Microcontrollers (MCUs) are integral to modern electronics design, powering applications in embedded systems, IoT devices, and automotive electronics. With key innovations in low-power MCUs, multi-core processing, and integrated wireless communication, MCUs are enabling more efficient and compact solutions across industries. As global demand for smart devices, wearables, and automated systems grows, microcontrollers are at the forefront of powering the connected world. Their role in real-time processing and system integration continues to expand, particularly in consumer electronics, healthcare, and automotive systems, fueling advancements in smart cities and industry 4.0 technologies worldwide.
Microchip’s AEC-Q100 Grade 2-qualified, SAM9X75D5M System-in-Package (SiP) addresses growing demand for Human-Machine Interfaces (HMIs) in automotive and e-mobility applications. Supporting sophisticated graphics and large display sizes (up to 10 inches with XGA resolution, 1024 × 768), the hybrid MCU SiP combines the MPU and memory into a single package. It features an Arm926EJ-S processor and 512 Mbit DDR2 SDRAM. Display ...
Designed for home appliances, the GD32M531 32-bit microcontrollers were launched at Embedded World by GigaDevice. Based on an Arm Cortex-M33 core, operating at 180MHz, and integrates peripherals to control and optimise dual motor performance, with power factor correction. It also integrates DSP extensions and a floating-point unit. It is equipped with 256kB flash, 64kB Data-Flash, and 32kB SRAM, enabling it ...
At CES, Nordic Semiconductor announced a wireless MCU with a 128MHz neural processing unit, 512kbyte of ram and 2Mbyte of non-volatile memory. Called nRF54LM20B, it is aimed at battery-powered local AI processing with no need for a cloud connection. It is also the company’s first large memory nRF54L processor to get the Axon NPU, acquired when Nordic bought Atlazo in ...
STMicroelectronics has introduced stripped down versions of its STM32MP2 MCU family for smart factory applications. Called STM32MP21, they all get a single 1.2 or 1.5GHz Arm Cortex-A35 application processor and a single 300MHz Cortex-M33 for booting and sleep-wake control. Arm’s TrustZone is available for secure code separation, and ST’s proprietary ‘resource isolation framework’ (RIF) is present to defend against tampering. ...
Microchip is aiming at ISO 26262 or IEC 61508 compliance with a functional safety variant of its 8bit AVR family that has two cores operating in lock-step. Called AVR SD, the devices have 32 or 64kbyte of flash, 4 or 8kbyte of ram and 256 bytes of eeprom, and they come in packaes with 20, 28, 32 or 48pins. The ...
GigaDevice has announced smaller, slightly faster, members of its Arm Cortex-M33 based GD32F5xx MCU family. GD32F505 (right) operates up to 280MHz and has up 1Mbyte of flash (up to 192kbyte code flash) and 192kbyte sram GD32F503 operates up to 252MHz and has up to up to 1Mbyte of flash (up to 256kbyte code-flash) and 128kbyte sram. This compares with 200MHz, ...
GigaDevice has received IEC 61508 SC3 (SIL 2/SIL 3) functional safety certification for the software test libraries of a pair of Cortex-M33 MCU series. “With growing emphasis on safety across industrial automation, functional safety has become a critical consideration in embedded system design,” according to GigaDevice. Certified by TÜV Rheinland, the software test libraries monitor microcontroller modules in real time ...
Nordic Semiconductor is aiming at Bluetooth LE and Matter applications with a wireless microcontroller equipped with 2Mbyte if non-volatile memory and 512kbyte of ram. Made on a 22nm process, nRF54LM20A, will have a 128MHz Arm Cortex-M33 main processor and a RISC-V co-processor, USB and up to 66 GPIOs. The 2.4GHz radio will support Bluetooth LE channel-sounding and Matter-over-Thread, and will ...
Ambient Scientific is demonstrating AI applications running on coin cell batteries at Electronica India this week, using combined analogue and digital processing to save power. Locally-processed local fall detection, voice recognition and face ID will be running on its ‘GPX10 Pro’ IC. Inside, AI processing is performed in two sets of five cores (called ‘MX8’) in two separate power domains. ...
Texas Instruments has optimised a pair of DSPs for field-oriented motor control in domestic appliances such as washing machines, vacuum cleaners and lawn mowers. “Their capabilities, including high-speed sensor-less field-oriented control, high-torque zero-speed start-up and vibration compensation, deliver responsive motor control for everyday applications,” claimed the company. The parts are F28E120SC and F28E120SB, differing only in flash memory size: either ...
