Articles and news - Microcontrollers - 10

Driving multiple LEDs with one microprocessor GPIO pin is a well-known technique. Typically, designs perform this task by issuing pulse widths and clocks of differing durations and employing multiple RC networks to distinguish between them. The design described here is much simpler...

Holtek is delighted to announce the release of its new ATS 24-bit A/D Flash MCU, the BH66F2742. The main special feature of this device is its integrated accurate temperature sensor, ATS...

This Design Idea describes an enhancement to a previous one. The circuit uses a normally open SPST pushbutton switch, S1, instead of the SPDT switch that the original design required...

The 4- to 20-mA current loop is ubiquitous in the world of controls in manufacturing plants. Discrete logic, microprocessors, and microcontrollers easily cover the digital portions of control schemes, such as limit switches, pushbuttons, and signal lights...

When a processor-controlled device must operate reliably, designers often choose to periodically reset the processor rather than rely on a watchdog configuration...

Toshiba Electronics Europe has strengthened its presence in the low-power microcontroller market through a greater breadth of product groups within its TXZ+ family...

The 7 mm × 11.3 mm STM32WB5MMG module lets product teams build connected devices without needing wireless-design skills. Made to enable low-cost PCB technology requiring a minimal number of layers, it integrates everything up to the antenna...

Microchip Technology announced its PIC18-Q84 family – the first PIC18 microcontroller (MCU) family that can be used to transmit and receive data through a Controller Area Network Flexible Data-Rate (CAN FD) bus...

Texas Instruments introduced nano-IQ, precision voltage supervisor TPS3899 that monitors system voltages or pushbutton inputs as low as 0.51 V...

Voltage supervisors have provided analog voltage monitoring to digital circuits for decades. Texas Instruments released the original TL7705 in 1983; it consumed 1.8 mA, came in a plastic dual-inline package and you can still purchase it today...