Micros

Atmel Corporation today announced production availability of the Atmel AT73C246 analog companion chip to provide power supplies and audio input/output to match the Atmel AT91SAM9 ARM9(TM)-based MCUs (and equivalent 32-bit devices) to host multimedia applications. Operating from a single 2.9V to 5.5V source, the AT73C246, when combined with a high-quality stereo audio codec, provides the multi-level supplies required by the AT91SAM9 devices. This ...

Atmel Corporation today announced that FIME, an external and independent third party laboratory, has certified the Atmel AT90SC28880RCFV secure microcontroller (MCU). This secure MCU is now compliant with ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) Radio Frequency (RF) Specifications and ISO 14443 RF. These reports are available for customers upon request.

Microchip announces the introduction of the PIC18F ‘K90’ and the PIC18F ‘K22’ families of 8-bit microcontrollers, the latest MCUs based on its industry-leading low power technology, nanoWatt XLP. The ‘K90’ represents the industry’s first and only ultra low power MCU family to include an on-chip LCD driver module capable of driving LCDs up to 192 pixels. Both new families support 1.8 to 5.5V operation, offer a 12-bit Analogue-to-Digi...

The silicon intellectual property (IP) provider, Evatronix SA, today announced the R80251XC – the high performance 32-bit Intel 80C251 compatible microcontroller. It is the ultimate 8051 compatible IP core, with performance results that exceed these of the original Intel 8051 chip by more than 24 times, which translates to over 3 times better result than the Intel 80C251 at the same clock frequency.

STMicroelectronics has announced full production of the STM8L ultra low-power microcontroller family. Unveiled in late 2009, the new family features EnergyLite technology to minimize power consumption in all operating modes.

Green Hills Software announced the availability of Green Hills Software’s multicore embedded software solutions for the OCTEON II family of multicore processors from Cavium Networks (NASDAQ: CAVM), a leading provider of semiconductor products that enable intelligent processing for networking, communications, and the digital home. The new OCTEON II IAP processor family is designed to fuel the voice, video and data convergence driven by mobile in...

Atmel announced production availability for the world's smallest flash AVR microcontroller package. The Atmel ATtiny4, ATtiny5, ATtiny9 and ATtiny10 AVR microcontroller (MCU) come in an ultra-small 8-pad UDFN package, with a dimension of only 2mm x 2mm x 0.6mm, and weighing less than 8 mg to reduce the package size as much as 55 percent compared to the market's smallest package offering available today. These products target applications in the c...

LSI Corporation announced the LSITM Tarari T2500 content processor, which has been designed to meet the content processing requirements of ultra high-speed, ultra low-latency networking applications. The Tarari T2500 offloads critical security processing and application recognition from the host processor, delivering improved network performance and increased security.

NXP today introduced the first two devices, LPC11C12 and LPC11C14, in the LPC11C00 series featuring a Controller Area Network (CAN) 2.0B-compliant controller for industrial and embedded networking applications. CAN has long been considered one of the best choices for robust real-time communication, but price-prohibitive for low-cost embedded applications. With the introduction of the LPC11C00 series, NXP now provides a new low-cost entry point an...

NXP Semiconductors today announced sampling of the world’s smallest general-market 32-bit microcontroller, the LPC1102, based on the Cortex-M0 processor. Unleashing unprecedented computing power in 5mm2 of PCB area, this device is targeted at very high volume applications requiring an ultra-miniature board footprint. NXP’s LPC1100 is the lowest-priced 32-bit MCU solution in the market, bringing higher value and ease of use than existing 8/16-...