Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, has introduced a new Group of 32-bit microcontrollers (MCUs) in its RA Family. The new RA6E1 MCUs, based on the Arm Cortex-M33 core, are the industry’s first Entry-Line MCUs to deliver 200 MHz performance. The new devices also provide exceptional low power consumption specifications, along with…
Renesas offers new pressure-sensing solution for automotive applications
Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, is introducing the RAA2S425x Family of ICs for automotive pressure-sensing systems. The new devices provide highly accurate amplification and sensor-specific correction of signals in automotive xEV/EV/FCEV pressure sensing braking, transmission and HVAC systems. The RAA2S425x Product Family features high integration and advanced digital and analog functionality…
STMicroelectronics and Nu Eyne launch smart, BLU eye-therapy device
STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor provider, and Nu Eyne, Korea’s innovative medical device manufacturer, have jointly announced a Nu Eyne wearable therapy device for eye care, powered by an STM32WB55 dual-core Bluetooth LE (BLE) microcontroller (MCU). Nu Eyne’s recently launched CELLENA wearable device using electric current and light emitted to the eyes and associated nerves to…
Sign Language Glove with Voice Synthesizer
There are some people who don’t have the ability to speak or they lose it in an accident. They find it difficult to express their thoughts or to convey their message other people. Various old and modern methods are there in order to help such people so that.In this project we propose a Sign Language Glove which will assist those people who are suffering for any kind of speech defect to communicate through gestures i.e. with the help of single handed sign language the user will make gestures of alphabets. The glove will record all the gestures made by the user and then it will translate these gestures into visual form as well as in audio form.
STMicroelectronics introduces new generation of automotive intelligent switches
The VN9D30Q100F and VN9D5D20FN from STMicroelectronics introduce a new generation of automotive intelligent switches — the first in the market with digital current sensing among the fully digital on-chip diagnostic features. Designed for high-side connection in applications powered from a 12V battery, the drivers simplify the hardware and software design of electronic control units (ECUs)…
TI launches industry’s first 70-W brushless DC motor drivers
Texas Instruments (TI) has introduced the industry’s first 70-W brushless DC (BLDC) motor drivers to provide code-free, sensorless trapezoidal and field-oriented control (FOC). The devices enable engineers to spin a BLDC motor in less than 10 minutes — eliminating months of design time for engineers designing a wide variety of industrial systems (such as major…
Renesas and eProsima simplify development of professional robotics applications
Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, and eProsima, an SME company specialized in middleware solutions, have announced that the Renesas EK-RA6M5 Evaluation Kit for RA MCUs is the official supported hardware platform of the micro-ROS development framework. micro-ROS is the industry’s robotics operating system for MCUs. Renesas teamed with eProsima, the main…
STMicroelectronics enhances automation with new, single-chip GaN gate driver
STMicroelectronics’ new STDRIVEG600 half-bridge gate driver is a high-current output and 45ns propagation delay. This offers a close match between the high and low-side outputs to, ideally, handle high-frequency switching of GaN enhancement-mode FETs. Also suitable for driving N-channel silicon MOSFETs at up to 20V, the STDRIVEG600 allows the flexibility to apply up to 6V…
Microchip’s I2C serial EEPROM comes with support for 3.4 Mbit/s data rate
I2C and SPI are two of the most widely used serial communication buses for embedded systems — and each comes with its own set of advantages and disadvantages. SPI is the faster protocol, but it’s more costly and offers limited scalability. To close this trade-off gap between I2C and SPI in Serial EEPROMs, Microchip Technology has…
STMicroelectronics’ microcontrollers achieve top-level security certifications
STMicroelectronics announced PSA Certified Level-3 and SESIP 3 certifications for its general-purpose secure STM32U585 microcontroller — passing tests for logical, board, and basic physical resistance that confirm a substantial level of cyber protection. With enhanced tamper resistance and software protection, the STM32U585 is also suitable for controlling PIN Transaction Security (PTS) equipment that must satisfy Payment Card Industry…
Maxim and Xailient provide world’s fastest and lowest-power IoT face detection
Maxim Integrated Products and Xailient Inc., a company focused on artificial intelligence (AI) for the edge, have joined forces. The companies have announced that Maxim’s MAX78000 ultra-low power neural-network microcontroller is used to detect and localize faces in video and images with Xailient’s proprietary Detectum neural network. Xailient’s neural network draws 250x lower power (at…
Infineon offers first USB PD microcontroller with high-wattage support
Infineon Technologies has introduced the industry’s first high-voltage microcontroller (MCU) with USB power delivery (USB PD) 3.1 support. The EZ-PD PMG1 (Power Delivery Microcontroller Gen1) is Infineon’s first generation of USB PD MCUs targeting any embedded system that provides or consumes power with high-voltage up to 28 V (140 W). The device supports higher power…
Maxim’s camera cube design enables low-latency AI vision and hearing applications
Maxim Integrated Products has unveiled the MAXREFDES178# camera cube reference design, which demonstrates how artificial intelligence (AI) applications — previously limited to machines with large power and cost budgets — can be embedded in space-constrained, battery-powered edge devices. The new MAXREFDES178# enables ultra-low-power internet-of-things (IoT) devices to implement hearing and vision and showcases the MAX78000…
Intelligent Automated Home Lighting System
Want to know why your monthly Electricity bills are “so high”? Take a closer look at the Lights or Fans, when a person inside the room leaves the room hastily, He or She unknowingly leaves the Lights switched on.So, what next? The only way for this is Intelligent Automated Home Lighting System. In this system when a person enters the room the tube lights are switched on automatically. The light switches go off automatically when there is no body inside the room. The whole Intelligent Automated Home Lighting System is now at the tip of your motion. As one moves inside the room the bulb switches on and as one leaves the room it switches off.
STMicroelectronics supports microcontroller selection with new mobile apps
STMicroelectronics is helping developers find the right microcontrollers and microprocessors for their projects more quickly and easily with two state-of-the-art mobile applications released on app stores and ST’s website. STM8 Finder and STM32 Finder replace the preceding ST MCU Finder mobile app, leveraging the latest app-design technologies for a robust and convenient user experience. New features include…
STMicroelectronics and Lierda partner to develop low-power Bluetooth module
STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor provider, has launched a new low-power Bluetooth module from Lierda Science & Technology Group — a high-tech enterprise that provides IoT system and smart product solutions in China, uses an ST STM32WB55 Bluetooth LE (BLE) microcontroller (MCU). With its stamp-type format, Lierda’s LSD1BT-STWB5500 module is highly integrated yet resistant to interference.…
Renesas extends support for Microsoft Azure RTOS & IoT middleware
Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, announced that customers designing with all mainstream Renesas 32-bit MCU families now have access to the Microsoft Azure Real-Time Operating System (RTOS) embedded development suite — including its powerful Azure IoT middleware. Azure RTOS is integrated and available out-of-box in the recently released Flexible Software Package…
Timers & 8051 Timer Programming
What is a Timer A timer is a clock that controls the sequence of an event while counting in fixed intervals of time. It is used for producing precise time delay. Secondly, it can be used to repeat or initiate an action after/at a known period of time. This feature is very commonly used in…
Interrupts & Programming 8051 Hardware Interrupts
Interrupt is one of the most important and powerful concepts and features in microcontroller/processor applications. Almost all the real world and real time systems built around microcontrollers and microprocessors make use of interrupts. What is Interrupt The interrupts refer to a notification, communicated to the controller, by a hardware device or software, on…
Wireless Connectivity for the Internet of Things (IoT) with MSP430 Microcontrollers
The early stage of the Internet of Things (IoT) has already started to change the way we live, do business and make decisions. As costs of controllers, processors, sensors and transmitters decrease, anything that can be given an electronic circuit and has reason to remotely communicate with other systems is a candidate to become “smart.”…