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Small MCUs have integrated ‘smart’ clock
6 April 2006, NuVision Electronics
Silicon Laboratories' C8051F41x product family is a highly integrated 8-bit MCU in a 5 x 5 mm package. The C8051F41x MCU has 32 KB or 16 KB of Flash and a 50 MIPS CPU while the peripheral set includes ...

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The hardware/software trade-off
22 March 2006, Altron Arrow, Electrocomp, Tempe Technologies
The speed of technological development is getting faster and faster. Although this has the benefit of bringing useful technologies to the market more quickly, it also presents a major headache to designers ...

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32-bit MCU/DSP core said to redefine performance and consumption standards
22 March 2006, EBV Electrolink, Altron Arrow
Atmel has announced a new 32-bit embedded CPU architecture with DSP extensions that is expected to extend the battery life of portable, handheld multimedia products such as portable video players, MP3 ...

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Next-generation multimedia processor for advanced mobile devices is launched
22 March 2006
Royal Philips Electronics has launched a new multimedia processor that it says will give mobile device users a home entertainment-quality multimedia experience whilst on the move. With its leading image ...

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Dual-ARM core microcontroller for time-critical industrial control applications
22 March 2006
German company Dualcore Semiconductor has unveiled a unique industrial SoC (system on chip) microcontroller that contains two ARM 946E cores, two CAN channels, two 10/100 Mbit Ethernet MACs with HW extension ...

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Ultra-low power 16-bit micro has new high-capacity SuperFlash memory
22 March 2006
The TMP91FY42FG, Toshiba's first 16-bit microcontroller to feature Silicon Storage Technologies' (SST) SuperFlash memory, combines a high flash memory capacity of 256 KB with a variety of I/O functions ...

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Development system for Dallas DS89C450 microcontroller
8 March 2006, Sivan Electronic Supplies
Ceibo's new FE-C450 development system emulates Dallas Semiconductor's DS89C450, which it says is the world's fastest 8051 drop-in. The device operates at one clock per machine cycle core and offers 64 ...

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32-bit microcontrollers offer industry's fastest Flash
8 March 2006
Renesas Technology Europe claims its flagship SH708xF series of 32-bit RISC microcontrollers feature the industry's fastest embedded Flash technology with a 12,5 ns access time. The devices operate at ...

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Single-chip MCUs for USB
8 March 2006, NuVision Electronics
Silicon Laboratories offers an extensive portfolio of universal serial bus (USB) products that include MCUs and USB to UART Bridge integrated circuits. Each device comes with development tools to simplify ...

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New digital signal controllers for motor and power control
8 March 2006, Tempe Technologies, Altron Arrow, Electrocomp
Microchip has added two new devices to its 16-bit dsPIC digital signal controller (DSC) series. The dsPIC30F5015 and dsPIC30F5016 devices feature: an advanced PWM designed for motor-control, power-conversion ...

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Industry's first firmware-programmable USB2.0 NAND controller
22 February 2006, Altron Arrow
Said to be the industry's first firmware-programmable USB2.0 high speed NAND flash controller, Cypress Semiconductor's EZ-USB NX2LP-Flex USB controller, allows manufacturers to add value to commodity ...

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Low power MCU offers high computational strength
22 February 2006
The new LPC3180 32-bit microcontroller from Royal Philips Electronics provides high performance with low power dissipation, and is the only ARM9 microcontroller that provides a vector floating-point co-processor ...

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Emulator support
8 February 2006, Sivan Electronic Supplies
Ceibo now offers support for Philips P89V51RD2 and P89LVRD2 with its DS-51 emulator. It supports Philips P89V51Rx2 and P89LV51Rx2 derivatives with a new Personality Probe: the P-V51x2, which features ...

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Low-power 16 MIPS microcontroller with 4 x 4 mm² footprint
8 February 2006
Texas Instruments announced a massive expansion of its MSP430 microcontroller family. The first new devices introduce the company's smallest, low power MCUs ever - the MSP430F20xx MCU series - with 4 ...

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DSP starter kit redefines how developers design power efficient products
8 February 2006
Texas Instruments has released the TMS320C55x Power Optimisation DSP starter kit (DSK) for evaluation of C55x DSP devices. As the result of a joint collaboration between Texas Instruments, Spectrum Digital...

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Microcontrollers to save energy in industrial control applications
8 February 2006
Infineon is sampling the first two members of its new TC116x series of 32-bit microcontrollers based on its TriCore architecture. In addition to a high-performance 66 MHz CPU, the new TC1161 and TC1162 ...

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Technical brief: multiple PWM output soft-start controller for switching power supplies
8 February 2006, Altron Arrow, Electrocomp, Tempe Technologies
Sometimes applications have devices with multiple voltage requirements (eg, core voltages, I/O voltages). The sequence in which these voltages rise is important. A common requirement is that one voltage ...

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Free technical guide to microcontroller selection
8 February 2006
DT Electronics (www.dtelectronics.com) of the UK has produced a technical guide to microcontroller selection entitled 'Microcontrollers: options and trends in today's applications'. This 4-page document ...

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Fastest H8SX 32-bit microcontroller to date offers USB module and six serial ports
8 February 2006, Hi-Q Electronics
Renesas Technology Europe has released the fastest member to date of the company's high performance H8SX family of 32-bit microcontrollers. The H8SX/1653F offers 50 Dhrystone MIPS performance at 3,3 V/50 ...

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Audio decoding DSP, memory and CD functions integrated in single device
8 February 2006
Toshiba Electronics Europe has extended its family of system-on-chip (SoC) audio digital signal processors (DSPs) with two new devices that combine decoding capability for MP3, WMA, ATRAC and AAC, along ...

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