A boot-loader is an application whose primary purpose is to allow a systems software to be updated without the use of specialized hardware such as a JTAG programmer. In certain cases, it can also be ...

While things like the Arduino platform certainly opened up the gates of microcontroller programming to a much wider audience, it can also be limiting in some ways. The Arduino IDE, for example, abs… ...

The Difference Between an Embedded Processor & a Microcontroller. As computer systems become more and more ubiquitous in everyday items, the workings of those items will require some sort of ...

Crossware has been careful to take into account the huge legacy of 8051 based designs with its latest starter kit for Philips LPC210X ARM-based microcontrollers. A notable feature of the kit is that ...

Before the Arduino took over the hobby market (well, at least the 8-bit segment of it), most hackers used PIC processors. They were cheap, easy to program, had a good toolchain, and were at the hea… ...

Java Processor start-up Digital Communication Technologies (DCT) is setting its sights firmly on becoming a fabless chip company following the appointment of Tony Webster as CEO. “We are going to turn ...

“STMicroelectronics is well recognized for anticipating market trends and the evolution towards 32-bit MCU technology is firmly in its sights,†said Jim Nicholas, general manager, Microcontroller ...

NXP provides the complete range of ARM-based 32-bit microcontroller portfolio from the ARM7TDMI®, the ARM968™, the ARM926™, to the Cortex-M3, Cortex-M0 and now Cortex-M4 processors. This award ...