Inspiring the Evolution of Embedded Design | September 8, 2020 Microcontroller Watch | | |
| MCU Solution Targets Micromobility Designs | Renesas Electronics has introduced an MCU-based solution to accelerate the development of e-scooters, e-bikes, UPS and energy storage systems. This reference design uses a modular approach in both hardware and software to showcase core and optional functional blocks that can be adopted for many 24V-48V micromobility applications such as lawn mowers, electric carts, robot cleaners, power tools, power banks and more. | |
| Wi-Fi MCU Modules Offer Rich Peripheral Sets | Espressif Systems has announced its ESP32-S2-MINI series of modules that consists of ESP32-S2-MINI-1 (shown) and ESP32-S2-MINI-1U, which are two generic Wi-Fi MCU modules with rich sets of peripheral. They are well suited for a wide variety of application scenarios relating to the IoT, wearables and smart home. | |
| LoRa MCU Gets 48-Pin Package Option | STMicroelectronics (ST) has added a QFN48 package to its STM32WLE5 wireless system-on-chip (SoC) portfolio. The STM32WLE5 combines ST’s STM32L4 ultra-low-power MCU technology and Semtech SX126x sub-GHz radio IP optimized to meet local radio-equipment regulations worldwide. | |
| Guitar Game Uses PIC32 MCU | Guitar Hero has been an extremely popular game for decades. Many college students who played it when they were kids still enjoy playing it today. These three Cornell undergrads are just such fans. Learn how they used Microchip’s MCU and 12-bit DAC to craft their own version, called Shred Master, that lets them play any song they wish by using MIDI files. | |
| TRACE32 Supports Infineon TriCore AURIX MCUs | Lauterbach has announced support for the performance counter trace messages for Infineon AURIX TC27x/ TC29x/ TC37x/ TC39x MCUs with full MCDS. Together with the instruction trace, this opens up new possibilities for optimizing application code to improve overall runtime, says Lauterbach. | |
Linux Foundation takes on climate change The Linux Foundation announced that it will launch an LF Climate Finance Foundation initiative to encourage investment in AI-enhanced open source analytics to address climate change. Task number one: build an “OS-Climate” risk modeling platform for investors. | | |
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