Micros

Renesas Technology Europe has enhanced its H8SX family of 32-bit CISC (Complex Instruction Set Computer) microcontrollers with the addition of the H8SX/1658R and H8SX/1668R series. These two groups comprise products suitable for use in a wide variety of applications, including PC and office automation (OA) devices, digital consumer products, and industrial equipment. The H8SX/1658R and H8SX/1668R models are functionally enhanced versions of Ren...

Renesas has announced the AE56U, the company’s first 32-bit MCU for smartcards with an on-chip USB (Universal Serial Bus) controller. The device is suitable for USB token applications implementing highly secure digital signature functionality for fields such as online banking. Sample shipments will begin in June 2008 in Japan.

Mouser Electronics, Inc has announced it is stocking the C8051F9xx line of MCUs from Silicon Laboratories Inc. The C8051F9xx line of MCUs is said to offer the lowest voltage, greatest power efficiency, highest functional density, and best-in-class tools.

Microchip has announced a new family of low-cost 8-bit Flash PIC microcontrollers (MCUs). The 28- and 40-pin PIC16F722/3/4/6/7 MCUs are capable of operation down to 1.8V and feature a 16 MHz internal oscillator; up to 14 Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) channels; communication peripherals (SPI, I2C, AUSART); two Capture, Compare and PWM (CCP) modules; and the mTouch Sensing Solution peripheral.

Microchip has announced the addition of integrated USB 2.0 On-The-Go (OTG) functionality to its 32-bit PIC32 microcontroller family. The PIC32 family brings more performance and memory to embedded designers while maintaining pin, peripheral and software compatibility with Microchip’s 16-bit microcontroller and DSC families. The maximum operating frequency for the PIC32 family has been increased to 80MHz, which further extends the performance re...

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. continues to broaden its optoelectronics portfolio with the release of Courier-115 a royalty-free wireless software protocol for devices that are based on the Texas Instruments' ultra-low power MSP430 microcontroller (MCU) platform.

Renesas Technology Europe has announced 50 new products comprising 11 groups as new additions to its R32C/100 Series of Microcontroller Units (MCUs) with on-chip flash memory for automotive systems. The MCUs in this series are built around the R32C/100 high-performance 32-bit CPU core, the most advanced available in the M16C Family of complex instruction set computer (CISC) MCUs. Renesas Technology has developed this MCU family concept to meet ...

Renesas Technology Europe has announced a major expansion of its popular M16C Platform microcontroller*1 lineup with the addition of 20 different models in the M16C/65 group. These devices, successors to the M16C/62P family and extensions of the M16C/64 group, are fully compatible with previous products.

Renesas Technology Europe has announced the R32C/111 group of microcontrollers with on-chip flash memory and incorporating the R32C/100 high-performance 32-bit CPU core. The group consists of 12 models and is suitable for a wide range of applications, including metering, industrial and consumer electronics. The R32C/100 series is the top-level product series in the M16C Platform, which is a CISC (Complex Instruction Set Computer) microcontroller....

Toshiba Electronics Europe has launched a low power ARM-based microprocessor that combines a high-performance 32-bit core with comprehensive graphics control and processing functionality and a variety of on-board connectivity and peripheral options. The new device will considerably reduce the development time and component count of applications requiring basic multimedia functionality.