The pressure on design teams to shorten the time between product conception and mass production is greater than ever, while original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and design firms have never worked with such limited in-house technical resources. As a result, engineers are seeking ways to minimize the time required to design, develop, and prototype a product. Furthermore, with embedded solutions playing a vital role in an increasing number of applications, selecting the right microcontroller is crucial to achieving this goal.
The addition of floating-point mathematical capabilities to microcontrollers expands design possibilities in multiple ways. A floating-point unit (FPU) can be used to increase the variety and accuracy of mathematical calculations; it can also deliver higher performance in less time, facilitating compliance with real-time requirements; or, by allowing systems to complete routines faster and spend more time in sleep mode, it can save energy and extend battery life.
Energy Micro's low-power EFM32 Gecko microcontroller has been selected by Aquiba, a joint venture between Sentec and Takahata Precision, for its revolutionary A200 smart water meter. The EFM32G890F128 microcontroller, chosen for its performance thanks to its ultra-low power consumption, processing capacity, and peripheral package, manages the A200's high-precision flow measurement, data logging, secure communications, and application firmware updates.
During its participation in the Electronica 2010 trade fair, Atmel® Corporation announced the first 32-bit AVR® microcontrollers (MCUs) with a floating-point unit (FPU). Targeted at industrial control applications, the new Atmel AVR UC3 C MCU offers a unique combination of high processing power, true 5V operation, high-speed communication, and advanced safety and reliability features in a range of small, minimally sized packages.
Human-machine interface (HMI) designs in embedded systems are evolving rapidly as the cost of manufacturing more modern and elegant interfaces decreases. Some applications already combine touch interfaces such as keys, cursors, touchscreens, and haptic feedback with powerful graphical displays using the latest generation of microcontrollers. These microcontrollers integrate graphical display controllers with peripherals to implement capacitive touch controllers and touchscreens, as well as USB, on a single chip.
Microchip's PIC18F87J72 family of 8-bit microcontrollers is optimized for single-phase and multifunction applications in smart meters and energy monitoring. Incorporating a high-performance 16/24-bit dual-channel analog input stage (AFE), these new microcontrollers provide a precise, reliable, cost-effective, and user-friendly solution for developing meters that exceed IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) Class 0.5 performance standards.
Microchip has two new high-density 8-bit microcontrollers that combine eXtreme Low Power (XLP) ultra-low power technology, 128 KB of Flash program memory and 4 KB of RAM, thus giving designers room to implement application-specific code.
Lighting engineers and designers have been observing for some time that the adoption of LEDs as the primary light source for general lighting applications is just around the corner. Consumers are also becoming aware of this transition following the commercial availability of the first LED lamps for home use.
Renesas Electronics Corporation has expanded its RZ/G series with new general-purpose 64-bit microprocessors (MPUs) designed for human-machine interfaces (HMIs) and IoT peripheral systems. The RZ/G3L and RZ/G3SE models are pin-compatible MPUs that support a wide range of...
Mouser Electronics announces the availability of the new Texas Instruments (TI) MSPM0G5187 mixed-signal microcontrollers (MCUs). Based on a 32-bit Arm® Cortex®-M0+ core platform and an ultra-low-power architecture, these devices are designed to increase...
Mouser Electronics, Inc. carries the MCX N24, N52, and N53 microcontrollers (MCUs) from NXP Semiconductors. The MCX N24, N52, and N53 belong to the MCX N series of highly integrated Arm® Cortex®-M33 MCUs designed to deliver high performance and low power consumption.
Mecter SL announces the launch, by its represented company Holtek, of its new 32-bit Arm® Cortex®-M0+ ULP (Ultra Low Power) USB MCUs: the HT32L52343 and HT32L52353 models. Thanks to the use of ultra-low leakage current process technology and an optimized architectural design, these two...
Nuvoton Technology Corporation has announced the launch of the NSC128L42, a new 32-bit Arm® Cortex®-M23 microcontroller designed for high-precision measurements.
Toshiba Electronics Europe GmbH (“Toshiba”) is now supplying engineering samples of its TXZ+™ family entry-level microcontrollers from the M4H group, which feature a 32-bit Arm® Cortex®-M4 core with a floating-point unit (FPU) and memory protection unit (MPU).
Mouser Electronics now offers the i.MX RT1180 hybrid microcontrollers (MCUs) from NXP® Semiconductors. These dual-core real-time MCUs incorporate a high-performance Arm® Cortex®-M7 core operating at up to 800 MHz and a Cortex-M33 core operating at up to 300 MHz.
The rapid evolution of connectivity, security, energy efficiency, and processing requirements is forcing many manufacturers to rethink the lifecycle of their embedded systems. Industrial equipment, IoT devices, medical systems, consumer electronics, and applications...
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