Cypress Semiconductor Corp. announced that its EZ-PD CCG3PA USB-C controller is one of the industry’s first to achieve Qualcomm Quick Charge 4 certification, enabling mobile phone chargers to deliver an improved fast charging user experience. Quick Charge 4 supports USB Power Delivery (PD) 3.0. USB PD features programmable power supply (PPS), which provides fast, efficient […]
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GNSS SiPs consumes 25 mW in most environments,12 mW during instantaneous tracking
u‑blox announced the latest member of its ZOE‑M8 series of ultra‑small GNSS SiPs. The ZOE‑M8B is a GNSS System‑in‑Package (SiP) available for small battery powered consumer devices such as portable and wearable devices targeting the fitness, health monitoring, and personal tracker markets. Small battery powered devices are defined by their limited size, weight and power, which dictates that […]
EEMBC benchmark verifies energy cost of integrated microcontroller peripherals
The industry-consortium setting the standard for valuable and practical embedded system benchmarks, EEMBC, announced the availability of EEMBC ULPMark™-PeripheralProfile (ULPMark™-PP), a tool to measure the energy efficiency of microcontrollers (MCUs) and their commonly-used, programmable peripherals. The ULPMark-PP reveals how efficiently each MCU vendor has designed and implemented its integrated peripherals. Simultaneously, EEMBC is publishing the first […]
Firmware development framework for PIC32 MCUs available for free download
MPLAB Harmony 2.0, the fully featured firmware development framework for PIC32 microcontrollers, is now available as a free download from Microchip Technology Inc. The significant update to the award-winning software platform enables customers to create smaller and more efficient code equaling faster and more cost-effective devices. In addition to better quality code, the update has added […]
Eight-bit MCU includes I2C, UART, and SPI interfaces
STMicroelectronics is extending choice and freedom for budget-conscious designers by introducing its new 8-bit STM8S001 microcontroller (MCU) in the economical SO-8 package. Unlike most rivals, the STM8S001 has I2C, UART, and SPI interfaces, giving unusually versatile connectivity options. With a generous 8KB Flash memory, 1KB RAM, 128-byte EEPROM, and 3-channel 10-bit ADC also on-chip, it delivers key […]
LTE-connected tracker platform simplifies developed of IoT tracker devices
Sequans Communications S.A. LTE chipmaker and STMicroelectronics introduce CLOE, a new LTE-connected tracker platform based on the integration of Sequans and ST technologies. An acronym of Connecting and Locating Objects Everywhere, CLOE combines two Internet-of-Things (IoT) technologies into one comprehensive platform that simplifies the development of LTE-based IoT tracker devices for the full range of vertical markets, […]
DEMUX, MUX, and Decoders: How To Expand I/O
The relentless march of technological progress has given engineers increasingly smaller and more energy efficient microcontrollers to use in their designs. These benefits do come with a cost, however. Physically smaller packages have less room for I/O pins meaning fewer peripheral components can interface with the microcontroller itself. Fewer peripherals means less functionality which tends […]
Top microcontroller threads on EDAboard.com – August
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Vehicle-to-Everything chipset encompasses direct- and network-based communications
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. introduced its first-announced Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything (C-V2X) commercial solution based on 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Release 14 specifications for PC5-based direct communications, the Qualcomm 9150 C-V2X chipset. To meet automaker production demands for road safety using C-V2X solutions, the chipset is anticipated to be available for commercial sampling in the second half of 2018. […]
3D camera module delivers real-time depth sensing, 3D point cloud generation
Qualcomm Incorporated and its subsidiary Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., and Himax Technologies, Inc. , today jointly announced a collaboration to accelerate the development and commercialization of a high resolution, low power active 3D depth sensing camera system to enable computer vision capabilities for use cases such as biometric face authentication, 3D reconstruction, and scene perception for […]