Micros

Microchip has announced the mTouch solution to provide engineers with a free and easy method for adding a touch sensing user interface to applications using PIC microcontrollers. The software is available for free download from the Microchip Touch Sensing Design Center at www.microchip.com/mtouch and provides full access to the source code, so designers can modify the algorithms and easily integrate them with their own application in a single mic...

NEC Electronics Europe and NEC Electronics America, Inc. today introduced two additions to their popular V850ES lineup of 32-bit all flash microcontrollers (MCUs). The new V850ES/Hx3 and V850ES/Jx3 MCUs execute up to 69 Dhrystone MIPS at clock speeds of 32 megahertz (MHz), and are well-suited for next-generation access control products; point-of-sale systems; industrial controllers and drivers; heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems; c...

Silicon Laboratories has announced at the Embedded Systems Conference in Boston the expansion of its best-in-class small form factor family to include the C8051F336 family of highly-integrated 8-bit MCUs. Pin-for-pin compatible with Silicon Laboratories C8051F330 family of devices, the F336 doubles the Flash code space to 16 kB. Additional memory combined with high-performance peripherals and four-corner operation enables system designers to ea...

Silicon Laboratories today announced the MCUniversity Course designed for electrical engineering professors teaching embedded system design with microcontrollers (MCUs). Based on the C8051F020 advanced, mixed-signal MCU, the MCUniversity program provides complete coursework and development tools for instruction on mixed-signal MCUs. Leveraging Silicon Labs’ ToolStick USB development tool, the MCUniversity program also offers a low cost or no c...

STMicroelectronics has announced a new family of secure microcontrollers based on a 0.13-micron state-of-the-art process technology, which are intended for banking, loyalty card and other financial applications. This advanced family is based on the new ST23 secure platform, which takes advantage of the most recent improvements in security technology and offers optimized computing power for advanced secure applications.

SST (Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.) announced a new addition to the company’s popular SuperFlash-based FlashFlex family of 8-bit, 8051-compatible microcontrollers, the SST89V54RD-33-C-QIF. Leveraging the company’s innovative packaging technology, the new SST89V54RD is available in a 6mm x 6mm WQFN package, making it the smallest 8051-based microcontroller currently on the market. The device’s miniature size and low power cons...

NEC Electronics Europe and Vector Informatik have introduced a complete AUTOSAR software stack for NEC Electronics’ V850ES/Fx3 and V850E/PHO3 microcontrollers, based on NEC Electronics’ 32-bit V850 CPU core. NEC Electronics’ microcontroller abstraction layer (MCAL) software contains all AUTOSAR device driver and interface modules. To match the exceptional quality standards of the hardware, the MCAL software was developed using best-in-class...

Renesas Technology Europe’s H8/36079LF microcontrollers offer a completely integrated solution for a wide range of applications, with everything on chip that users need, including oscillators, analogue inputs and timers. The micros are ideal for low cost motor control applications, including white goods such as washing machines and dishwashers, also industrial applications, and for compressors and fans.

STMicroelectronics today announced a new series of 8-bit Flash microcontrollers, within the low-cost ST7Lite family, that feature up to 24 I/O (input/output) lines, further extending the range of cost-sensitive applications for the popular family. ST7Lite is designed specifically for simpler products such as security and lighting systems, power management, small appliances, sensors and motor control.

NEC Electronics Europe announces the availability of the 78K0/Lx3 SEE-IT! starter kit, supporting the recently launched 78K0/Lx3 8-bit LCD microcontroller family. SEE-IT! adds to the existing range of microcontroller starter kits from NEC Electronics, designed to deliver customers with a complete out-of-the-box experience when selecting an appropriate microcontroller.