Microcontrollers

Highlights

2018beplay

Masayoshi Son Preaches Security After Betting $32 Billion on ARM

March 1, 2017
"None of them are secure today," Mr. Son said of ARM's microcontrollers. The chips are increasingly being used in connected sensors and cars.
Microcontrollers

Get Started With the Latest 8-bit PIC Online

Feb. 24, 2017
Microchip’s latest PIC16F15386 family is supported by the online MPLAB Xpress IDE and Code Configurator.
Power Management

Flexible, Multi-Output Supplies Conquer Complex SoC Power Challenges

Feb. 23, 2017
Sponsored by: Texas Instruments By combining switching and linear-conversion techniques, as well as digital control, new power architectures can handle variable sequences and ...
IoT

A Malware Experiment Foreshadows Factories Held for Ransom

Feb. 16, 2017
A paper describes a type of ransomware that could infect devices used to control power plants, water treatment facilities, and factory assembly lines, until a ransom is paid.
Microcontrollers

A Circuit for Sensors that Never Stop Listening

Feb. 13, 2017
The circuit, which consumes little more than the power of a human cell, is one of the latest efforts to extend the battery life of sensors.
2018beplay

11 Myths About Embedded Benchmarking

Jan. 27, 2017
Is it lies, damn lies, and benchmarks? Debunking 11 myths that plague embedded benchmarking.
Microcontrollers

MCUs Combine Low Power, DSP Functionality in IoT Edge-Node Apps

Nov. 22, 2016
Sponsored by: Texas Instruments Designers must combine two essential requirements—local processing and low power consumption—when developing edge-node IoT applications.
Dev Tools

RISC-V (Five) Is Alive!

Nov. 16, 2016
RISC-V is a scalable open source, RISC instruction set that can be implemented on a range of platforms from custom SoCs to FPGAs.
2018beplay

2016’s Embedded Technology Highlights

Nov. 15, 2016
Check out some of the year’s most interesting technologies and products, including the flood of IoT development options and improvements in storage technology.
Microcontrollers

FRAM Delivers Unified Memory for 16-bit Microcontroller

2016年11月10日,
Texas Instruments’ latest MSP430 microcontrollers utilize FRAM for code and data. The unified memory approach simplifies development.
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