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| February 8, 2022 Microcontroller Watch |
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| | | Arm Cortex-M0 MCU Boasts Ultra Low Power |
| E-peas is introducing a microcontroller unit (MCU) designed for energy harvesting systems. This will further strengthen the company’s portfolio of extremely low power devices, allowing it to bring differentiation to a larger proportion of engineers’ designs, says E-peas. The company claims this is the lowest power consuming Cortex-M0 MCU to be commercially available, drawing only 18µA/MHz while in active mode. |
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| | | Emulator for PIC and AVR MCUs is Feature Rich |
| Microchip Technology has announced the MPLAB ICE 4 next-generation full in-circuit emulator, debugging and programming development tool for the company’s PIC and AVR microcontrollers (MCUs), dsPIC Digital Signal Controllers (DSCs) and SAM MCUs and microprocessors (MPUs). |
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| | | Green Hills and NSITEXE Partner on RISC-V Solutions |
| Green Hills Software and NSITEXE, a vendor of high efficiency processor IP for embedded systems, have announced support for NSITEXE’s RISC-V processors with the ISO 26262 ASIL D safety-qualified Green Hills MULTI integrated development environment (IDE) and optimizing C/C++ compilers. |
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| | | MCU Vendors Lock In New Security Solutions |
| There are many factors to consider in the world of security for MCU-based designs. These include encryption, anti-cloning, tamper detection and more. MCU vendors are embedding these and more onto their latest chips. Circuit Cellar Chief Editor Jeff Child looks at the latest technology trends and products relevant to these applications. |
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| | | 1 Billionth of 32-bit RX MCU Family Ships |
| Renesas Electronics has announced that it has delivered more than one billion microcontrollers from the RX Family of 32-bit MCUs, which incorporate Renesas’ proprietary RX CPU core. Since its launch in 2009, the RX Family has expanded to include general-purpose, motor control, touch sensing and industrial Ethernet applications. |
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| Intel’s $1 Billion Investment in IFS Focuses on RISC-V and Open Chiplets Intel announced a $1 billion fund to boost RISC-V, x86, and Arm IP development at Intel Foundry Services and revealed IFS collaborations with Andes, Esperanto, SiFive and Ventana Micro using RISC-V and “open chiplet” technology. The chipmaker also joined RISC-V International. |
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