Want to know what your colleagues working with microcontrollers want to know and are talking about? Starting this month, we’ll share five, top-viewed threads from the Microcontroller Forums on Electro-Tech-Online.com. From time to time, we’ll also share some of the top 10 most active threads, as well as point you to select unanswered threads where you may be able […]
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Mining MCU Tips & Tricks – TI’s MSP430
Inspired by an especially helpful and popular forum thread with valuable Microchip PIC microprocessor resources on the edaboard.com community, I decided to dig through the numerous tips, tricks, and resources for other MCUs. This time, I decided on the Texas Instruments MSP430. For those of you unfamiliar with this microprocessor from Texas Instruments, the MSP430 […]
TI brings 16-bit ADC precision performance to industrial control applications
Introducing the powerful, single-core series for industrial real-time control design, Texas Instruments (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) launches the new C2000™ Delfino™ 32-bit F2837xS microcontrollers (MCUs). These single-core MCUs are the first in the industry to offer four 16-bit analog-to-digital converters (ADCs), enabling precision feedback in power control applications. They are pin- and software-compatible with the recently […]
The Mighty Microcontroller
By Miles Budimir, Senior Editor As prices drop and the available number of functions increase, new microcontroller offerings are ready to add smarts to your latest design. Microcontrollers are microprocessor’s strong little cousin. Designed to handle specific control tasks, they are generally easier to program, cost less and require much less engineering support. The first […]
Microchip Introduces New Family of Microcontrollers
Microchip Technology Inc. announced a new family of microcontrollers (MCUs) —the PIC24FJ128GC010. This family is an analog system on a chip that integrates a full analog signal chain, including Microchip’s first ever on-chip precision 16-bit ADC and 10 Msps 12-bit ADC, plus a DAC and dual operational amplifiers (op amps), along with extreme Low Power […]