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Embedded Controllers Provide
Energy Harvesting Solution

Renesas Electronics has introduced its RE Family, which encompasses the company's current and future lineup of energy harvesting embedded controllers. The RE Family is based on Renesas' proprietary SOTB (Silicon on Thin Buried Oxide) process technology, which dramatically reduces power consumption in both the active and standby states, eliminating the need for battery replacement or recharging.



UI Software Framework for STM32 MCUs
Gets Upgrade
 
STMicroelectronics (ST) has updated the TouchGFX user-interface software framework for STM32 microcontrollers, adding new features that enable smoother and more dynamic user interfaces and lower demand on the memory and CPU. TouchGFX is a free tool in the STM32 ecosystem. Comprising two parts---TouchGFX Designer PC tool for designing and configuring rich user interfaces, and TouchGFX Engine software that runs on the end-device to secure high UI performance---the latest version 4.12 contains updates to both. 
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MCU is Optimized for Automotive 77 GHz Radar Applications

Infineon Technologies is adding a new member to its automotive microcontroller (MCU) family AURIX. TC3A will address new automotive 77 GHz radar applications such as high-end corner radar systems for advanced driver assistance systems and automated driving, says Infineon. New features include a new signal processing unit, a large SRAM memory dedicated to radar and four TriCore processors running at 300 MHz with two additional lockstep cores.

 
 
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Building a Smart Frying Pan - Using a Microchip PIC32 MCU

There's almost no limit to what an MCU can be used for-including objects that previously had no electronics at all. In this article, learn how this Cornell University student built a Microchip PIC32 MCU-based system that wirelessly measures and controls the temperature of a pan on a stove. The system improves both the safety and reliability of cooking on the stove-and has potentially interesting commercial applications.




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Arm Cortex-M33-Based MCU Family Provides Performance Boost
 
NXP Semiconductors today announced the availability of its LPC552x/S2x microcontroller (MCU) family --further extending its performance efficient LPC5500 MCU series with the second of seven families planned for the series. The LPC552x/S2x MCU family offers significant advantages for developers, including pin-, software- and peripheral-compatibility to accelerate time to market, while leveraging 40-nm NVM process technology to deliver a cost- and power-efficient MCU platform.



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VersaLogic's new Android Eval Kit provides an easy way to evaluate Arm/Android performance for rapid design and application development. It includes everything needed to run the Android OS on a high-reliability embedded system, including an Arm-based embedded computer board and a touch-screen display. No additional carrier cards, companion boards or other add-ons are needed. The Android Eval Kit is designed to save start-up time and allow the user to focus on their product development.
 


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11-05-2019 21:06:52 PM
Aaeon's M.2 and mini-PCIe "AI Edge Computing Modules" are based on Kneron's energy-efficient, dual Cortex-M4-enabled KL520 AI SoC, which offers 0.3 TOP NPU performance on only half a Watt. Aaeon took an early interest in edge AI acceleration with Arm-based Nvidia Jetson TX2 based computers such as the Boxer-8170AI.  ... Continue reading → ...»

11-05-2019 20:44:46 PM
Nordic Semiconductor has announced that PowerFilm, a company specializing in custom solar solutions, employs Nordic's nRF52832 Bluetooth Low Energy (Bluetooth LE) SoC in its "Indoor Solar Development Kit with Nordic BLE" for IoT developers, engineers and hobbyists looking to power electronics by harvesting indoor light energy. Once harvested, the energy is stored in a rechargeable battery or capacitor bank. ... Continue reading → ...»
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