A version of thie article appeared in the February 2012 issue of Test & Measurement World. See the PDF. Many industrial systems use the 4–20-mA loop to transmit measurements from sensors to displays, ...

A href=”http://www.rfid-world.com/features/consumer-devices/212201278″>TI: Microcontroller for Contactless Smart IC–Part I RF360 Platform's use of MSP430 ...

EINDHOVEN, Netherlands--(BUSINESS WIRE)--October 27, 2008--NXP Semiconductors, the independent semiconductor company founded by Philips, will launch its state-of-the art microcontroller smart card IC ...

GUEST OPINION: Choosing a suitable microcontroller is a crucial stage of any electronic system creation. MCU works as the brain of an application, managing the communication between components and ...

The new laser diode driver iC-HT permits microcontroller-based activation of laser diodes in CW mode. With this device laser diodes can be driven by either the optical output power (using APC), the ...

This circuit solved a problem encountered in developing a portable device with an ARM Cortex-M0 processor. The power supply consisted of two AA batteries (2 × 1.5 V), and I needed to signal the user ...

The new laser diode driver iC-HTP permits microcontroller-based driving of laser diodes with common cathodes or P-type laser diodes in CW mode (Continuous Wave). With this device either Automatic ...

This design, based on a Maxim MAX220 RS-232 driver/receiver IC, allows you to increase the number of USARTs (universal synchronous, asynchronous receiver/transmitters) available on a microcontroller.

[Lujji] is playing around with the STM8 microcontroller. In reviewing the official documentation for this chip, he read the external clock can be a sine wave, a triangle wave, or a square wave with a ...

Taiwan-based IC design firm Nuvoton said this week that price increases announced by Chinese microcontroller maker Cmsemicon have begun to narrow longstanding pricing gaps, prompting the return of ...