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Toshiba Adds Entry-Level MCUs to Portfolio for Secure System Control

Toshiba Adds Entry-Level MCUs to Portfolio for Secure System Control

Toshiba’s M4V Group MCUs combine an Arm Cortex-M4 core, layered security, integrated memory, motor control support, and built-in peripherals for secure IoT and industrial system control.


News Sep 18, 2026 by Austin Futrell
Nanopower’s Sensor Monitoring IC Saves Power on Always-On Devices

Nanopower’s Sensor Monitoring IC Saves Power on Always-On Devices

Nanopower Semiconductor’s power-saving IC manages sensors and peripherals while keeping the host MCU off, with an idle current of just 200 nA.


News Sep 17, 2026 by Joshua Tidwell
Onsemi Unveils Platform That Turns  Silicon Wafers Into Power Packages

Onsemi Unveils Platform That Turns Silicon Wafers Into Power Packages

By embedding heterogeneous Si, SiC, and GaN die directly into 12-inch silicon wafers with precision RDLs, Onsemi's EPP replaces wire bonds and mold compounds to deliver up to 5x power density.


News Sep 16, 2026 by Jeff Child
An Arduino-Compatible Relay Controller for RS-485 Networks

An Arduino-Compatible Relay Controller for RS-485 Networks

This project brief describes how to build and use an Arduino-compatible relay interface board that switches a 10 A load over an RS-485 network.


Qualcomm Splits One IoT Quad-Core Die Across Consumer and Industrial Lines

Qualcomm Splits One IoT Quad-Core Die Across Consumer and Industrial Lines

The Q-2390 and IQ-2390 share a Cortex-A78/A55 complex, an Adreno 704 GPU, and an optional RISC-V real-time core, with the industrial part introducing the IQ2 Series.


News Sep 10, 2026 by Luke James
Alif Semiconductor Unveils $49 StartKit Platform for Edge AI Development

Alif Semiconductor Unveils $49 StartKit Platform for Edge AI Development

The new evaluation kits aim to lower the barrier for on-device AI development with Alif’s AI/ML hardware-accelerated Ensemble and Balletto MCUs.


News Sep 09, 2026 by Jeff Child
Amphenol / SV Microwave U.FL-to-VITA Cable Assemblies | New Product Brief

Amphenol / SV Microwave U.FL-to-VITA Cable Assemblies | New Product Brief

Amphenol / SV Microwave U.FL-to-VITA Cable Assemblies, available from Mouser, provide compact, high-performance RF connectivity for dense VPX plug-in cards, embedded computing systems, and precision test environments. Watch and learn all about their features, specs, applications, and more!


Arm Rolls AI-Native Compute Platforms for Edge, Physical, and Cloud Systems

Arm Rolls AI-Native Compute Platforms for Edge, Physical, and Cloud Systems

Announced today, the company's new CSS for Mobile 2 platform, Total Design for Physical AI program, and Neoverse CSS N4 platform provide specialized architectures for agentic AI workloads across various domains.


News Sep 07, 2026 by Jeff Child
Build an Instrumentation Amplifier with Picoamp-Level Input Bias Current

Build an Instrumentation Amplifier with Picoamp-Level Input Bias Current

Discover how the LT1079 quad op-amp minimizes sensor loading in battery-powered designs. Active cancellation and an onboard bridge network ensure maximum precision for resistive sensors.


NXP Launches MCUs Blending 10BASE-T1S Ethernet and Post-Quantum Security

NXP Launches MCUs Blending 10BASE-T1S Ethernet and Post-Quantum Security

The new MCX A5 MCUs integrate 10BASE-T1S Ethernet, topology discovery, and post-quantum security to streamline and protect industrial edge networks.


News Aug 25, 2026 by Jeff Child
Espressif Unwraps Open-Source Device-to-Cloud-to-Phone IoT Platform

Espressif Unwraps Open-Source Device-to-Cloud-to-Phone IoT Platform

The rebuilt platform puts the previously closed cloud backend under an Apache 2.0 license and runs on AWS serverless services in a customer's own account.


News Aug 24, 2026 by Luke James
Rethinking Storage Architecture for Software-Defined Embedded Systems

Rethinking Storage Architecture for Software-Defined Embedded Systems

As software-defined embedded systems evolve, dynamic storage architectures replace static partitioning to optimize flash efficiency, support long-term updates, and control rising hardware costs.


Arduino-Compatible RS-485 Linear Hall Sensor Board for Magnetic Field Sensing

Arduino-Compatible RS-485 Linear Hall Sensor Board for Magnetic Field Sensing

This project brief describes how to build and use an Arduino-compatible board that reads a linear Hall-effect sensor and reports the measurement over an RS-485 bus.


Silicon Labs Unwraps Its ‘Lowest Power’ BLE SoC Targeting IoT Devices

Silicon Labs Unwraps Its ‘Lowest Power’ BLE SoC Targeting IoT Devices

The EFR32BG2B SoC family supports Bluetooth 6 and is the lowest power Bluetooth LE chip with channel sounding from Silicon Labs.


News Aug 14, 2026 by Duane Benson
Ambiq Rolls Out Two SoC Series Targeting Edge AI Applications

Ambiq Rolls Out Two SoC Series Targeting Edge AI Applications

The six new chips offer a wide range of connectivity and graphics options for wearables, hearables, AR devices, health monitors, industrial sensors, and beyond.


News Aug 12, 2026 by Duane Benson
Preserving Battery Life: Waking the FPB-RA0E1 from Low-Power Mode Using a 32-Bit Interval Timer

Preserving Battery Life: Waking the FPB-RA0E1 from Low-Power Mode Using a 32-Bit Interval Timer

This article shows you how to configure Software Standby mode and implement a periodic wake-up routine on the Renesas FPB-RA0E1 Fast Prototyping Board, built around the Arm Cortex-M23-based RA0E1 MCU.


Siemens Upgrades Its AI Agent to Enable Self-Verifying Agentic AI EDA Workflows

Siemens Upgrades Its AI Agent to Enable Self-Verifying Agentic AI EDA Workflows

Siemens’ updated Fuse EDA AI Agent validates its own decisions against deterministic, physics-based EDA engines.


News Aug 03, 2026 by Jake Hertz
Hirose Electric IT18 COM-HPC® Low-Profile BGA Mezzanine Connectors | New Product Brief

Hirose Electric IT18 COM-HPC® Low-Profile BGA Mezzanine Connectors | New Product Brief

Hirose Electric IT18 COM-HPC® Low-Profile BGA Mezzanine Connectors provide high-speed, high-density interconnect solutions for next-generation embedded computing platforms. Watch and learn all about their features, specs, applications, and more!


The New Era of Retail Begins at the Edge Leveraging On-Device AI

The New Era of Retail Begins at the Edge Leveraging On-Device AI

On-device AI enhances retail by enabling real-time processing for robotics, kiosks, and more, offering low latency, improved privacy, and operational efficiency for a better customer experience.


Geehy Intros 200 V Motor Gate Driver for Compact 3-Phase Drive Systems

Geehy Intros 200 V Motor Gate Driver for Compact 3-Phase Drive Systems

A new three-phase motor gate driver integrates a bootstrap diode and robust protective mechanisms to streamline designs and reduce switching losses in compact motor applications.


News Jul 28, 2026 by Jeff Child