Inspiring the Evolution of Embedded Design

March 10, 2020

Microcontroller Watch

IoT MCUs Boast Security and

Ultra-Low Power

STMicroelectronics has announced its ultra-low-power STM32L5x2 MCUs that emphasize security to assure better protected IoT-connected applications. Operating at clock frequencies to 110MHz, the STM32L5-series MCUs start from the Arm Cortex-M33 32-bit RISC core with Arm TrustZone hardware-based security.

Vision Solution Uses NXP’s i.MX RT106F MCU

NXP Semiconductors has released its offline vision solution, SLN-VIZN-IOT, an integrated development platform that includes a hardware module and the associated software required to implement offline face and expression recognition. It's based on NXP’s i.MX RT106F crossover MCU.

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8-Bit MCUs Move Software Tasks to Hardware

Microchip Technology has announced its next generation PIC18-Q43 family that offloads many software tasks to hardware. In MCU based system design. Software is often the bottleneck for both time-to-market and system performance. The family’s combination of peripherals offers users greater versatility and simplicity when creating custom hardware-based functions.

Multi-Key Electronic Flute Uses PIC32 MCU

Learn how these three Cornell students built an PIC32 MCU-based electronic flute that reduces the need for owning multiple flutes by incorporating two buttons that allow a flute player to change the key and octave.

Motor Controller Features

Arm Cortex-M0 MCU

Infineon Technologies has released its new IMC300 motor controller series. It combines the iMOTION Motion Control Engine (MCE) with an additional MCU based on the Arm Cortex-M0 core. IMC300 complements the IMC100 series and aims at variable speed drives that require very high application flexibility.