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How to Setup HM-10 BLE Module as iBeacon The Beacon and iBeacon technology terms are often used interchangeably. iBeacon was introduced by Apple and is Apple’s implementation of Bluetooth low-energy (BLE) wireless technology for providing a different way of location-based information and services to the Apple’s iPhones and other iOS Devices. The technology standard allows Mobile Apps (running on both iOS and… |
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Getting Started with TIVA C Series TM4C123G LaunchPad from Texas Instruments We are all familiar with AVR and PIC based microcontrollers as they are widely used but ARM based microcontrollers are getting popular nowadays because of their cost and speed. Texas Instruments' Tiva C Series TM4C123G LaunchPad (EK-TM4C123GXL) is one of them, it is a low cost development board based on ARM Coretx-M4F Evaluation Board. This beautiful shiny Red board is… |
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Enhanced connectivity and increased control performance on TI's new C2000 microcontrollers Texas Instruments introduced new communications capabilities on its C2000 microcontrollers (MCUs). C2000 F2838x 32-bit MCUs enable designers to use a single chip to implement connectivity, including EtherCAT, Ethernet and Controller Area Network with Flexible Data Rate (CAN FD), in AC servo drives and other industrial systems. … |
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NXP’s MPC5777C Power Architecture MCU for Industrial and Automotive Engine Management Mouser Electronics is now stocking MPC5777C Power Architecture microcontroller from NXP Semiconductors. Boasting three dual-issue, 32-bit CPU core complexes, the high-performance microcontroller supports demanding automotive and industrial engine management applications such as electric DC motor control, aerospace engines, and Ethernet and CAN FD connectivity, plus… |
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MSP430FR504x Microcontrollers
for Ultrasonic Flow Meters Mouser Electronics is now stocking the MSP430FR504x ultrasonic sensing microcontrollers from Texas Instruments (TI). Part of the TI MSP430 ultrasonic sensing microcontroller family, the powerful and highly integrated devices are designed for measuring flow in ultrasonic water, heat, and gas meters and flow transmitters. … |
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RX72M Microcontrollers with EtherCAT Support for Industrial Applications Renesas Electronics Corporation released the RX72M Group of RX microcontrollers (MCUs) featuring an EtherCAT slave controller for industrial Ethernet communication. The new MCUs offer a high-performance, single-chip MCU solution with large memory capacities for industrial equipment requiring control and communication functions such as compact industrial robots, remote I… |
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32-bit RX23E-A MCU Built-In Analog Front End for Sensing and Measurement Equipment Renesas Electronics Corporation released the RX23E-A Group 32-bit RX microcontrollers (MCUs) For High-Precision Sensing and Measurement Equipment deliver better-than 0.1% Precision Performance in Temperature, Pressure, Weight, Flow and other measurements. The RX23E-A Group 32-bit RX MCUs achieve AFE precision at the highest class in the industry (offset drift: 10 nV/°C, gain… |
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FPGA Family Enhances Security with Hardware Root-of-Trust Capabilities Lattice Semiconductor Corporation released the MachXO3D FPGA for securing systems against a variety of threats faced by OEMs. With MachXO3D, OEMs can simplify the implementation of comprehensive, robust and flexible hardware-based security for all system components. MachXO3D FPGA can detect, protect and recover itself and other components from unauthorized firmware access at… |
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32-bit MCUs with dedicated hardware accelerator for Servo Control in Industrial Robots Renesas Electronics Corporation released the RX72T Group of 32-bit Motor Control MCUs (Microcontrollers) with dedicated hardware accelerator IP to perform complex, high-speed computations required for motor control in robots and other industrial equipment. The RX72T Group achieves Highest CoreMark Benchmark Level for 5V MCUs operating at 200 MHz with a score of 1160 as… |
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Serial Communication Protocols Before starting with Serial Communication Protocols, let’s break down the terminology into three parts. Communication is a very well-known terminology that involves the exchange of information between two or more mediums. In embedded systems, communication means the exchange of data between two microcontrollers in the form of bits. This exchange of data bits in a… |
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Introduction to FPGA and It's Programming Tools With growing popularity of microcontrollers engineers are using microcontrollers more than FPGAs. The Microcontrollers have become dominant over FPGA because of their cheap cost, good support, easy availability, large community, versatility, programming etc. But other than that microprocessors have some limitations such as the instructions set, sequential execution of… |
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NXP’s LPC55S6x Arm Cortex-M33-based MCUs for Secure Edge Applications Mouser Electronics is now offering NXP Semiconductors' LPC55S6x microcontrollers, the first members of the NXP LPC5500 series. Offering impressive levels of security, processing efficiency, and functionality, the NXP LPC55S6x microcontrollers feature dual Arm Cortex-M33 cores and Arm TrustZone technology for industrial, building automation, Internet of Things (IoT… |
