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With the go-ahead for the CHIPS+ Act in place, manufacturers are laying down plans for U.S. fab sites.

With the go-ahead for the CHIPS+ Act in place, manufacturers are laying down plans for U.S. fab sites.

This Featured Product Spotlight is part of a video series exploring the specifications, applications, and market context…

This Featured Product Spotlight is part of a video series exploring the specifications, applications, and market context of new products.

First, Raspberry Pi unveiled Raspberry Pi Pico—the company's first MCU-class product. Now, that same board is getting a…

First, Raspberry Pi unveiled Raspberry Pi Pico—the company's first MCU-class product. Now, that same board is getting a wireless connectivity facelift.

High expectations are placed on today’s microcontrollers (MCUs). To keep pace, MCU companies are beefing up peripheral…

High expectations are placed on today’s microcontrollers (MCUs). To keep pace, MCU companies are beefing up peripheral mixes and security, while some are even adding time-sensitive networking (TSN).

Leveraging a mix of technologies—including ultra-wideband (UWB), BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy), and magnetics—companies…

Leveraging a mix of technologies—including ultra-wideband (UWB), BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy), and magnetics—companies are pushing new boundaries with their latest proximity and position sensor products.

We’ll be walking you through creating a robotic subsystem with a voice-activated motor leveraging machine learning (ML)…

We’ll be walking you through creating a robotic subsystem with a voice-activated motor leveraging machine learning (ML) and an Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense.

By marrying a MEMS microphone, a pressure sensor, and an AI/ML algorithm, a PSoC MCU-based reference design lets…

By marrying a MEMS microphone, a pressure sensor, and an AI/ML algorithm, a PSoC MCU-based reference design lets engineers build very low-power smart alarm systems.

By moving location calculation to the cloud, Semtech’s new service allows for lower-power LoRa devices to be embedded…

By moving location calculation to the cloud, Semtech’s new service allows for lower-power LoRa devices to be embedded in tracked Internet of Things (IoT) assets.

Offering a blend of low-power, high RF power, and a $0.79 price, Texas Instruments (TI) has released a new Bluetooth…

Offering a blend of low-power, high RF power, and a $0.79 price, Texas Instruments (TI) has released a new Bluetooth low-energy (BLE) MCU aimed at the growing connected device market.

A new memory offering from Renesas hopes to speed up memory accesses for IoT applications.

A new memory offering from Renesas hopes to speed up memory accesses for IoT applications.

A new family of four microcontroller units (MCUs) from NXP strives to provide something for everyone designing for edge AI.

A new family of four microcontroller units (MCUs) from NXP strives to provide something for everyone designing for edge AI.

This article is a primer into the basics of RISC-V. The open architecture philosophy is exposed, along with a technical…

This article is a primer into the basics of RISC-V. The open architecture philosophy is exposed, along with a technical description of the modular ISA, and some commercial RISC-V microprocessor implementations.

Designing Internet of Things (IoT) systems can be a tricky juggling act. To help engineers keep pace, new IoT products…

Designing Internet of Things (IoT) systems can be a tricky juggling act. To help engineers keep pace, new IoT products are helping solve problems in security, connectivity, and edge computing.

Here are a few companies that have recently announced new ways to protect cloud data at the silicon level.

Here are a few companies that have recently announced new ways to protect cloud data at the silicon level.

This New Product Brief (NPB) is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of…

This New Product Brief (NPB) is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of newly-released products.

Using its patented time-shift control (TSC) method in its LLC resonant converter, the new digital power controller also…

Using its patented time-shift control (TSC) method in its LLC resonant converter, the new digital power controller also packs a combination of a power-factor correction controller and a start-up generator.

AAC’s Digital Datasheet video series introduces the specs and applications of components—both new and…

AAC’s Digital Datasheet video series introduces the specs and applications of components—both new and familiar—straight from their datasheets.

Next-gen automotive system design keeps getting more challenging. To help engineers keep pace, three chip vendors are…

Next-gen automotive system design keeps getting more challenging. To help engineers keep pace, three chip vendors are serving up solutions aimed at enhanced security, ADAS, and simplified door control.

Keeping up with the need for 8-bit microcontrollers (MCUs), Microchip launched five new families, over 60 devices, of…

Keeping up with the need for 8-bit microcontrollers (MCUs), Microchip launched five new families, over 60 devices, of 8-bit PIC and AVR microcontrollers.