Microcontrollers have proliferated into every nook and cranny of our daily lives from simple 8-bit devices that control our toaster ovens to powerful 32-bit DSPs that provide us with the rich media ...

Where code meets reality, embedded systems come at that intersection, demanding precision, efficiency, and careful planning.

Arithmetic logic unit (ALU), which performs computation. Registers needed for the basic operation of the CPU, such as the program counter (PC), stack pointer (SP), and status register (SR). Further ...

The burgeoning workloads of embedded systems development teams means reuse of software code, hardware and hardware IP is increasingly the norm, and the use of development boards in embedded design is ...

The automotive electronics industry continues to expand its use of 8-bit and 16-bit microcontrollers (MCUs). With the MCU being the cornerstone of electronic control modules (ECMs), from safety ...

The 32-bit ARM-based STR710F microcontroller family suits cost-sensitive applications. These 50-MHz devices include the USB-based STR711 and CAN-base (controller-area network) STR712. Chips are ...

The Xport 2.0 lets you take advantage of millions of dollars worth of Nintendo hardware engineering in the Game Boy Advance, turning it into a user-programmable embedded microcontroller for directing ...

When designing a system, one of the most important design decisions is choosing what voltage domain(s) to use. Some voltage domains, such as 5 V, are good for noisy and harsh operating environments ...

Toshiba: Reference Design "Motor Driving Circuit for Automotive Body Electronics Using SmartMCD™" with TB9M003FG (Graphic: Business Wire) - Debut product delivers sensorless control of three-phase ...

HILLSBORO, OR, Oct 11, 2010 --Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: LSCC) today announced the availability of GNU software development tools for its LatticeMico8(TM) soft processor. The tool ...