Micros

CenTrak, Inc. has announced the introduction of its InTouch Care Real Time Location System (RTLS), an advanced, easily installed system for tracking medical personnel, patients and equipment that is based on MSP430 microcontroller units (MCUs) from Texas Instruments. The new InTouch Care RTLS employs DualTrakTM technology, a unique combination of radio frequency (RF) and infrared (IR) generates more accurate locations of people and equipment to r...

Renesas Technology Europe has added 32Kbyte Flash versions to its line-up of low pin count, SH/Tiny Flash microcontrollers. Adding the lower memory versions puts increased pressure on small DSPs with small memory integration. Renesas’ solution being a more flexible, cost effective solution than many advantages over DSPs.

Renesas Technology Europe today announced that it has completed the design of an innovative new CISC (Complex Instruction Set Computer) CPU architecture that will deliver what the company says is unmatched capabilities in code efficiency, processing performance, and power consumption for a future generation of Renesas’ CISC microcontrollers (MCUs). Products based on the new architecture will be branded as the ‘RX’ family.

STMicroelectronics has announced a new secure microcontroller (MCU) based on embedded Flash memory, which is the first in the world to be produced using 90nm (90 nanometer) process technology. The ST21F384 – the first secure micro within ST’s established ST21 smartcard platform, optimized for 2.5G and 3G mobile communications – uses Flash memory in place of mask ROM for its program memory, to provide increased flexibility and shorter lead t...

Microchip Technology has announced full MPLAB development tool availability to support today’s launch of the new PIC32 32-bit microcontroller family. The immediate availability of a broad and compatible suite of tools means that Microchip’s current customers can easily make the transition from 8- and 16-bit microcontroller development to 32-bit development. At the same time, designers new to Microchip will find a highly integrated 32-bit to...

Microchip has announced the PIC32 family of 32-bit microcontrollers (MCUs), adding more performance and memory while maintaining pin, peripheral and development compatibility with Microchip’s 16-bit MCU/DSC families. The new PIC32 family is fully supported by Microchip’s free MPLAB Integrated Development Environment (IDE) which now offers unprecedented compatibility by supporting Microchip’s complete portfolio of 8-, 16- and 32-bit devices.

Enhanced versions of the P&E Cyclone, a family of debugging and programming tools for the Freescale families of microcontrollers, are now available from Computer Solutions. For the Freescale HC08/S08/R08, HC12/S12/S12X and v1 Coldfire (Flexis) microcontrollers, the Cyclone Pro links to the target board via the BDM or MON08 ports. It can function as a completely standalone programmer or, with its Ethernet and USB interfaces, either as a high-speed...

Renesas Technology Europe has released the H8/38099F series MCU featuring a high performance 16-bit H8/300H CPU core. Offering extremely low power consumption combined with the flexibility of on-chip flash memory, these features make the H8/38099F ideal for many battery and line-powered applications.

Renesas Technology Europe announced today an expansion to its successful SH708x-line-up with a version of the SH7083F Flash microcontroller in a compact 10x10mm and 1.4mm thickness BGA package. This device delivers 104 Dhrystone MIPS out of its 256Kbyte/512KByte embedded MONOS Flash memory and yet takes up only 140mm3. Such a level of CPU performance has so far not been available to applications with extreme space constraints such as sensors, cam...

STMicroelectronics today introduced a self-contained, entertaining and very low-cost development package, the STM32 Primer, for the recently-announced STM32 Flash microcontroller family, which is based on the breakthrough ARM Cortex-M3 core. It includes an innovative user interface, games, and other features to introduce new users to the family, as well as Raisonance software tools for advanced development and programming.