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Free development kit for low power MCUs
Free development kit for low power MCUs
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MSC now offers eight new ultra low power 32-bit MCUs in the V850ES/Jx3-L series from Renesas Electronics. These devices are…
MIPS makes virtual processor models available to licensees
MIPS makes virtual processor models available to licensees
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Imperas, which through the Open Virtual Platforms (OVPTM) initiative (www.OVPworld.org) has become the de facto source for instruction accurate processor…
MIPS makes virtual processor models available to licensees
MIPS makes virtual processor models available to licensees
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The models for the MIPS processor cores support the full software view of the processor cores, including both the MIPS32…
Renesas adds to 32bit MCU range
Renesas adds to 32bit MCU range
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They are designed for low power, portable applications with high density memory from 768 kilobyte (KB) flash/80KB RAM to 1…

Renesas adds to 32bit MCU range
Renesas adds to 32bit MCU range
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Renesas Electronics has announced the availability of its eight new 32-bit V850 microcontrollers (MCUs), an addition to its existing J Series. These new V850ES/Jx3-L MCUs are an extension of the…
Vendor agreement targets open source developers
Vendor agreement targets open source developers
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Freescale and Mentor Graphics are to partner to provide unique bundle of applications processors and user interface tools. Customers purchasing Freescale's i.MX51 and i.MX53 products can register and download the…
Free MCU kits on offer
Free MCU kits on offer
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STMicroelectronics is to hand out up to 7000 microcontroller discovery kits at Embedded World next week, to encourage creativity and nurture development of outstanding embedded applications. Forming an integral part…
Biomedical signal processor targets wearable biomedical sensor systems
Biomedical signal processor targets wearable biomedical sensor systems
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imec, Holst Centre and NXP presented a versatile ultra-low power biomedical signal processor, CoolBio, meeting the requirements of future wearable biomedical sensor systems. The biomedical signal processor consumes only 13pJ/cycle…
Free MCU kits on offer
Free MCU kits on offer
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On-board hardware extensions provide easy connection to other boards or devices for deeper testing of the microcontroller peripherals. All kits contain LEDs and push buttons and enable access to all…
IAR first to support NXP LPC1227 microcontroller
IAR first to support NXP LPC1227 microcontroller
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IAR Systems has announced that the IAR KickStart Kit for LPC1227 is now available. The kit includes a development board with an ARM Cortex-M0 based LPC1227 microcontroller, peripherals and connectors,…
Millimeter-scale all-in-one computers debut
Millimeter-scale all-in-one computers debut
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Designed by the University of Michigan for implantation inside the eye of glaucoma patients, the millimeter-sized, all-in-one computer will be useful in wireless sensor networks, remote surveillance and other applications…
Millimeter-scale all-in-one computers debut
Millimeter-scale all-in-one computers debut
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What was billed as world's first all-in-one millimeter-sized processor, including everything from solar cells for power to a wireless radio for communications, debuted Tuesday (February 22) at the International Solid-State…
IAR first to support NXP LPC1227 microcontroller
IAR first to support NXP LPC1227 microcontroller
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This is believed to be the world’s first commercial starter kit for the ARM Cortex-M0-based LPC1227 microcontroller. The strong partnership and tight cooperation between NXP and IAR Systems during the…
NXP expands industrial control series to support energy-efficient controls and appliances
NXP expands industrial control series to support energy-efficient controls and appliances
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The new device also expands NXP’s Cortex-M0 microcontroller offering with a wide range of Flash memory sizes. LPC1200 customers can now choose the exact Flash memory size they need, ranging…
Toshiba redefines the flip-flop for lower power
Toshiba redefines the flip-flop for lower power
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A typical SoC uses 100,000 to 10 million flip-flops, and each typical flip-flop incorporates a clock buffer to produce a clock inverted signal required for the circuit’s operation. When triggered…
Vector Fabrics eases heterogeneous multicore development
Vector Fabrics eases heterogeneous multicore development
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Cloud-based tool allows embedded engineers to partition and map their software onto complex multicore platforms. vfEmbedded supports specific multicore architectures that have different cores and can assign partitions to specific…
Toshiba redefines the flip-flop for lower power
Toshiba redefines the flip-flop for lower power
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Toshiba has developed a new flip-flop circuit using 40nm CMOS process that it claims will reduce power consumption in mobile equipment. Measured data verifies that the power dissipation of the…
NXP expands industrial control series to support energy-efficient controls and appliances
NXP expands industrial control series to support energy-efficient controls and appliances
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NXP Semiconductors N.V. has unveiled its LPC1200 Industrial Control Series featuring the ARM Cortex-M0 processor which extends NXP’s 32-bit ARM microcontroller continuum and targets a wide range of industrial applications…
Energy friendly microcontrollers are offered in space-saving QFP48 package
Energy friendly microcontrollers are offered in space-saving QFP48 package
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The QFP48 Gecko product offers the same range of low energy peripherals as its larger QFP100 packaged variant, including a multiple sensor interface, UARTs, LCD Controller, 12-bit ADC and AES…
Energy friendly microcontrollers are offered in space-saving QFP48 package
Energy friendly microcontrollers are offered in space-saving QFP48 package
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Energy Micro is making the company’s EFM32 Gecko and Tiny Gecko product lines available in the space-saving QFP48 package. The smaller 48-pin ARM Cortex-M3 based microcontroller options will enable manufacturers…
Intel packs eight cores into Itanium CPU
Intel packs eight cores into Itanium CPU
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Intel will make the first technical disclosures about Poulson, its next-generation Itanium processor, at the International Solid State Circuits Conference here Monday. Intel said the 3.1 billion transistor CPU is…
MIT, TI tip 28-nm applications processor
MIT, TI tip 28-nm applications processor
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At the 2011 International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), Texas Instruments and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will outline what could be a major breakthrough in the gap between performance…
Intel packs eight cores into Itanium CPU
Intel packs eight cores into Itanium CPU
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Poulson doubles to eight the number of cores and to 12 the number of instructions in flight in its pipeline. Intel declined to give any cost, availability or performance information…
ARM Cortex-M3 micros combine 1MByte Flash with many connectivity options
ARM Cortex-M3 micros combine 1MByte Flash with many connectivity options
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Toshiba Electronics Europe has expanded its family of 32-bit ARM Cortex-M3 microcontrollers with four new devices that combine high-capacity Flash memory with a variety of interface options. The TMPM361, TMPM362,…
ARM Cortex-M3 micros combine 1MByte Flash with many connectivity options
ARM Cortex-M3 micros combine 1MByte Flash with many connectivity options
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All of the new devices feature 1Mbyte of Flash memory, 64Kbytes of on-chip RAM and a static memory controller (SMC) with a 16-bit external data bus that supports the…
Qualcomm tips quad-core Snapdragon plan
Qualcomm tips quad-core Snapdragon plan
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Fabless mobile chip company Qualcomm Inc. has announced that its next processor architecture is called Krait and will offer multi-core chips capable of running at a clock frequency of 2.5-GHz.
Aquiba opts for low power microcontroller for next generation smart water meter
Aquiba opts for low power microcontroller for next generation smart water meter
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Aquiba, a joint venture between Sentec and Takahata Precision, has selected Energy Micro's energy friendly EFM32 Gecko microcontroller for use in its groundbreaking A200 smart water meter. The microcontroller was…
Security goes multi-core
Security goes multi-core
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NetLogic Microsystems has introduced the XLP Multi-Core Security Processor with Integrated NETL7 Layer 7 knowledge-based processor for deep-packet inspection and network security applications. This highly integrated processor targets next-generation network…


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