Marvell (NASDAQ:MRVL) has announced expansion of its Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) solid-state drive (SSD) controller technology to support Host Memory Buffer (HMB), an NVMe revision 1.2 feature enabling DRAM-less SSDs to use host memory and achieve performance comparable to SSD designs with embedded DRAM but at much lower cost and power consumption. Marvell’s 88NV1140 marks […]
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Top microcontroller threads on EDAboard.com – December
Serial communication interrupt flag in PIC18f4520 and mikroC Pro for PIC – I wrote a code to send and receive data serially in an application that will update a 16-segment display. If a string of characters is received, an interrupt will occur for every character received in the string. I thought of taking a variable and increment it […]
What do embedded developers need to know about IoT security?
by Alan Grau Cyber-attacks against IoT devices continue to make headlines, with the Fiat Chrysler Jeep hack just the most recent. By now, most embedded developers understand the need for security, but news reports show that understanding the need is not enough. At a recent trade show I spoke with a number of vendors providing […]
Linux now packaged with PicoZed, MicroZed and Zynq Mini-ITX Platforms
Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), a leading global technology distributor, today announced that its MicroZed and PicoZed SoMs and Zynq Mini-ITX embedded motherboards will now ship with a custom configured version of the recently released Wind River Pulsar Linux, a small-footprint commercial-grade binary Linux OS based on the Wind River Linux distribution. Wind River Pulsar Linux […]
Top microcontroller threads on EDAboard.com – November
Writing random numbers in PIC16F1936 internal EEPROM – Could anyone advise on how I can write the data randomly in EEPROM using MicroC? Read more Can’t print to thermal printer using serial communication port – I have interfaced an EPM203A-LV printer with my Renesas microcontroller RL78/G12 using UART. For this I am using CS+ IDE. Read more Port B […]
ARM Cortex-M4 MCUs target industrial/appliance uses, motor control
Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (Nasdaq: CY), a global leader in embedded systems solutions, today announced the availability of three new series of devices in its high-performance FM4 portfolio of Flexible Microcontrollers (MCUs) based on the ARM® Cortex®-M4 core. FM4 MCUs operate at frequencies up to 200 MHz and support a diverse set of on-chip peripherals for […]
Zilog Announces New ZNEO32! 32-bit Microcontroller Family
Zilog®, an IXYS Company (NASDAQ: “IXYS”), focusing on application specific solutions with microcontrollers (MCUs), introduced its ZNEO32! family of 32-bit Cortex M3 microcontrollers, thereby expanding its line of microcontroller products. The new Cortex M3 microcontrollers are special-purpose MCUs for first class motor applications that offer cost effective, high performance 32-bit computing capabilities. This family of […]
Capacitive-touch controllers optimized for low-power apps
Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, today announced the expansion of its MTCH10x mTouch® sensing portfolio with the turnkey MTCH102-5-8 capacitive touch controllers. In a hardware-only configuration, these 2, 5 and 8-channel controllers replace mechanical buttons with a simple digital output, making it easy to add proximity and […]
SoC for Enterprise Printer/MFP, 3D printing tasks
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 18, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Marvell (NASDAQ:MRVL) — a worldwide leader in providing complete silicon solutions from mobile communications to storage, Internet of Things (IoT), cloud infrastructure, digital entertainment, in-home content delivery and Kinoma® software enabling the “Smart Life and Smart Lifestyle”– today announced the industry’s most advanced printer system-on-chip (SoC), the […]
USB controller converts GigE
data to USB 3.0 data
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 18, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NASDAQ: CY) today announced a new high-throughput, low-power SuperSpeed USB controller that converts Gigabit Ethernet (GigE) data to USB 3.0 data. The EZ-USB® GX3™ controller targets slimmer laptop designs that include an ultra-thin USB Type-C port and no bulky Ethernet port. GX3 provides comprehensive driver […]