Inspiring the Evolution of Embedded Design

July 14, 2020

Microcontroller Watch

Low-Power MCUs Use

SOTB Technology

Renesas Electronics has expanded its RE Family lineup of embedded controllers with a new ultra-low power consumption member based on Renesas’ breakthrough silicon-on-thin-buried-oxide (SOTB) process technology and built around the Arm Cortex-M0+ core. The newest member of the RE01 Group lineup is a 256KB flash memory variant in addition to the 1.5MB flash memory embedded controller.

STM32 Wireless MCUs Get Zigbee 3.0 Support

STMicroelectronics has added Zigbee 3.0, based on Zigbee PRO protocol stack support to STM32WB55 wireless MCUs. This enables STM32 developers to leverage the interoperability and power-saving features of Zigbee networking for projects such as home automation, smart-lighting, smart-building and broader IoT connectivity, says ST.

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FPGA/PC Streaming Made Simple

The Enclustra FPGA Manager IP Solution enables simple and efficient data transfer between a host PC and an FPGA via USB 3.0, Gigabit Ethernet or PCI Express. The solution includes a host software library (DLL) and an IP core for the FPGA. The user application communicates with the FPGA via a simple API with read/write commands that hide the complexity of the underlying protocol. Both streaming and memory mapped accesses are supported. The IP Solution is a simple-to-use drop-in block and is optimized for Intel and Xilinx FPGAs and SoCs.

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IAR Tools Expand Support for Renesas RA/RX MCUs

IAR Systems has released new versions of the security development tool C-Trust and the Security-from-Inception Suite, which extend the device support with a number of MCUs from Renesas Electronics. The Security from Inception Suite integrates C-Trust with additional security development tools plus training support..

Motion/Gesture-Controlled Speakers

Controlling electronic devices with hand gestures may seem like the stuff of science fiction. But the technology is easily available today, even for MCU-level embedded systems. Learn how these three Cornell students built a motion/gesture-controlled speaker using sensors, a computer and a Microchip PIC32 MCU.

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Wi-Fi Expresso Machine Uses

ESP32 MCU

Londinium, a lever espresso machine producer, and Fracino, a UK manufacturer of cappuccino and espresso machines, selected the ESP32 SoC from Espressif Systems for their Wi-Fi-connected expresso machine design. They wanted to give customers granular control over machine settings via a beautiful and easy to use mobile app, while minimizing development costs and time to market.