Question about coding 7-segment, 5-digit driver – I am planning to use 25Hz-50Hz clock signal to feed the CD4017 decade counter which is used for selecting the digits. In the timer interrupt vector, should I update the data on the each digit? Or, how I can do this? When a button is pressed and an interrupt is created, […]
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Development platform for Smart ARM, AVR MCUs
Atmel® Corporation, a manufacturer in microcontroller (MCU) and touch solutions, announced the release of Atmel Studio 7, the company’s comprehensive, free integrated development environment (IDE) for MCU design using Atmel | SMART ARM® processor-based and AVR MCUs. Atmel is also launching Atmel START—a new, highly intuitive graphical platform for creating and configuring embedded applications that allow developers to build […]
Low-power Bluetooth Smart SoC comes in WLCSP format
Atmel® Corporation, a manufacturer in microcontroller (MCU) and touch solutions, announced it is shipping the industry’s lowest power, smallest footprint Bluetooth® Smart solution in production quantities. Consuming less than 4mA in RX and less than 3mA TX at 3.6V, the devices increase battery life by as much as one year or more for certain applications. Pushing the limits […]
LVDS output comparators toggle beyond 890Mbps
Linear Technology Corporation announces the LTC6754, a high speed LVDS output comparator capable of toggle rates up to 890Mbps. This extremely fast comparator operates with only 1.8ns of propagation delay, 1ns of overdrive dispersion, and 1.5psRMS of jitter. Combined, these features address the most challenging high speed applications for data acquisition, clock and data recovery […]
Development kit includes SoC FPGA equipped with ARM Cortex-M3 processor
Avnet, Inc., a global technology distributor, and Microsemi Corporation, a provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, introduced the new SmartFusion™2 KickStart Kit. The versatile prototyping solution designed by Avnet offers engineers in communications, medical, automotive, video, smart energy and industrial markets the much-needed low power, high security and reliability required […]
ARM processor incorporates Bluetooth v4.12 controller
Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc., a committed manufacturer that collaborates with technology companies to create breakthrough designs, rolled out the newest addition to its TZ1000 series of ApP Lite™ processors targeting Internet of Things (IoT) applications. Targeting smart wearable products, the TZ1041MBG was developed to meet the increasing market demand for IoT devices that can support multiple external […]
Cost-effective controller speeds USB-C designs
Microchip Technology Inc. announced the addition of the UTC2000, USB-C controller to its portfolio of USB devices. With this new device, designers of a wide range of applications covering the consumer, industrial and automotive markets can now simply and quickly implement the radically updated USB-C connector cost effectively, speeding time to market and minimizing bills of […]
Processor protects against zero-day malware threats
Qualcomm Incorporated announced that its subsidiary, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. (QTI), is extending its mobile security technology leadership with the introduction of Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ Smart Protect. The upcoming Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 820 processor is the first platform offering Snapdragon Smart Protect, providing real-time, on-device machine learning designed to support accurate and effective detection of zero-day malware threats for […]
Top 10 microcontroller threads on EDAboard.com – August
WTA 16f628a button trigger code – I am using a PIC 16f628a and testing with a button trigger function. I wrote this code in C but it didn’t work as expected. My code is error-free and I checked the input voltage of button. It has a 5V supply. Desired function is, when button is pressed, only one LED […]
Microchip expands PIC32MX1/2 32-bit microcontroller series
Microchip Technology Inc., a provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, announced a new series within its PIC32MX1/2 32-bit microcontroller (MCU) family that features a large 256 KB Flash configuration and 16 KB of RAM in small-footprint packages. These latest additions to this popular MCU family provide flexibility to low-cost applications that need complex […]
