or “Netbook News” beat one of our very own at EE Times? No we are not!

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I saw that you could vote more than once, you can do so daily, and I headed back to see if ...

Free 2-day course: Designing with SmartFusion mixed-signal FPGAs

Clive Maxfield

SmartFusion mixed-signal FPGAs include a hard ARM Cortex-M3 microcontroller core, so this course will be of interest to a wide audience…

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How It Was: Magnetic wire recorders

Clive Maxfield

If asked about the history of sound recording, you might think of the phonograph, the gramophone, and the magnetic tape recorder, but what about the wire recorder?

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Hi again -- thanks for the link ( http://www.gentweb.co.uk/wirerecorder.htm ) which I just added to ...

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Diesels challenge hybrids for efficiency, low emissions

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Reader Message Boards

TI Seeking Packaging Feedback

By Glenn B on 09.16.2011

Texas Instruments is seeking your feedback on our quality and lead-free (Pb-free)packaging.
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Lead free is better than chock-full of lead.

Kontron embraces ARM

By rick.merritt on 09.02.2011

X86 board maker Kontron will launch its first ARM products soon, according to a blog by Rich Nass of sister publication Medical Electroncis Design. The move

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hm: Can you be more specific in your question? I'm not sure exactly what you are asking.

Microcontroller selection - How do you choose?

By Duane Benson on 10.12.2010

The recent blog posting: 'Renesas simplifies MCU selection: What now for independents?' got me thinking about the MCU selection process. Myself, I tend to use

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trying to figure out what this component is!

By Josh Deeter on 09.09.2011

I have a 16-pin dip part that i believe to be a resistor pack.

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Thanks for everyone's input. I have figured out that the values I listed above are correct. What i ...

News, Analysis, and Opinion

APEC becomes big, and we're there

ARM tips 'gods and giants' roadmap

AMD's CTO talks heterogeneous systems architecture

Microsoft keynoter to DesignCon attendees: 'Believe!'

Day 3 DesignCon keynote: The future is optics

AMD’s Joe Macri challenges DesignCon attendees to embrace the future

Freescale, Inside Secure team on smart-meter reference design

CES: Freescale widens eReader and tablet coverage with i.MX 6 expansion

Linaro scheme recognizes effort by contributors

Xilinx demos, ships Zynq-7000 devices

 

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