Microsemi Corporation today announced the availability of a phase-compliant embedded solution enabling IEEE 1588 across a wide variety of applications. The API 4.7 release of the company’s software suite adds support for the ITU-T G.8275.2 Precision Time Protocol (PTP) profile for timing and phase with partial timing support. This is complemented by new enhancements to Microsemi’s TimeProvider series TP2700 and TP5000 PTP Grandmaster […]
FPGAs target multi-axis motor control tasks
Microsemi Corporation today announced enhancements to its SmartFusion2 system-on-chip (SoC) field programmable gate array (FPGA)-based deterministic multi-axis motor control solution, expanding its features to support applications using encoder, Hall sensor, controller area network (CAN) bus and induction motors. Microsemi’s motor control solution is a comprehensive development environment comprising of a fully-modular intellectual property (IP) suite, hardware […]
5G prototype system supports RF bandwidths exceeding 100 MHz
Qualcomm Incorporated along with its subsidiary, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., announced Qualcomm Technologies’ 5G New Radio (NR) prototype system and trial platform. The 5G NR prototype system operates in the sub-6 GHz spectrum bands and is being utilized to showcase the Company’s innovative 5G designs to efficiently achieve multi-gigabit per second data rates and low latency. […]
Software development platform targets ODP, OFP, ARM NFV work
Marvell today announced it has collaborated with ARM to introduce Marvell’s cost-effective and high-performance ARMADA 8040 networking community board, a widely available software development platform. Targeting OpenDataPlane (ODP), OpenFastPath (OFP) and ARM network functions virtualization (NFV) ecosystem communities, the ARMADA 8040 is based on a quad-core ARM Cortex®-A72 processor and includes full CPU and I/O virtualization, an […]
Top microcontroller threads on EDAboard.com – May
(editor’s note: Intrigued by the problem? Have a question or optional solution? Then click the “Read more” link and follow the conversation on EDAboard.com or log in to EDAboard and participate in the forum thread.) PIC18f87k22 SPI interfacing program – I’m new to PIC18f25K22 programming. I want to know how to write C program for SPI […]
Hardware cryptography-enabled 32-bit MCU for IoT apps
CHANDLER, Ariz., May 4, 2016 — Microchip Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MCHP), a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, today announced a new hardware crypto-enabled 32-bit microcontroller. The CEC1302’s hardware-based cryptography suite offers significant performance improvements over firmware-based solutions. The CEC1302 makes it easy to add security to Internet of Things (IoT) devices, […]
Top microcontroller threads on EDAboard.com – April
(editor’s note: Intrigued by the problem? Have a question or optional solution? Then click the “Read more” link and follow the conversation on EDAboard.com or log in to EDAboard and participate in the forum thread.) MAX232/MAX3232 heating up – I am using a MAX232 to convert RS232 level to UART TTL Level. It is between a […]
Tough MCUs optimized for rechargeable NiMH applications
ROHM Group Company LAPIS Semiconductor has announced the development of the ML620130 family of 16bit low power MCUs, optimized for compact industrial equipment requiring battery drive in noisy environments, featuring superior processing capability with low power consumption. In addition to clearing the ±30kV noise measurement limit, operating voltage has been successfully reduced to 1.6V. Optimizing […]
Top microcontroller threads on EDABoard.com – March
What causes the crystal to pause? – I have an ARM M0 processor + MCU connected with a 32.768KHz crystal. The crystal is connected to a load capacitor on each of its leads. The load capacitors are connected in parallel so one of its lead is connected to the crystal and another lead connected to […]
Top microcontroller threads on EDABoard.com – February
Power factor measurement using PIC18f4520 – I have a 10” square fan, with 0.06/0.08Amps, 220/240V, 50Hz, properly working. I want to digitally measure the power factor of the fan, under all possible circumstances (voltage fluctuations, source dampings, etc.). I’ve read about Zero Crossing Detection Method, that enters the analogue quantities of voltage/current consumed by the inductive load […]