This article presents an introduction of microcontrollers as the first part on the series Embedded Systems Programming. It describes the structure and operation of the microcontroller, and the purpose ...

If you want to use the reset pin as I/O, you will need to use High Voltage Parallel Programming to talk to your chip. Even if you don’t decide to do that, at some point you’re going to screw up and ...

The CC3200 is a SimpleLink™ single-chip wireless MUC for Wi-Fi and Internet-of-Things solution. The device is a wireless MCU that integrates a high-performance ARM Cortex-M4 MCU, allowing customers to ...

[Andrew] picked up a handful of these big STC 8051 chips for a song and dance. The problem he has with them is the clunky VB6 programming software that only wants to run on a Windows box. He buckled ...

The 177-MHz NS9360 MCU targets compact network applications. Digi's chip is based on the ARM 926EJ-S, the most powerful ARM-based processor core with DSP support. The core also has ARM Jazelle Java ...

SAM3U is Code Portable from Atmel's Established ARM7- and ARM9-based MCU Families SAN JOSE, Calif. -- June 1, 2009-- Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) announced today the SAM3U, the industry's first ...

The chips used in automotive electronics mainly fall into four categories: master control chips (MCU/SoC), power chips (IGBT), image sensor chips (CIS), and storage chips (Flash). As the core chip for ...

Digital signal processors (DSPs) earn their living by doing certain analog jobs better than analog circuitry. In some cases, where analog circuits can’t even be considered for a task due to cost or ...