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Renesas Technology Announces 12-Product Lineup of Energy-Efficient Low-Loss Power MOSFETs Covering Wide Voltage Tolerance Range for Isolated DC-DC Converters and Low Power Inverters
Renesas Technology Europe today announced a lineup of 12 10th generation power MOSFET products for isolated DC-DC converters*1 used in the power supplies of applications such as servers, communications equipment, and industrial equipment. The new power MOSFETs deliver reduced switching loss*2 for improved energy efficiency and cover a wide voltage tolerance range (40 V, 60 V, 80 V, 100 V). Mass production started on December 3, 2009.
Memory subsystem blends key benefits of NOR, NAND, and RAM in a unified architecture
SST has unveiled its All-in-OneMemory solution, a revolutionary memory subsystem that blends key benefits of NOR, NAND, and RAM in a unified architecture which offers multi-gigabyte of execute-in-place (XIP) code storage and satisfies the growing data storage needs of embedded applications. All-in-OneMemory technology provides a completely-managed memory subsystem for a wide range of embedded system applications, including multimedia-enabled cell...
Device blends the key benefits of NOR, NAND and RAM in a unified architecture
SST (Silicon Storage Technology has announced that it is sampling the first in its All-in-OneMemory product family, the SST88VP1107. By blending the key benefits of NOR, NAND and RAM in a unified architecture, the first All-in-OneMemory product comes configured with 512 KByte instant-on boot NOR, 128 MByte execute-in-place (XIP) code storage, 120 MByte data storage and 12 MByte system RAM for mobile and embedded applications.
SST - Low-Voltage, High-Speed Quad I/O Serial Flash Memory
SST today announced the industry’s first 1.8V, high-speed quad-bit serial flash memory. Featuring an 80 MHz operating frequency and a specialized instruction set, the new 26WF Series Serial Quad I/O (SQI) family of 4-bit multiplexed I/O serial interface devices enables execute-in-place (XIP) capability, allowing programs to be stored and executed directly from the flash memory without the need for code shadowing on an SRAM.
Toshiba announces availability of free and low-cost development tools for ARM microcontroller families
Toshiba Electronics Europe has announced that the TrueSTUDIO development environment from Swedish embedded systems specialist Atollic is now available for the company’s range of ARM926EJ-S and ARM Cortex-M3 microcontrollers. Two versions of the environment can be supplied: Atollic TrueSTUDIO Lite, which, while completely free-of-charge, delivers high levels of functionality; and the low-cost Atollic TrueSTUDIO Professional, which provides furt...
Knowledge is power in embedded designs
Knowledge is power, except, of course, for embedded designs, where knowledge of the peripherals and features of each microcontroller can mean significantly lower power consumption. Brant Ivey, of Microchip Technology Inc., explains.
Microchip’s Remote Control Demo Board Integrates Graphics, Touch Sensing, USB and Wireless Connectivity
Microchip announces the availability of its Remote Control Demo Board, which integrates graphics, touch sensing, USB, and wireless communications (ZigBee RF4CE). The board demonstrates a remote control populated with a PIC24FJ256DA210 Microcontroller, 3.5” graphical TFT LCD display with resistive touch screen, capacitive touch keys with plastic overlay, MRF24J40 2.4 GHz transceiver and ZENA wireless adapter.
Microchip licenses MIPS32 M14K Cores for next-generation 32-bit PIC32 microcontrollers
Microchip and MIPS Technologies, Inc. have announced that Microchip is building on its successful 32-bit PIC32 microcontroller family, which is currently based on the MIPS32 M4K core, by licensing the MIPS32 M14K family of cores from MIPS.
18-pin PIC® Microcontrollers Feature Microchip’s Enhanced Mid-Range Core and Industry-Leading eXtreme Low Power Consumption
Microchip announces the PIC16(L)F1826 and PIC16(L)F1827 general-purpose 8-bit microcontrollers (MCUs) — the latest PIC MCUs to feature the Company’s Enhanced Mid-range core. With this extension into the 18-pin range, the PIC16(L)F1826/7 MCUs provide an advanced peripheral set that includes an mTouch™ capacitive touch-sensing module and dual I2C™/SPI interfaces, along with “LF” versions featuring industry-leading low power consumption...
32-bit MCU Families With Ethernet, CAN, USB and 128kB RAM Extend Portfolio via High-Performance Connectivity
Microchip is building on the success of its 80MHz 32-bit PIC32 microcontroller (MCU) portfolio with three new families. The new PIC32MX5/6/7 families are designed specifically for data-intensive applications running several software stacks simultaneously and are complemented by Microchip’s free software stacks, making it easier for embedded designers to add connectivity to their applications.