By textbook definition, Embedded Electronics can be defined as a system that “Integrates Hardware circuitry with software programming techniques to provide real-time solutions”. From age old pocket calculators to advanced automobile and security devices the applications of Embedded System continue to show a strong progress.
In this section we will discuss about the various embedded controllers and embedded development platforms including, but not limited to Arduino, Raspberry Pi, NodeMCU, ESP32, Microchip, AVR, ARM, MSP430, STM32, STM8S, Nuvoton etc. It also updates the readers with latest Embedded News and technology trends to help them plan and design their Embedded Projects with ease.
For many engineers and makers, the journey into electronics and microcontrollers probably started with an Arduino board. From making a simple LED blink to reading sensors , controlling motors, and building our first embedded projects, Arduino has been a familiar starting point for learning and experimenting with electronics.
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Expanding its S32K product line, NXP Semiconductors has come up with the new S32K3 microcontroller (MCU) family for automotive body electronics, battery management, and emerging zone controllers. Simplifying software development with an enhanced package that spans security, functional safety and low-level drivers, the newest member of the family enables software reuse…
ST jointly with Bosch has developed deterministic high-performance open-market MCUs that can host multiple applications, including virtualization of safety and security by HW functionality. This new approach enables integration of multiple applications developed with different tooling and on different software schedules, in contrast to today’s Linux/Posix-based integration-…
An Analog to Digital Converter (ADC) is a type of device that helps process real-world analog signals for digital systems. To understand real-world data like temperature, humidity, pressure, and position, we need transducers that convert these measurements into electrical signals. Since the majority of devices we use at the moment are digital, this conversion becomes…
The MAX78000 low-power neural network accelerated microcontroller from Maxim Integrated moves artificial intelligence (AI) to the edge without performance compromises in battery-powered internet of things (IoT) devices. Executing AI inferences at less than 1/100th the energy of software solutions dramatically improves run-time for battery-powered AI…
Microchip Technology has announced the release of PIC18-Q41 and AVR DB, the two new MCUs that integrate configurable analog and digital peripherals supported by a mixed-signal development environment. Increased system integration, reduced signal acquisition times, and convenience along with the efficiency of operating in a single design environment are what…
STMicroelectronics has come up with the high-performing Arm Cortex-M general-purpose MCUs with embedded Flash that brings high-end features such as rich graphics, AI, and state-of-the-art cyber-protection to cost-sensitive new products. The new STM32H7 MCUs introduced are the STM32H723/733, STM32H725/735, and STM32H730 Value-Line MCUs.
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The Renesas electronics corporation has extended its RX Functional Safety solution, with the release of its Functional Safety over EtherCAT (FSoE) Application Software Kit for industrial automation applications. Developers can obtain FSoE protocol stack, RX microcontroller (MCU) along with safety support, and the software in one single package, this will…
SPI is a crucial communication protocol that is widely used to communicate among microcontrollers, SD cards, and various other sensors. SPI stands for Serial Peripheral Interface, it's a synchronous data transfer protocol where the master device could communicate with multiple slave devices as well as get data from them. It is synchronous because the master generates a…
Nuvoton Technology Corporation has introduced a new low power grade NuMicroM251/M252 series of microcontrollers for industrial control applications. The new series of microcontrollers is based on Arm Cortex-M23 secure core for Armv8-M architecture running up to 48 MHz with up to 256 KB Flash and 32 KB SRAM.
The NUMicro M251/M252 series provides a…
In the vast system of embedded applications, no microcontroller can perform all the activities by itself. At some stage of time, it has to communicate to other devices to share information, there are many different types of communication protocols to share these informations, but the most used ones are USART, IIC, SPI, and CAN. Each communication protocol has…
UART stands for Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter and it is a useful hardware feature in any microcontroller unit. A microcontroller needs to receive data, process it, and send it to the other devices. There are different types of communication protocols available in the microcontroller, however, UART is the most used one among the other communication protocols…
