Flash micro with on-chip sensors 9 May 2001 System designers in need of a microcontroller with integrated current and temperature sensing capabilities can now choose Motorola's 68HC908SR12 microcontroller. Designed for smart batteries and chargers, ...
Simple micropower boost regulator drives white LEDs and biases LCDs 9 May 2001, MB Silicon Systems A simple boost converter capable of driving white LEDs and providing LCD bias is available from Micrel housed in an IttyBitty SOT23-5 packaging. The MIC2142 requires only three external components, operates ...
World's first unlimited read/write FRAM product 9 May 2001, MB Silicon Systems Ramtron introduced a nonvolatile memory which it claims features unlimited endurance. The 256 Kb FM18L08 is a 3 V FRAM product, offering an unlimited number of read and write cycles - a feature never ...
MCU provides high voltage connectivity solutions 25 April 2001, Tempe Technologies Microchip's PIC16C433 PICmicro microcontroller provides an 18 V/40 mA communication interface and offers a high voltage interface for electrically noisy environments. Designed for low EMI emission, the ...
Now a Zilog Z80 for the Internet generation 11 April 2001, Electrocomp Just as the Z80 microprocessor revolutionised the semiconductor industry, Zilog says its next generation eZ80 is revolutionising the way that communications are happening today.
This is an elegant system-on-a-chip ...
Development kit for flash PSDs 11 April 2001 ST (who recently acquired Waferscale Integration) has available the DK900 development system for EasyFlash PSD9xx family of devices. The company says that for just $99 one gets the following: * PSDsoft ...
Microcontroller offers fast flash programmability 11 April 2001 Motorola's 68HC908GP32 is a member of the company's 8 bit flash family. The MCU is designed with built-in FLASHwire programming technology which uses a single wire interface for programming code in-circuit. ...
MCU provides high voltage connectivity solution 28 March 2001, Tempe Technologies Microchip Technology designed its PICmicro microcontroller with 18 V/40 mA communication interface particularly for consumer and industrial connectivity applications requiring a cost effective communication ...
NEC@Embedded Systems 2001 28 March 2001 The Embedded Systems 2001 tradeshow in Nuremberg in February brought together key players in the embedded vendor community to network with colleagues, discuss major issues affecting the industry and gain ...
Multichip modules incorporate SuperH micro and synchronous DRAM 28 March 2001 Hitachi offers eight new models in its HJ94/93D/93 Series of multichip modules (MCMs). Each of the MCM models incorporates a high performance SuperH microprocessor and synchronous DRAM (SDRAM) in a single ...
First PICMicro ROMless MCUs with expandable external memory capabilities 28 March 2001, Tempe Technologies Microchip's PIC18C601 and PIC18C801 microcontrollers are the first ROMless devices in the company's PICMicro family. These ROMless microcontrollers expand the 18C architecture to a powerful 6,25 MIPS ...
Microcontroller for embedded motor control 28 March 2001 For years, NEC's 78K family has been one of the best-known 8/16 bit microcontroller series. Hallmarks of the 78K family are the extremely large product range and the affordability. Devices are interchangeable ...
TCP/IP Internet software for 8051 micros 28 March 2001, Sivan Electronic Supplies Ceibo has released preliminary specifications for its TCP/IP-8051 Internet software for 8051 microcontrollers. Key features for the software are: * TCP/IP stack works with 8051 microprocessors.
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32 bit RISC with built-in ROM 28 March 2001 Epson has developed a 32 bit RISC MCU integrating enhanced peripheral circuits with built-in ROM based on the Epson E0C33209. Two models will be launched to the market: the mask ROM built-in E0C33264 ...
16 bit micros first with 32 KB on-chip RAM 28 March 2001 Hitachi Europe has available a new series of 16 bit microcontrollers featuring 32 KB on-chip RAM - the first in the industry to do so. The series includes two ROM-less devices and one 384 KB Flash derivative, ...
Flash for 80C51 microcontroller line 28 March 2001, Altron Arrow Philips Semiconductors has extended its leadership in 80C51 microcontrollers by announcing a new 80C51 family combining up to 64 KB of flash program memory, 2 KB of RAM and I2C serial interface supporting ...
8 bit microcontroller with 5 KB RAM 28 March 2001 Every so often, one encounters a project that needs far more RAM than the 128, 256, or even 1024 bytes RAM in a conventional 8 bit microcontroller. For these special cases, NEC has now developed an advanced ...
Microchip publishes 2001 Third Party Guide 14 March 2001, Altron Arrow, Tempe Technologies Microchip has released the sixth edition of its comprehensive Third Party Guide, a handbook featuring third-party development support suppliers for its PICMICRO family of RISC microcontrollers, serial ...
Realtime clocks with built-in memory and CPU supervisors 14 March 2001 Xicor has introduced three highly integrated realtime clocks which combine realtime clock/calendar and memory functions with advanced supervisory functions. Realtime clock functions are standard building ...
IDE Flash drive 14 March 2001, ProMicro Advantech has released details of its PCD-250/350 IDE-compatible Flash drive with up to 220 MB of solid-state storage. Noiseless in operation, it offers automatic error correction and retry capabilities ...
