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Arrow Electronics UK has announced it now offers embedded system developers access to the Luminary Micro Stellaris family of 32-bit ARM Cortex-M3 microcontrollers and associated development support tools. Devices in the Stellaris family combine the Cortex-M3 core running at up to 50MHz with a variety of peripherals and interfaces that provide significant control-processing and connectivity capabilities. As well as the full range of Stellaris mi...

Mouser Electronics, Inc., known for its rapid introduction of the newest products, today announced it is stocking the Freescale Semiconductor MCF5225x family of ColdFire®Microcontrollers. Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. is an industry leader in the design and manufacture of embedded semiconductors.

Manufacturers targeting a broad range of consumer and embedded markets can lower costs and streamline product design with one of the first i.MX applications processors from Freescale Semiconductor to integrate mixed signal technology. The device will be showcased at upcoming Freescale Technology Forum events in Shenzhen, China and Bangalore, India.

Atmel has announced today three new 6-pin picoPower AVR microcontrollers. The ATtiny4, ATtiny5, and ATtiny9 are targeted towards size and cost constrained high volume consumer applications requiring processing power and low current consumption. These new devices are all pin and code compatible, offering a rich feature set including 512bytes or 1K byte of programmable Flash memory, 32 bytes of internal SRAM, 4-channel 8-bit A/D converter (in ATti...

ARM has announced the availability of ultra low-power Physical IP libraries to drive the next generation of energy-efficient MCU devices. The ARM 0.18µm ultra low power libraries (uLL), coupled with the inherent power management advantages of the ARM Cortex processor family and the TSMC 0.18µm embedded flash uLL/HDR “high data retention” process provides SoC designers with additional reduction in power leakage up to 10x compared to 0.18um ...

Microchip has announced the first six members of the PIC16F193X family of microcontrollers, featuring Microchip’s enhanced mid-range 8-bit core. The increased memory and core capabilities deliver enhanced support for both C and Assembly programmers, while the ‘LF’ family members feature Microchip’s nanoWatt XLP Technology for extreme low power operation.

With wide adoption of USB connectivity, designers are seeking smart embedded processing solutions that bring unique advantages to their applications such as longer battery life, portability and versatility. Providing easy, advanced connectivity with a robust portfolio, Texas Instruments today announced the new MSP430F55xx microcontroller (MCU) family with embedded full-speed USB (12 Mbps).

Atmel has announced a new radiation-hardened SPARC processor for space applications, the AT697 Revision F delivering 90 MIPs at 100 MHz over full temperature and voltage ranges for only 0.7W. With more than 1600 flight models of its predecessor, the TSC695E, sold around the world, Atmel has an unrivalled flight heritage on this SPARC V7 processor version.

IAR Systems has announced that IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM and IAR PowerPac for ARM now feature full support for the Atmel ARM Cortex-M3-based SAM3U microcontroller (MCU) family. In close cooperation with Atmel, IAR Systems has added new configuration files, flash loaders and project examples to IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM for Atmel’s new SAM3U Cortex-M3 based microcontroller. The device specific support achieved by these additions makes ...