Inside any electronic device, from an old television remote to a global positioning system, there will be at least one microcontroller unit (MCU) and, in many cases, several. MCUs are used in ...

While microcontroller specs may be the first thing engineers look at when deciding on a device for their system, the ecosystem that surrounds the microcontroller is certainly very important, and ...

When designing a system, one of the most important design decisions is choosing what voltage domain(s) to use. Some voltage domains, such as 5 V, are good for noisy and harsh operating environments ...

This project presents a custom-designed RISC-based microcontroller implemented using Verilog, featuring a simplified instruction set, Harvard architecture, and non-pipelined execution. The design ...

How to set up an PIC microcontroller to deliver high-precision frequencies from 1 Hz to 4 MHz. Examples of the frequencies delivered by this microcontroller design. In timing applications, a time-base ...

This paper describes the design and implementation of a version of the 8051 microcontroller, one of the most commercially used microcontrollers in FPGA with reconfigurable instruction set.

Inside any electronic device, from an old television remote to a global positioning system, there will be at least one microcontroller unit (MCU) and, in many cases, several. MCUs are used in ...

The level of competition in the microcontroller market has never been higher. Suppliers are relying more than ever on the strength of the distribution channel to secure design wins in this key market ...

Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation (“Toshiba”) has started volume shipments of the SmartMCD Series of gate driver [1] ICs with embedded microcontroller (MCU). The first product, ...