New automated fine pitch programming systems released 7 November 2001 Spescom MeasureGraph has launched the DataI/O PS200 and PS300, which it claims are the highest performance and most versatile fine pitch automated programming systems available. These systems are developed ...
Flash-based 8 bit low-power micro 7 November 2001 The E0C88F360 is an 8 bit micro-controller with embedded flash memory, data SRAM and dot matrix LCD display, providing a complete system-on-chip solution for many of today's handheld devices and instrumentation ...
FRAM with integrated realtime clock and nonvolatile logic 7 November 2001, MB Silicon Systems Ramtron, a leading developer of ferroelectric random access memory (FRAM) products, has rolled out the FM3808, the first in a new line of what it calls 'problem solver memories'. The FM3808 combines a ...
Versatile microprocessors offer high performance in small package 7 November 2001 The H8/3664F is the first member of Hitachi's new H8/300H Tiny series of microcontrollers. The H8/3664F has been designed to enable users of low-end 8 bit microcontrollers an upgrade path to a higher ...
Realtime clocks 7 November 2001 The RTC4553, RTC457x, RTC6242x, RTC6342x, RTC6461x, RTC7242x from Epson offer advantages in terms of cost and availability due to wide usage and have become industry standards, according to the company. ...
Intel launches new compilers for Linux 24 October 2001 Intel has announced Version 5.0 of the Intel C++ Compiler for Linux and the Intel Fortran Compiler for Linux. The compilers are specifically designed to help developers fully utilise the architectural ...
Crystal oscillators 24 October 2001 Pin-compatible to the SG531, SG615, SG636 and SG710 oscillators, the Epson SG8002 series of programmable crystal oscillators are offered in standard DIP and SOP packages, together with the recently introduced ...
Family of configurable analog MCUs with extensive range of on-chip peripherals 10 October 2001, Tempe Technologies Microchip's 8 bit configurable analog microcontrollers are claimed to offer one of the most comprehensive sets of peripherals in the industry. Providing new levels of flexibility and integration with ...
High-speed in-system flash programming solution for Fujitsu micros 10 October 2001, EBV Electrolink Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe, a world-leading semiconductor supplier and UNIS, an embedded systems development tools vendor, recently introduced a high-speed, in-system programming solution for all ...
8051-compatible FlashFlex51 microcontroller family enhanced 26 September 2001, KH Distributors Silicon Storage Technology's (SST), enhanced version of its SuperFlash-based FlashFlex51 family of 8 bit, 8051-compatible microcontrollers, the SST89C54 and SST89C58, incorporate 20 and 36 KB of integrated ...
32 bit ARM family with LCD and USB 26 September 2001 New additions to the Sharp ARM family incorporate integral colour LCD controllers from VGA to SVGA and direct interfacing to STN and TFT displays.
Featuring speeds up to 200 MHz, on-chip USB client port ...
PowerPC processors get new cost-effective package and improved performance 26 September 2001, Altron Arrow, EBV Electrolink Motorola has rolled out two new members of its integrated host processor family: the newly packaged MPC8241 and the speed-enhanced MPC8245. It says that both of these new processors deliver a cost-effective, ...
RTCs run on time with temperature compensation 26 September 2001 The RTC7301 is a realtime clock with a difference; an integrated sensor outputs a signal to indicate the chip temperature within the range of -40 to +85°C. This allows the programmer to alter the digital ...
CompactRISC flash microcontrollers 12 September 2001, EBV Electrolink Performance, flexibility, upgradability are key factors for embedded controller applications. National Semiconductor says its solution for this is CompactRISC - powerful 16 bit RISC controllers with integrated ...
Low-power '586 PC-on-a-chip is 'failsafe' 15 August 2001 ZF Micro Devices' ultra-low power (<1/2 W at 133 MHz) ZFx86 PC-on-a-chip is based on a Cyrix 586 CPU core and fabricated by National Semiconductor. The ZFx86 is implemented on a single die that includes ...
16 bit flash MCU with on-chip EEPROM in a single device 15 August 2001, Advanced Product Technology A new flash microcontroller that utilises multichip package technology to add on-chip EEPROM to the device has been released by Hitachi. The new device is claimed to offer 16 bit performance and a range ...
JTAG emulator speeds DSP board debugging 15 August 2001 Emulation builds confidence in hardware bit by bit and lets the software design begin earlier. The good news: you just received your target DSP board from the assembly shop. The bad news: now you have ...
Complete system memory solution for ADSP-218X DSP family 15 August 2001 STMicroelectronics' DSP System Memory (DSM) device, developed in conjunction with Analog Devices, integrates a large flash memory, a PLD block, I/O ports and essential interface and logic functions. The ...
