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Miniature Multi-Sensor Module STMicroelectronics Jumpstarts IoT
Miniature Multi-Sensor Module from STMicroelectronics Jumpstarts IoT and Wearable Designs

STMicroelectronics’ 13.5 mm × 13.5 mm SensorTile is currently the smallest turnkey sensor board of its type, containing a MEMS accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer, pressure sensor, and a MEMS microphone. With the on-board low-power STM32L4 microcontroller, it can be used as a sensing and connectivity hub for developing products such as wearables, gaming accessories, and smart-home or Internet-of-Things devices...

Microchip Launches New Generation 8-bit AVR
Microchip Launches New Generation of 8-bit AVR® MCUs with Core Independent Peripherals

Microchip Technology released a new generation of 8-bit tinyAVR MCUs. The four new devices range from 14 to 24 pins and 4 KB to 8 KB of Flash and are the first tinyAVR microcontrollers to feature Core Independent Peripherals. The new devices will be supported by Atmel START, an innovative online tool for intuitive, graphical configuration of embedded software projects...

NXP Quadruples Computing Power Automotive Radar
NXP Quadruples Computing Power for Automotive Radar to Enable New Range of Semi-Autonomous Capabilities

NXP Semiconductors announced a new automotive radar microcontroller, the NXP S32R27, that will deliver the features and performance required for making safe, automated driving a reality. NXP is the leading supplier of radar-based ADAS semiconductor solutions...

Fast-settling synchronous-PWM-DAC filter has almost no
Fast-settling synchronous-PWM-DAC filter has almost no ripple

An inexpensive way to implement high-resolution digital-to-analog conversion is to combine microcontroller-PWM outputs with precision analog-voltage references, CMOS switches, and analog filtering. However, PWM-DAC design presents a big design problem: How do you adequately suppress the large ac-ripple component inevitably present in the switch’s outputs?...

Tough MCUs Optimized Rechargeable NiMH Applications
'Tough' MCUs Optimized for Rechargeable NiMH Applications

LAPIS Semiconductor has announced the development of the ML620130 family of 16 bit low power MCUs, optimized for compact industrial equipment requiring battery drive in noisy environments, featuring superior processing capability with low power consumption. In addition to clearing the ±30 kV noise measurement limit, operating voltage has been successfully reduced to 1.6 V...

Keyboard display multiplexing Charlieplexing
Keyboard and display multiplexing - Charlieplexing

After my previous review of more traditional ways of reducing the I/O lines needed to drive LEDs/displays and keyboards/switches, here I'm looking at the nominally new method of Charlieplexing...

TI unveils first ultra-low power dual-band
TI unveils first ultra-low power dual-band wireless MCU in production

Expanding the functionality of Internet of Things networks, Texas Instruments announced availability for mass production of the industry's lowest-power dual-band wireless microcontroller supporting Sub-1 GHz and Bluetooth® low energy connectivity on a single chip. As part of TI's pin-to-pin and software compatible SimpleLink™ ultra-low power platform, the new SimpleLink dual-band CC1350 wireless MCU enables developers to move from a three-chip solution to a tiny single chip, while reducing design complexity, saving power, cost and board space...

Cayenne dashboard simplifies IoT project building
Cayenne dashboard simplifies IoT project building on Raspberry Pi

myDevices company has recently announced a platform to create Internet of Things (IoT) projects based on the Raspberry Pi (RPi) single-board computer. This project builder called Cayenne and first presented at the IoT Evolution Expo conference is designed not only for amateurs, but for professionals too. One is able to create an unlimited number of projects after free registration of account in the Cayenne cloud service...

STMicroelectronics Empowers Wireless IoT-Device Developers New
STMicroelectronics Empowers Wireless IoT-Device Developers with New LoRa Kit Leveraging STM32 Microcontroller Ecosystem

STMicroelectronics has introduced a low-cost development kit that leverages the STM32 microcontroller ecosystem for prototyping Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices with LoRa Wireless Low-Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN) connectivity. Priced at just $40, the P-NUCLEO-LRWAN1 kit combines the ultra-low-power STM32L073 Nucleo (NUCLEO-L073RZ) microcontroller board with an RF expansion board based on the proven SX1272 LoRa transceiver from Semtech (I-NUCLEO-SX1272D)...

Microchip Debuts New Development Board Designing
Microchip Debuts New Development Board for Designing with 16-bit and 32-bit PIC Microcontrollers

Microchip Technology Inc. announced the new Explorer 16/32 Development Board for designing with 16-bit and 32-bit PIC microcontrollers. This new board is offered at a reduced cost from Microchip’s popular Explorer 16 Development Board and comes with an integrated programmer/debugger and several new features that address the latest embedded systems design needs. The board provides a flexible, convenient and easy-to-start tool while being backwards compatible to the classic Explorer 16 Board...