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Arm Unveils New M85 Core and Expands IoT Virtual Hardware Offerings

Arm Unveils New M85 Core and Expands IoT Virtual Hardware Offerings

Six months after its Arm Total Solutions for IoT rollout, today Arm is growing the initiative with a new Cortex-M processor, expanded ecosystem tools, and new virtual hardware—all aimed at IoT.


News Apr 26, 2022 by Jeff Child
MICROCHIP SAM E51 Touch Curiosity Evaluation Kit | New Product Brief

MICROCHIP SAM E51 Touch Curiosity Evaluation Kit | New Product Brief

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


new products Apr 17, 2022 by Mouser
Reference Designs Take a Shot at Qi-compliant In-vehicle Wireless Charging

Reference Designs Take a Shot at Qi-compliant In-vehicle Wireless Charging

As the Qi standard increases in popularity for wireless charging, Microchip and Renesas announce their Qi-compliant automotive-grade wireless power transmitter reference designs.


News Apr 14, 2022 by Darshil Patel
NXP PN7160/PN7161 NFC Plug & Play Controller | Featured Product Spotlight

NXP PN7160/PN7161 NFC Plug & Play Controller | Featured Product Spotlight

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


new products Mar 22, 2022 by Mouser
Developing Game Accessories: The Design Challenges and Choosing an MCU

Developing Game Accessories: The Design Challenges and Choosing an MCU

In this article, learn some of the design challenges facing game accessory development and considerations for selecting microcontroller units (MCUs) for game accessory designs.


ANALOG DEVICES INC. ADPA1107 GaN Broadband Power Amplifier | Featured Product Spotlight

ANALOG DEVICES INC. ADPA1107 GaN Broadband Power Amplifier | Featured Product Spotlight

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


new products Mar 01, 2022 by Mouser
ST’s “Stellar” MCUs Aim to Push Forward E/E Architectures for Next-gen EVs

ST’s “Stellar” MCUs Aim to Push Forward E/E Architectures for Next-gen EVs

A new microcontroller unit (MCU) from STMicroelectronics (ST) seeks to optimize centralized electric vehicle (EV) electronic and electrical (E/E) architectures.


News Feb 23, 2022 by Jake Hertz
New Chips from Infineon, TI, and Toshiba Drive Advances in Autonomous Driving

New Chips from Infineon, TI, and Toshiba Drive Advances in Autonomous Driving

As the autonomous vehicle market heats up, new MCUs and ICs have hit the market this year to enable new ADAS functionalities.


News Feb 19, 2022 by Nicholas St. John
Researchers Exploit Fiber Manufacturing to Weave Large Smart Textile Display

Researchers Exploit Fiber Manufacturing to Weave Large Smart Textile Display

In an attempt to bring e-textiles to smart homes, researchers at the University of Cambridge have fabricated a 46-inch textile display by weaving active electronics into a fiber.


News Feb 17, 2022 by Abdulwaliy Oyekunle
Microchip Curiosity Nano Development Platform | Featured Product Spotlight

Microchip Curiosity Nano Development Platform | Featured Product Spotlight

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


new products Jan 20, 2022 by Mouser
FaceBit, the “Fitbit for the Face,” Attaches Smart Sensors to Masks

FaceBit, the “Fitbit for the Face,” Attaches Smart Sensors to Masks

The umbrella of wearables just broadened even wider with face masks. Engineers from Northwestern University have developed an embedded hardware platform that can sense users’ biometrics through a face mask.


News Jan 19, 2022 by Darshil Patel
Ambiq Scoops BIG Award with Sub-threshold Power-optimized Technology Platform

Ambiq Scoops BIG Award with Sub-threshold Power-optimized Technology Platform

The Business Intelligence Group's (BIG) Innovation Awards event is kicking off awards in 2022 for innovative technology. Let's take a look at one highlight, Ambiq, with its sub-threshold microcontroller (MCU) technology.


News Jan 17, 2022 by Abdulwaliy Oyekunle
e-peas Shows Off Surveillance System Powered by Energy Harvesting Tech

e-peas Shows Off Surveillance System Powered by Energy Harvesting Tech

For years, e-peas has been rolling out energy-harvesting solutions: PMICs—and more recently—an MCU and antenna. The company recently showed these solutions in action in an autonomous surveillance system.


News Jan 13, 2022 by Nicholas St. John
Renesas Pushes Beyond MRAM Write Challenges Spurring Memory Technology Forward

Renesas Pushes Beyond MRAM Write Challenges Spurring Memory Technology Forward

With new improvements to magnetoresistive random-access memory (MRAM) write technology, Renesas claims to improve power consumption for Internet-of-Things (IoT) applications and push MRAM further.


News Jan 04, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Renesas’ Recent MCU Ventures Tackle Actuators and Industrial Drives

Renesas’ Recent MCU Ventures Tackle Actuators and Industrial Drives

As one of the leading MCU manufacturers, Renesas has released a number of new microcontroller families in the past few months for various embedded applications. Here is a basic run down of these series.


News Dec 26, 2021 by Abdulwaliy Oyekunle
In a Month of Major Mergers and Divisions, Toshiba Splits Into Three Companies

In a Month of Major Mergers and Divisions, Toshiba Splits Into Three Companies

While Samsung is combining business divisions, Toshiba is splitting in three to sharpen its focus and compensate for recent business failings.


News Dec 09, 2021 by Lianne Frith
ST Tackles Card Security With Microcontrollers Using BSoC and Arm SecurCore

ST Tackles Card Security With Microcontrollers Using BSoC and Arm SecurCore

To enhance authentication in contactless transactions through biometric system-on-card (BSoC), STMicroelectronics has recently released a family of microcontrollers based on Arm's SecurCore.


News Dec 06, 2021 by Abdulwaliy Oyekunle
NXP S12 MagniV Mixed-Signal Microcontroller | New Product Brief

NXP S12 MagniV Mixed-Signal Microcontroller | New Product Brief

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


new products Dec 01, 2021 by Mouser
onsemi’s MCU Backs Up Power Efficiency “Industry Record” With EEMBC Benchmark

onsemi’s MCU Backs Up Power Efficiency “Industry Record” With EEMBC Benchmark

Record-breaking and "world's first" announcements happen every day. Hoping to back up its "record-breaking" power efficiency claim, onsemi's MCU, targeting IoT applications, goes through official benchmarking.


News Dec 01, 2021 by Jake Hertz
The Birth of Modern Microprocessors: Celebrating Intel 4004’s 50th Anniversary

The Birth of Modern Microprocessors: Celebrating Intel 4004’s 50th Anniversary

Once upon a time, computers took up entire rooms. One technology that shook the world is Intel's 4004 microprocessor, which turned 50 this month. How did it help pave the way for smaller modern technology?


News Nov 30, 2021 by Tyler Charboneau