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STMicroelectronics has introduced a single-chip wireless microcontroller for the next-generation of smart grid standards. The microcontroller is also claimed to reduce power outages and carbon emissions and supports plug-in rechar... More about Wireless Microcontroller

Renesas Electronics has expanded its RX600 microcontroller family with the 32bit RX62G microcontrollers. The microcontrollers are optimised for digital power control applications, including motor control with power factor correcti... More about 32bit Microcontrollers

Renesas Electronics has announced the availability of 12 microcontrollers in the RX631 group. The microcontrollers are claimed to offer a 1.65Dhrystone MIPS performance and good connectivity features in small 64 and 48pin packages... More about Pin-to-pin and software compatible microcontrollers for use in industrial and consumer applications

Texas Instruments has produced three low-voltage devices designed for brushed DC and stepper motors. The devices have been added to the company's integrated DRV8x range. The DRV8834, DRV8835 and DRV8836 motor drivers provide a low... More about Low-Voltage Motor Drivers

Microcontrollers in the maXTouch family can be used for 5 to 10inch automotive touchscreens and touchpads used in displays, navigation systems, radio HMI and rear-seat entertainment systems. The mXT768E and the mXT540E are automot... More about Automotive Microcontrollers

For HMI, Fujitsu Semiconductor Europe has developed a capacitive touch functionality for its FM3 Family of ARM Cortex-M3 based microcontrollers. The FM3touch library integrates capacitive touch functionality in HMI projects for in... More about Library Adds Touch To MCUs

Cost savings can be made using the SWORD (Single Wire On-chip Rapid Debugging), compared to JTAG, claims Evatronix. The addition for the 8051 microcontroller IP core includes a single wire connection between the microcontroller an... More about Single Wire Debugging In Core

Renesas Electronics has introduced the RH850 family of 32bit microcontrollers for automotive applications. The microcontrollers are based on 40nm metal oxide nitride oxide silicon embedded flash technology. The microcontrollers pr... More about 32bit microcontrollers feature embedded flash memory for automotive applications

Freescale Semiconductor has announced the S12 MagniV 16bit S12ZVM family of mixed-signal microcontrollers. The microcontrollers combine four elements of a system such as microcontroller, MOSFET gate drive unit, voltage regulator a... More about Mixed-signal microcontrollers feature motor control for HVAC blowers

Renesas Electronics has released the RX63T 32bit microcontrollers, suitable for solar inverters. They include two three-phase motor control timer units: a multi-function timer pulse unit and a 16bit general-purpose PWM timer. A 12... More about Integrated 32bit Microcontrollers

Capable of delivering peak output currents up to 5A, the TB6600HQ is a single chip, PWM chopper-type, bipolar, micro-step stepping motor driver from Toshiba Electronics. According to the company, it will reduce component count in ... More about Micro-Step, Motor Driver IC

One of two microcontroller families introduced by NXP is claimed to have the industry's lowest active power consumption, the second has an integrated EEPROM for limited space medical and industrial appliances. The company claims t... More about Integrated Controllers

Based on the ARM Cortex-M3 processor, Silicon Labs' Precision32 family of 32 SiM3U1xx and SiM3C1xx microcontrollers are footprint-compatible USB and non-USB options. The low power devices can be used for portable medical devices, ... More about 32bit Microcontrollers

Renesas Electronics believes it is the first semiconductor supplier to provide 32bit microcontrollers for automotive applications. The RH850 family is based on 40nm MONOS (metal oxide nitride oxide silicon) embedded flash technolo... More about First MCU with Embedded 40nm Flash

High volume production begins this month for the XMC4500 32bit industrial microcontrollers from Infineon. Operating temperature is from 85 to 125°C, depending on the package, for electric drives, solar inverters, manufacturing and... More about Industrial Micrcontrollers

NXP Semiconductors has announced the LPC1100LV series of low-power, 50MHz, ARM Cortex-M0 microcontrollers with dual supply voltage of VDD and VIO of 1.65 to 1.95 and 1.65 to 3.6V, respectively. They are suitable for battery-powere... More about Cortex-M0 Microcontrollers

Providing 61DMIPs of performance, MX1 and MX2 microcontrollers are in packages measuring as little as 5x5mm. The low pin-count microcontrollers are the smallest and lowest cost PIC32 microcontrollers, claims Microchip and are the ... More about Sensing Microcontrollers

Developers can test and experience accuracy results with the MSP430F6736 EVM, a single-phase electricity meter from Texas Instruments and its program and debug F673x/F672x devices with the MSP-TS430PZ100B target board and MSP-FET4... More about Low Power Microcontrollers

Adding 60 ARM Cortex-M4F-based microcontrollers to the EFM32 Gecko range of microcontrollers, Energy Micro has increased its family members to 240. The pin- and code-compatible Wonder Gecko Cortex-M4F microcontrollers for low-ener... More about Energy-Conscious Microcontrollers

Toshiba Electronics Europe has announced a free PC software package that speeds and simplifies the development, prototyping and testing of embedded motion control applications built around ARM Cortex-M3 motor control microcontroll... More about Embedded World: PCSoftware Package

Microchip has expanded its extreme low power microcontrollers with the PIC24F GA3 family. The microcontrollers feature 150mA/MHz active current and six direct memory access channels. The PIC24FJXXXGA306 microcontrollers are availa... More about Low Power Microcontrollers

IAR Systems has released the KickStart Kit for Texas Instruments Hercules RM48 microcontroller. The Hercules safety microcontroller platform from Texas Instruments has built-in hardware safety features, making it suitable for deve... More about Starter kit for Texas Instruments Hercules safety microcontroller

Digital Core Design has introduced the DQ80251 core, which has passed independent tests carried out on Dhrystone 2.1 benchmark program. The low-power core is quad-pipelined and is part of a 16 to 32bit embedded microcontroller. It... More about Low-Power, Quad-Pipelined IP Core

Texas Instruments has added the MSP430F563x and MSP430F663x microcontroller families to its low-power 16bit microcontroller portfolio. The microcontrollers feature large memory, display capacity and analogue peripherals, which ena... More about Low-power, 16bit microcontrollers for home automation, industrial and portable medical applications