16-bit
Microchip Offers New Capacitive Touch Demo Board for 16-bit Microcontrollers
Submitted by Ionela on Tue, 09/09/2008 - 20:34.
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Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller and analog semiconductors, announced an addition to its mTouch capacitive touch offerings, the PICDEM Touch Sense 2 Demo Board (Part # DM164128). The easy-to-use board comes with the updated, royalty-free mTouch Sensing Solution Software Development Kit (SDK) and is populated with a 16-bit PIC24FJ256GB110 microcontroller (MCU), which features an integrated Charge Time Measurement Unit (CTMU) peripheral for fast capacitive touch sensing. This is also the world's first 16-bit MCU family with USB On-The-Go (OTG). The board and supporting materials provide a complete platform for implementing capacitive touch-sensing interfaces, without the need for external components. |
NEC Electronics Announces New 16-bit Microcontrollers with Interdependent Control of Digital Audio-Visual Devices
Submitted by Ionela on Tue, 08/19/2008 - 14:08.
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NEC Electronics Corporation announced that it has commercialized four models of a new 16-bit microcontroller with on-chip flash memory ("All Flash microcontroller"), with a consumer electronics control (CEC) circuit enabling interdependent control of digital televisions, DVD recorders, and other devices via a single cable connection. |
Microchip Technology Debuts World’s Lowest Power Large-memory 16-bit USB Microcontroller Family; Only 16-bit MCU With OTG
Submitted by Ionela on Wed, 04/16/2008 - 07:42.
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12-Member PIC24FJ256GB1 Family's Integrated USB 2.0 OTG, Host and Device Functionality is Optimized for Embedded Applications and Ease of Use CHANDLER, Ariz., April 15, 2008 [NASDAQ: MCHP] Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller and analog semiconductors, today announced the 12-member PIC24FJ256GB1 microcontroller (MCU) family, which is the lowest power (100 nA standby current) large-memory (up to 256 KB Flash and 16 KB RAM) 16-bit USB microcontroller family in the world. As the only 16-bit microcontroller family with integrated USB 2.0 device, embedded-host, dual-role and On-the-Go (OTG) functionality, the PIC24FJ256GB1 makes it cost effective and easy to add advanced USB features to embedded designs. |
Renesas Technology releases RS45C 16-bit secure MCU as first product in RS-4 series for multifunction financial and ID smart car
Submitted by Ionela on Fri, 03/21/2008 - 15:04.
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London, 17th March, 2008 Renesas Technology Europe today announced details of the RS45C, a secure MCU*1 for smart cards requiring a high level of security such as ID, banking and credit cards. The RS45C is built around the RS-4 high-performance 16-bit CPU core and integrates 36 Kbytes of electrically erasable and programmable read-only memory(EEPROM). |
Renesas introduces first low power 16-bit Flash microcomputer incorporating Ethernet and USB for smaller, lower-cost systems
Submitted by Ionela on Thu, 03/13/2008 - 08:06.
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LONDON, UK 26th of February 2008 Renesas Technology has introduced the H8S Family H8S/2472F as the company's first 16-bit microcontroller incorporating an Ethernet controller and USB for use in industrial systems such as low-end servers, SPS, HVAC, sensors, drives, robots and other factory and home automation products. LSI samples are available now. |
Freescale ships a record 300 million S12/S12X microcontrollers to the automotive industry
Submitted by Ionela on Sun, 03/09/2008 - 17:03.
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Scalable, flexible MCU family built on leading 16-bit architecture for auto body electronics and driver convenience applications AUSTIN, Texas - March 3, 2008 - Freescale Semiconductor, the leading supplier of semiconductors to the automotive industry, has achieved a major milestone in the automotive microcontroller (MCU) market. The company has shipped more than 300 million 16-bit S12 and S12X automotive MCUs to date. Freescale attained this unit shipment milestone while maintaining a low defect rate of less than one part per million. |
