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Intel has a new powerful IoT development kit with impressive specs and video applications.

Intel has a new powerful IoT development kit with impressive specs and video applications.

Microchip emerges as the first to release next-generation Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) devices by unveiling the RN4870 and RN4871.

Microchip emerges as the first to release next-generation Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) devices by unveiling the RN4870 and RN4871.

In this week’s Teardown Tuesday we're going to take a look at the inside of a Fitbit Charge.

In this week’s Teardown Tuesday we're going to take a look at the inside of a Fitbit Charge.

Some cool microcontroller kits for young engineers are coming, check them out!

Some cool microcontroller kits for young engineers are coming, check them out!

Ever wonder what's inside a radar detector? In this week's Teardown Tuesday you'll find out!

Ever wonder what's inside a radar detector? In this week's Teardown Tuesday you'll find out!

In this week's teardown Tuesday we are going to take a look inside an RC car transmitter.

In this week's teardown Tuesday we are going to take a look inside an RC car transmitter.

In this edition of teardown Tuesday, we'll be examining the Amazon Dash button.

In this edition of teardown Tuesday, we'll be examining the Amazon Dash button.

Microcontroller specialists Atmel Corp. and Microchip Technology Inc. are joining hands to create a powerhouse in the…

Microcontroller specialists Atmel Corp. and Microchip Technology Inc. are joining hands to create a powerhouse in the Internet of Things (IoT) realm in a way that is reminiscent of the hookup between Freescale and NXP just a few months ago. The tie between the MCU kingpins is aimed at creating a full-stack silicon house with all the IoT hardware ingredients ranging from MCUs to analog to flash.

NXP demonstrated its Thread Platform at ARMTechCon last week. Based on the JN5179 wireless MCU, with Secure Element, NFC,…

NXP demonstrated its Thread Platform at ARMTechCon last week. Based on the JN5179 wireless MCU, with Secure Element, NFC, Thread encryption, its own dc/dc converter and featuring ARM's mbed OS, the Platform makes secure home automation application design a whole lot easier.

All About Circuits took Ambiq up on its invitation to a sneak preview of its Apollo microcontroller running under the new…

All About Circuits took Ambiq up on its invitation to a sneak preview of its Apollo microcontroller running under the new ULPBench benchmark. The results were surprising.

The new 8-bit families have Core-Independent Peripherals, which allow the MCUs to be used in a much larger variety of…

The new 8-bit families have Core-Independent Peripherals, which allow the MCUs to be used in a much larger variety of interconnected CIPs that don't require a core to perform. The CIPs increase system performance with simple design and a 1.8 to 5.5V operating range.

Five of the coolest hardware Kickstarters!

Five of the coolest hardware Kickstarters!

Texas Instruments (TI) released today the industry’s first Near Field Communication (NFC) sensor transponder family.…

Texas Instruments (TI) released today the industry’s first Near Field Communication (NFC) sensor transponder family. The RF430RL25xH system-on-chip (SoC) device is equipped with a fully programmable low power microcontroller (MCU), non-volatile FRAM, an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) and supports an ISO 15693-compliant NFC interface as well as Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) and Inter Integrated Circuit (I2C). The high frequency13.56-MHz sensor transponder can operate on full passive (battery-less) or semi-active modes for optimal battery life in portable and wireless sensing applications.