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Microchip Sets Loose Over 60 8-bit MCUs for Embedded Designers

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.

April 29, 2022 by Jake Hertz

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.

April 26, 2022 by Jeff Child

Arduino and Foundries.io Lock Their Sights on Embedded IoT Security

As newer engineers are looking for more ways to break into the Internet of Things (IoT) space, a team-up between Arduino and Foundries.io is hoping to create an easy, secure solution: the Portenta X8.

March 29, 2022 by Jake Hertz

Three Trends in Computing Hardware Driving the Edge

How will edge computing design evolve over the next few years? In an interview with All About Circuits, NXP discussed the trends they're seeing in this space.

March 01, 2022 by Jake Hertz

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.

February 17, 2022 by Abdulwaliy Oyekunle

Women in Tech Are Moving the Needle at Brooklyn-based Tech Lab

While women are certainly a minority among hardware designers, their leadership and design feats are driving innovation and expanding the talent pool of engineers.

January 25, 2022 by Jake Hertz

Atmosic Brings Wireless Energy Harvesting for IoT Devices Directly Onto the SoC

One major challenge of Internet of Things (IoT) devices is power. Hoping to traverse this challenge, Atmosic has created energy harvesting solutions integrated directly into the system-on-a-chip (SoC).

January 25, 2022 by Jake Hertz

Silicon Labs Integrates AI/ML Acceleration in Low-power Wireless SoCs

Silicon Labs says that with these two new families, battery-powered edge devices won't face trade-offs with power, protocol support, ML capability, and security.

January 24, 2022 by Jake Hertz

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.

January 17, 2022 by Abdulwaliy Oyekunle

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.

January 13, 2022 by Nicholas St. John

A Snapshot of the Evolving IoT Landscape, From Connectivity to Computing

Here, we'll round up recent releases from u-blox, Avnet and onsemi, and Murata that illustrate how the IoT industry relies on component-level advances.

January 11, 2022 by Nicholas St. John

Low on Power, High on Integration: MKSemi Launches New UWB SoC

Ultra-wideband technology has sharply spiked in popularity since 2019. Now, MKSemi says its new UWB SoC is the smallest and most low power in the industry.

January 05, 2022 by Jake Hertz

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.

January 04, 2022 by Jake Hertz

How One Wearable May Play a Key Role in Workers’ Comp

When attached to factory workers' waistbands, the device can sense unsafe postures and movements—providing analytics for employers and insurance companies.

December 27, 2021 by Jake Hertz

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.

December 26, 2021 by Abdulwaliy Oyekunle

New Research Suggests Processing-in-Memory Could Revolutionize Analog Computing

Processing-in-memory is no longer confined to the research realm. Even companies like Samsung and IBM are spearheading the movement toward in-memory computing.

December 23, 2021 by Biljana Ognenova

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.

December 01, 2021 by Jake Hertz

Keeping Its Roots in Service: New Amazon SDK Gives Alexa Design Power to ODMs

As tech giants lean towards creating in-house hardware, Amazon releases a new software development kit that allows original device manufacturers (ODMs) to add Alexa services to any hardware device.

November 28, 2021 by Jake Hertz

Renesas Breaks Into the FPGA Market With ForgeFPGA Family

A first in company history, Renesas is branching into FPGAs. Hoping to bypass the limitations of FPGAs, especially in IoT applications, Renesas claims its ForgeFPGAs is a low-power and low-cost solution.

November 22, 2021 by Jake Hertz

Macronix and Crypto Quantique Team Up to Push Back on IoT Security Challenges

Hoping to create an end-to-end security solution for the Internet of Things (IoT), Macronix and Crypto Quantique are teaming up to take on IoT security challenges.

October 25, 2021 by Jake Hertz