Let’s say you’re working on a project, and you need a microcontroller. Which chip do you reach for? Probably the one you’re most familiar with, or at least the one whose programmer is hiding away in a ...

The Padauk PMS150C is a terrible microcontroller. There are only six pins, there’s only one kiloword of Flash, 64 bytes of RAM, and it doesn’t do multiplication. You can only write code to this chip ...

The Raspberry Pi RP2350 microcontroller is generally available, meaning the chip can now be picked up from resellers rather ...

Characteristics and contrasts with microprocessors. Hints on selecting and deploying microcontrollers. What might be on the horizon for microcontrollers, especially the competition between Von Neumann ...

Selecting the right microcontroller for a product can be a daunting task. Not only are there a number of technical features to consider, there are also business case issues such as cost and lead-times ...

If you are interested in learning more about the history of the iconic Arduino UNO microcontroller you are sure to be interested in the new article published this month to the official Arduino blog ...

Segger Microcontroller has unveiled “emApps”, a software package for creating and executing apps, which are small programs ...

In its introductory blog post, the company explains that today’s Raspberry Pis are already often used alongside a smaller microcontroller: The Raspberry Pi takes care of heavyweight computation, ...

Industrial-control applications often use PLCs (programmable-logic controllers) working at logic levels of 24V. That voltage creates a challenge to the safe use of a microcontroller. Such a design ...

Chipmaker STMicroelectronics launched what it claimed was the industry’s first 18nm microcontroller for high-performance applications, which SpaceX selected for use on its Starlink satellite ...