NXP Offers High-Performance MCU Series Aimed at Automobile Industry

NXP offers high-performance MCU series aimed at the automobile industry. The announcement was made close to the Matter smart home standard launch, and so was somewhat pushed into the background. The S32K39 series of microcontrollers are automobile industry-facing and optimized for electric vehicle (EV) control applications.

This series of MCUs offers a more up-to-date high-speed and high-resolution control system.

GigaDevice Launches 1st Gen Wi-Fi MCUs to Enhance Wireless Security in AIoT

GigaDevice launches 1st Gen Wi-Fi Microcontrollers (MCUs) to enhance wireless security in Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT). This is the latest launch of a member of the Arm Cortex-M33 core MCU portfolio. The MCU family is the GD32W515 series.

These new MCUs have a higher baseband and RF performance, and built-in Trustzone architecture, for extended reliability in hardware execution environments for secure data storage. This continues a high standard for the GD32 MCU family with solid compatibility between software and hardware.

Microchip Offers Dual Core DSCs Designed for EV Applications

Microchip offers dual-core DSCs designed for EV applications. The dual-core Digital Signal Controllers (DSCs) have two dsPIC33C DSCs on one chip. This family of DCSs is optimized for safety-critical applications that require functional compliance and security for safety.

These DCSs can be designed to run complex algorithms that would implement high-performance control, motor control, and digital power.

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Microcontroller Hitting EVs Hard

The microcontroller industry has seen a surge since the tech gurus had said it was caput. It certainly is not, especially in the EV market space.

Giants in the industry, like Microchip and NXP, are producing more MCUs than previously, now that motor control and power units are becoming utilized in more devices and equipment.

The big bang is that many of the high-performance issues have beaddressed and moving into the marketplace at a rapid rate are a variety of MCUs that can handle faster processing, and more safety functionality.

With the automotive industry on a roller coaster ride the latest cars, and now some truck-sized vehicles are using advanced sensor interfacing, opening the door to a whole world of digital power units. The necessary accompanying technology is becoming a huge business.

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Low Power ESP32 board in Feather form-factor available for preorder at $12.50

ThingPulse launched today the ePulse Feather which implements the ESP32-WROVER-E-N8R8 module enabled with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.2. The compact board includes 8MB Flash, 8MB PSRAM, up to 20x GPIOs, 1x LiPo charger and it consumes about 12-27uA in deep sleep mode.