In our last session we looked at the basic structure and operation of a microcontroller (MCU). Now let’s look at some of the hardware (peripheral circuitry) required to support the microprocessor. In ...

[Morten] works very fast. He has already designed, fabbed, populated, and tested a breakout board for the new tiniest microcontroller on the market, and he’s even made a video about it, embedded below ...

Northern.tech, the leader in device lifecycle management and the company behind Mender, announces today the new release of Mender, including support for microcontrollers (MCUs). Following customer ...

It’s generally pretty easy to spot a microcontroller on a PCB. There are clues aplenty: the more-or-less central location, the nearby crystal oscillator, the maze of supporting passives, and perhaps ...

Texas Instruments (TI) unveiled the MSPM0C1104 at Embedded World 2025 in Nuremberg, Germany. This device is now the world's smallest microcontroller (MCU). Measuring just 1.38mm²—smaller than a black ...

NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ:NXPI) has launched its new S32K5 series of automotive microcontrollers (MCU). This MCU lineup is the first in the automotive sector to incorporate 16nm FinFET ...

Renesas Electronics Corp. has expanded its RA0 microcontroller (MCU) family with the launch of the low-cost RA0E2 MCU Group based on the 32-MHz Arm Cortex-M23 processor. This new RA0 MCU family offers ...

MathWorks has launched new hardware support packages for Renesas' RH850/U2A and RA6T2 microcontrollers, aimed at enhancing ...

The 8-bit microcontroller remains a vital component in embedded design due to its power efficiency, adaptability, and cost-effectiveness. When equipped with advanced CIPs and intelligent analog ...

The hardware support targets both automotive and industrial control applications. In industrial systems, the RA6T2 ...

This course introduces students to the architecture and design of Microcontrollers (MCUs), which are small processors used in a myriad of products. The main MCU components of the processor, memory, ...

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