Microcontrollers are everywhere and their use is growing. But a better understanding of their characteristics and potential use cases can help when it comes to selecting and deploying the technology.

SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 7, 2004 – In a move to provide designers with further objective performance data for its microcontroller and microprocessor products, NEC Electronics America, Inc., today ...

MIPS has revealed cores to compete with ARM’s Coretx-Mx series. Called Warrior M, and available in microcontroller and microprocessor flavours, they are based on existing microAptive cores, with three ...

Company Eyes New Growth Opportunities: Extends Roadmap to Offer Broadest Range of 8-, 16-, and 32-Bit MCU-Based Embedded Solutions for Wide Array of Applications SAN JOSE, Calif. -- May 8, 2008-- ...

Integrating processors, sensors, and data exchange functionality into everyday objects, the Internet of Things (IoT) pushes computing capabilities far beyond desktops and servers. On December 5, ...

Download the PDF of this article. These days, hardware debug interfaces like the Joint Test Action Group (JTAG) IEEE 1149.1 standard are ubiquitous. You can find them on many microcontroller and ...

Renesas Technology is looking to combine one of its SH processor cores with programmable logic to create what could be its first reconfigurable microprocessor. Dr Katsuhiro Tsukamoto, president and ...

The Z80, 180, and 380 processor families represent three generations of upward-compatible µPs. The Z80 includes 150 instructions, many of which have numerous variants for operand location and ...

The NEC K Series comprises the K0, K0S, and K4 families, all of which derive from a common architecture. NEC's K0 family, with more than 200 versions, represents the backbone of the K series. The K4 ...