What is MCU?
| A MicroController Unit, also refered to as µC or simply microcontroller, is a single chip that contains a processor, RAM, ROM, clock and I/O control unit. |
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| 2010-04-29 | TI discusses market strategy for Value Line MCUs TI recently announced a plan for over 100 low-priced MCU devices in a series called Value Line. TI India’s Shailesh Thakurdesai discusses the device roadmap with Shalmili Sait. |
| 2010-04-27 | 32bit MCU fits in 5mm² PCB area 32bit MCU fits in 5mm² PCB area |
| 2010-04-22 | 8bit MCUs operate on 1.8V power Fujitsu Semiconductor Ltd has integrated LCD controllers, I²C interface to its three new series of the F²MC-8FX family of high-performance 8bit microcontrollers with embedded flash memory. |
| 2010-04-15 | Algorithm—RTOS for PSoC MCUs This application note demonstrates an RTOS for PSoC microcontrollers. This can be used for a variety of applications such as control systems or automotive industries. |
| 2010-04-15 | 1MB 16bit MCU packs 5120-dot LCD driver 1MB 16bit MCU packs 5120-dot LCD driver |
| 2010-04-13 | Connecting a MPC56x microcontroller to the M58BW016B/D flash memory This application note describes a method of connecting the M58BW016B/D flash memory to a MPC56x MCU without using glue logic. The M58BW016B/D is an advanced 3V 16Mbit flash memory from Numonyx. |
| 2010-04-13 | 32bit MCU in 6mm x 6mm BGA packs 91 I/O pins 32bit MCU in 6mm x 6mm BGA packs 91 I/O pins |
| 2010-04-09 | 8bit MCUs offer enhanced analogue sensing NEC rolls out the All Flash 78K0/Kx2-A MCU series of 8bit MCUs which provide a number of peripherals and safety features to support applications that require high-precision analogue sensing. |
| 2010-04-06 | 32bit Flash MCUs offer up to 512KB memory NEC Electronics America Inc has extended its V850ES/Jx3 family of 32bit All Flash microcontrollers with 78 members that deliver 38 DMIPS at 0.9mW/MIPS. |
| 2010-03-31 | MCU market set to post a growth of 11 MCU market set to post a growth of 11 |
| 2010-03-26 | How MCUs can extend ADC resolution/accuracy When considering the resolution required for an ADC integrated in an MCU, embedded systems designers must balance cost and performance. |
| 2010-03-19 | STM32 family value line targets 16bit designs STMicroelectronics adds STM32 Value Line that combines a 24MHz ARM Cortex-M3 processor core with peripheral features that are optimised for typical 16bit applications. |
| 2010-03-16 | Variety of sensors, 32bit MCU packed in single IMU sol'n Variety of sensors, 32bit MCU packed in single IMU sol'n |
| 2010-03-16 | Floating point unit ups MCU performance Floating point unit ups MCU performance |
| 2010-03-10 | 32bit MCU family targets inverter control apps 32bit MCU family targets inverter control apps |
| 2010-03-10 | Enhance MCU performance with DMA-based system controller Enhance MCU performance with DMA-based system controller |
| 2010-03-09 | Low cost 8bit MCU line offers 10x performance Low cost 8bit MCU line offers 10x performance |
| 2010-03-05 | TI challenges embedded engineers with Stellaris MCU TI challenges embedded engineers with Stellaris MCU |
| 2010-03-05 | Wireless MCUs designed for smart home apps Silicon Laboratories debuts Si10xx wireless microcontroller family with ultra low-power architecture and fast wake-up time (2µs) to extend battery life in both lithium and alkaline battery apps. |
| 2010-03-05 | MCU sub-system tipped flash-based FPGAs eases design MCU sub-system tipped flash-based FPGAs eases design |
| 2010-03-05 | MCUs use 900nA in deep sleep, 20nA in shut off mode Energy Micro rolls out ARM Cortex-M3-based EFM32 Tiny Gecko MCUs that combines low current performance and wake-up time of under 2s to extend battery cell life by a factor of at least four. |
| 2010-03-03 | 96KB RAM MCU eases software design 96KB RAM MCU eases software design |
| 2010-03-02 | Low-current 4bit MCUs target mobile devices Seiko Epson Corp. has developed the S1C63000 series that employs low-power analogue IP and low-leak process technology, allowing the microcontrollers to operate on a 1.5V button cell. |
| 2010-03-01 | Automotive flash MCUs offers nine timer channels NEC rolls out the 78K0/Dx2 product series of flash microcontrollers that provide a rich set of new peripherals such as stepper motor driver/controller and offers total number of nine timer channels |
| 2010-02-25 | Cortex-M4 extends to mathematical computation apps ARM has launched the Cortex-M4 MCU core which extends the use of Cortex-M cores to applications requiring intensive mathematical computation. |
| 2010-02-23 | MCUs operate at 120MHz NXP Semiconductors launches the LPC1769 and LPC1759 microcontrollers that boast <190µ 256-point 16bit FFT execution time |
| 2010-02-22 | Employing MCU software to meet design needs Employing MCU software to meet design needs |
| 2010-02-17 | Developing segment LCD drive firmware Segment LCD drives can be found in almost everything from watches to certain automobiles. To meet the needs of these applications, nearly every MCU vendor provides devices with LCD drive capabilities. |
| 2010-02-15 | Low-pin-count MCUs pack flash memory Renesas Technology Corp. debuts the R8C/Mx series that features on-chip peripheral functions like high-speed on-chip oscillator, power-on reset function, and low-voltage detection function. |
| 2010-02-10 | How to optimize MCU power efficiency How to optimize MCU power efficiency |
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