Micros

Giving designers more performance to run new application features and additional headroom to add their own IP, Texas Instruments has announced a speed upgrade for the OMAP3530 applications processor and evaluation module (EVM). The new OMAP3530 processor features a 720 MHz ARM Cortex-A8 core and a 520 MHz TMS320C64x+ DSP.

Analog Devices has announced that UTAS, a provider of medical devices for patient monitoring and diagnostics, has selected ADI Blackfin processors to ensure high-performance digital signal processing operations and robust functionality across its full line of products – highlighted by UTAS’ most recent product introduction, the UM 300 portable patient monitor. Leveraging Blackfin’s performance, low power consumption and flexible peripheral ...

Atmel has announced the availability of a 128 KB picoPower megaAVR microcontroller, targeting size-constrained, low-power applications. The small 44-pin package makes the ATmega1284P ideal for applications such as wireless and ethernet nodes, home automation and other code-intensive battery or signal-line powered products, combined with its ultra-low-power consumption, 128 KB of flash and 16 KB of random access memory (RAM).

Analog Devices has announced that UTAS, a provider of medical devices for patient monitoring and diagnostics, has selected ADI Blackfin processors to ensure high-performance digital signal processing operations and robust functionality across its full line of products – highlighted by UTAS’ most recent product introduction, the UM 300 portable patient monitor. Leveraging Blackfin’s performance, low power consumption and flexible peripheral ...

ARM and NXP, the independent semiconductor company founded by Philips, today announced at Embedded Systems Conference (ESC), Boston, mbed.org and the mbed microcontroller rapid prototyping tools. With the market for 32-bit microcontrollers set for explosive growth, the ability for new markets to adopt and exploit modern microcontroller technology becomes a critical success factor. To maximise these opportunities ARM has developed mbed, the indust...

Code and pin compatibility with the QorIQ P4080 processor further extends Freescale’s advanced multicore architecture. The new processor combines control, datapath and application layer processing, which lowers part counts, reduces system cost and shrinks product footprints. The P4040 is well-suited for wireless infrastructure, enterprise routing and switching and industrial applications.

STMicroelectronics has begun volume production of the first microcontrollers to combine its high-performance 8-bit architecture with the company’s recently announced ultra-low-power innovations to save power in active modes as well as when idle. The STM8L product family comprises 26 devices in three lines spanning a broad spectrum of performance and function.

Green Hills Software has announced the availability of its embedded software development solution for the Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) OMAP-L137 low-power applications processor based on the ARM926EJ-S core. Green Hills Software’s ARM-optimized solution includes the INTEGRITY real-time operating system (RTOS), MULTI integrated development environment (IDE), optimizing C/C++ compilers, and Green Hills Probe. Green Hills Software brings mo...

Freescale Semiconductor technology is powering the recently announced Sharp NetWalker (PC-Z1) product – a lightweight, compact consumer device that offers instant-on functionality and mobile phone-like battery life. The advanced capabilities of the Freescale i.MX515 processor help the NetWalker PC-Z1 product deliver compelling functionality for the smartbook category such as ultra-long battery life and a streamlined form factor.

Freescale Semiconductor is now sampling its QorIQ P4080 multicore processor – the flagship member of Freescale’s QorIQ product family and the company’s fourth device now available based on 45-nm process technology for optimal performance and power efficiency.