USB JTAG emulator for TI DSP platforms 9 February 2005 The new Blackhawk USB560 is the second generation of the widely used XDS560-class emulator first introduced by Blackhawk and, according to the company, the only USB JTAG Emulator that supports all of ...
Microcontrollers series offers up to 128 KB of Flash 9 February 2005 NEC Electronics has released the new generation of its K_Line with the 78K0/Kx2 Series of 8-bit microcontrollers. With a total of 48 products, Flash memory capacities from 8 KB to 128 KB and 30-pin to ...
Flash PIC micros have full-speed USB 2.0 connectivity 26 January 2005, Altron Arrow, Tempe Technologies, Fieldbus & Industrial Networking Microchip has released the first Flash PIC microcontrollers with full-speed USB 2.0 connectivity and 48 MHz operation, for 12 Mbps data-transfer rates. Combined with a wide variety of peripherals and ...
Digital FIR filter design using the MSP430F16x 26 January 2005 This application article describes an FIR filter implementation using TI's MSP430F16x and the MSP430F161x family devices. The complete filter algorithm is executed by the 3-channel DMA peripheral and ...
Low power microcontroller design win for universal wireless system 17 November 2004, MB Silicon Systems Cyan Technology's configurable low power microcontroller, the eCOG1, has been chosen to be at the heart of the communications controller module in a new powerful wireless communications system developed ...
Low pin count 8-bit microcontroller series extended 17 November 2004 NEC Electronics is sample shipping six new products for the 78K0S/Kx1+ 8-bit microcontroller series. The three 8-pin and three 16-pin products include reset circuits, clock circuits and flash memory, ...
Microchip's digital signal controller now in new small package 17 November 2004, Altron Arrow, Tempe Technologies Microchip has released its first digital signal controller (DSC) in 6 x 6 mm, 28-pin, QFN package. This new packaging option for the dsPIC30F2010 offers high processing power in relation to its small ...
Realtime clock package eliminates need for a separate crystal 17 November 2004, CST Electronics, Electrocomp Dallas Semiconductor has released four serial realtime clocks that include a 32,768 kHz crystal in a 16-pin SO package. Combining the crystal in the package eliminates potential sourcing, layout, and ...
An integrated 8051 microprocessor platform 3 November 2004, ASIC Design Services The 8051 is an extremely popular 8-bit architecture and designers of embedded systems have long sought the flexibility of reconfigurable and programmable peripherals. To address this need, Actel developed ...
Free TCP/IP stack for Cyan microcontroller 3 November 2004, MB Silicon Systems Cyan Technology, the developer of the eCOG1 ultra low power 16 bit RISC microcontroller with configurable peripherals and its companion CyanIDE development environment, is offering a free downloadable ...
16 bit MCU with Ethernet MAC and EPhy 3 November 2004, EBV Electrolink, Infrastructure The MC9S12NE-Family is a low cost connectivity single-chip applications MCU family from Freescale. It is comprised of standard on-chip peripherals including a 16-bit CPU, 64 KB of Flash, 8 KB RAM. New ...
OMAP5912 starter kit for portable data terminals is easy to use 3 November 2004, Altron Arrow The OMAP5912 starter kit (OSK) for portable data terminals (PDT) is an easy to use, convenient way of evaluating the features of the OMAP5912 processor in next generation PDT devices, and allows users ...
Ultra-low power MCU series enhanced 3 November 2004, Integrated Solutions Texas Instruments has introduced a new family in its MSP430 ultra-low power 16-bit RISC microcontroller line. The MSP430F2xx provides twice the processing performance and half the standby power consumption ...
Embedded flexibility in memory cards 20 October 2004 The RCM3360/3370 RabbitCore microprocessor core modules present a new form of embedded flexibility with removable xD-Picture Cards. Supporting on-board 16 MB NAND Flash as well as memory cards of up to ...
Programmable system-on-chip enhances integrated systems control 20 October 2004 Cypress MicroSystems, a subsidiary of Cypress Semiconductor, has produced a new member of its programmable system-on-chip (PSoC) mixed-signal arrays. Featuring expanded digital integration functionality, ...
Free design tools for new ultra low power microcontroller 20 October 2004, MB Silicon Systems Cyan Technology, the UK fabless semiconductor company with its own ultra low power RISC microcontroller, is now offering free to designers, CyanIDE, its suite of software development tools.
CyanIDE is ...
Companies collaborate in design of low cost PCI Express solutions 20 October 2004 Royal Philips Electronics and Xilinx intend to collaborate in the design of semiconductor hardware and intellectual property related to the PCI Express interface. The work is expected to result in PCI ...
MCU family designed for high performance and long battery life 20 October 2004, EBV Electrolink, Surveillance, Access Control & Identity Management Developers of low cost battery-powered products, including those made for use in a spate of wireless applications, are passionate about the need for longer battery life, yet they cannot sacrifice processor ...
Microcontroller comparators: method of faster code for detecting change 20 October 2004, Altron Arrow, Tempe Technologies, News & Events In this 'Tips 'n Tricks' article from Microchip Technologies, the company describes a method of structuring faster code for detecting change.
When using a comparator to monitor a sensor, it is often ...
Extended flash microcontrollers to satisfy ever-increasing requirements 20 October 2004, Electrocomp Three new 16-bit microcontrollers for automotive and industrial applications as well as a new 32-bit microcontroller from Infineon's TriCore family for cost-sensitive industrial applications, have been ...
