Infineon Expands its MCU Portfolio with the 32-bit XMC7000

The latest addition to the Microcontroller (MCU) portfolio from Infineon is a low-power 40-nm process technology MCU family, with compute performance that can address high-end industrial applications.

The XMC7000 is the company’s latest entry into the industrial microcontroller line.

New MCU Portfolio from Texas Instruments Adds Affordability to Development

Texas Instruments (TI) has launched a brand new line of Microcontrollers (MCUs) based on the Arm Cortex-M0+ cores. The company is saying these $0.39 MCUs are so versatile they can be used in just about any application.

The introduction of a scalable set of MCUs means that the company is now moving its an even broader development marketplace.

NXP Announces a Suite of Software Designed to Give Developers More Freedom of Choice

NXP Semiconductors has announced the MCUXpresso suite of software to bluster their partnerships and give developers more freedom in choosing IDEs to accompany their Microcontroller choices.

The MCUXpresso works with several partners, IAR and Arm Keil, to develop the product family.

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Editor's Desk by Stephen Vicinanza

This Week in Microcontrollers

This week Circuit Cellar aficionados there is a new player on the open source

block. NXP Semiconductor has entered the open source arena with the MCUXpresso. While the offerings in open source for MCUs are tight, even Arm Keil is relenting somewhat in its hold on the programming inside its processors.

This announcement from NXP holds weight in the industry and people are beginning to talk.

Open source offers better customer relations, more options means more customers, especially for the giants who find themselves with a bit of an oversupply of chips.

But all the manufacturers are toying with open source programming. It is still the future of manufacturing in the computer industry, and product deployment will probably have a proprietary aspect and an open aspect.

Keep an eye on this space as reports develop.

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