NXP Launches The Gigahertz Microcontroller Era
https://www.electronics-lab.com/nxp-launches-gigahertz-microcontroller-era/
NXP Semiconductors has announced the industry’s first crossover MCU, i.MX RT1170 28nm fully-depleted silicon-on-insulator (FD-SOI) microcontroller unit (MCU), which is a power-efficient design with real-time functionality, and MCU usability at an affordable price. It clocks its primary Arm Cortex-M7 processing core at up to 1GHz while packing a secondary Cortex-M4 core running at 400MHz. Geoff […]
NXP Semiconductors i.MX RT106A Crossover Processor
https://www.electronics-lab.com/nxp-semiconductors-mx-rt106a-crossover-processor/
NXP Semiconductors i.MX RT106A Crossover Processor is a solution specific variant of the i.MX RT1060 family of MCUs, targeting cloud-based embedded voice applications. It features NXP’s advanced implementation of the Arm® Cortex®-M7 core, which operates at speeds up to 600MHz to provide high CPU performance and best real-time response. i.MX RT106A based solutions enable system designers to […]
Chip Hall of Fame: Intel 4004 Microprocessor
https://www.electronics-lab.com/chip-hall-fame-intel-4004-microprocessor/
The first CPU-on-a-chip was a shoestring crash project. The Intel 4004 was the world’s first microprocessor—a complete general-purpose CPU on a single chip. Released in March 1971, and using cutting-edge silicon-gate technology, the 4004 marked the beginning of Intel’s rise to global dominance in the processor industry. So you might imagine that the full resources of […]
NXP Semiconductors MPC5777C Power Architecture® Microcontroller
https://www.electronics-lab.com/nxp-semiconductors-mpc5777c-power-architecture-microcontroller/
NXP Semiconductors MPC5777C Power Architecture® Microcontroller is a high-performance, multicore MCU optimized for industrial and automotive control applications that require advanced performance, timing systems, security, and functional safety capabilities. The MPC5777C features two independent Power Architecture z7 cores with up to 300MHz operation, along with a single z7 core in Lockstep with one of the […]
Espressif Announces the Release of ESP32-S2 Secure Wi-Fi MCU
https://www.electronics-lab.com/espressif-announces-%e2%80%a8release-esp32-s2-secure-wi-fi-mcu/
Espressif announces the release of the ESP32-S2 Secure Wi-Fi MCU, which is a highly integrated, low-power, 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi Microcontroller SoC supporting Wi-Fi HT40 and 43 GPIOs. Based on Xtensa® single-core 32-bit LX7 processor, ESP32-S2 can be clocked at up to 240 MHz. ESP32-S2 is a highly integrated, low-power, 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi Microcontroller SoC supporting […]
AJIT – First-Ever “Made in India” Microprocessor Designed By IIT Bombay
https://www.electronics-lab.com/ajit-first-ever-made-india-microprocessor-designed-iit-bombay/
In this modern era, the electronics industry is incomplete without microprocessors. From daily household appliances to space exploration – microprocessors are accompanying us everywhere and making lives way easier. But, independently designing and manufacturing a processor is an extremely complicated task and done by only a few countries like the US, Italy, France, Japan, Taiwan, […]
BIT4 is a 4Bit microcontroller – fully programmable with only three buttons.
https://www.electronics-lab.com/bit4-is-a-4bit-microcontroller-fully-programmable-with-only-three-buttons/
BIT4 is a 4Bit microcontroller – fully programmable with only three buttons. The BIT4 microcontroller has 256 Bytes of programm memory, split in 16 pages with each 16 instructions. A instruction is 8bit wide and consists of an command and data: To enter the programming mode, hold BTN2 down, press the RESET button once and […]
iCircuit’s iCP02 USB Microchip PIC Programmer & PICkit2 Plus Review
https://www.electronics-lab.com/piccircuit-com-icp02-usb-microchip-pic-programmer-pickit2-plus-review/
Ever since the first microcontroller was released in 1980 by Intel – the Harvard Architecture 8051 mcu – microcontrollers have revolutionized the electronics industry and has spurred an array of low-cost microcontrollers like PIC, AVR, ARM, and others. The AVR has been the one that found love within the maker’s ecosystem, thanks to the introduction […]
Getting Started with STM32G0
https://www.electronics-lab.com/getting-started-stm32g0/
The STM32G0 is ST’s newest series of mainstream microcontrollers (MCU) for cost-oriented consumer and industrial applications. [via] This new generation offers an Arm® Cortex®-M0+ core at 64 MHz as well as a Securable Memory Area, more RAM and Flash, numerous I/Os, and more hardware modules, such as a USB-C controller, to simplify significantly the overall PCB design. […]
AVR MCUs now beta supported in MPLAB X IDE
https://www.electronics-lab.com/avr-mcus-now-beta-supported-in-mplab-x-ide/
Microchip has launched MPLAB X IDE version 5.05 which beta supports the majority of AVR MCUs – allowing developers to easily incorporate AVR MCUs into any application. [via] Further support for additional AVR MCUs will be provided in MPLAB versions. AVR support will continue to be added to Atmel Studio 7 and Atmel START for […]