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Electronica Azi International is offering readers the chance to win an 8-Bit Wireless Development Kit from Microchip.

Electronica Azi International is giving readers the chance to win a MPLAB Xpress Evaluation Board from Microchip.

Microchip announces a flexible, low-cost, renewable monthly subscription license for the PRO editions of its award-winning MPLAB® XC line of C compilers. The MPLAB XC8, XC16 and XC32 compilers offer reduced complexity, and provide the best execution speed and code size for all ~1,400 PIC® microcontrollers (MCUs) and dsPIC® Digital Signal Controllers (DSCs), and are […]

Win the Microchip Explorer 8 Development Kit (DM160228) from EPE&Dee! The kit is a full-featured development board and platform for 8-bit PIC® microcontrollers. This kit is a versatile development solution, featuring several options for external sensors, off-board communication and human interface. Additionally, it offers ample room for expansion, making it an excellent solution for developers […]

Silicon Labs introduced the latest member of its EFM8 8-bit MCU portfolio designed for ultra-low-power, small-footprint IoT applications with capacitive touch sensing requirements. The new EFM8SB1 Sleepy Bee MCUs, available in a 1.78 mm × 1.66 mm wafer-level chip-scale package (WLCSP), are the industry’s smallest MCUs – one-fourth the size of 8-bit MCUs in conventional […]

Microchip announces an expansion of the development platform for its growing portfolio of innovative 8-bit PIC® microcontrollers (MCUs) with Core-Independent Peripherals (CIPs). Designers can combine these building blocks to perform application functions autonomously, and they can be interconnected with an increasing amount of integrated intelligent analogue peripherals. Because these functions are deterministically and reliably performed […]

The growth in counterfeit components over the past decade has become a key source of concern for everyone in the electronics industry, from component manufacturers through to end-users. Since the early 1990s, the trade in counterfeit goods has risen eight times faster than trade in legitimate goods. The Electronic Component Industry Association (ECIA) has estimated […]

2014 Market Share Grows in 8, 16 and 32-bit MCUs; Breaks Into Top 10 for 32-bit. Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, has reclaimed the number-one position in worldwide 8-bit microcontroller (MCU) revenue, according to industry analyst firm Gartner’s just-published 2014 rankings. This validates Microchip’s unwavering commitment and […]

SEGGER has added support for Silicon Labs’ 8051 family of 8-bit microcontrollers (MCUs) to its industry-leading J-Link family of debug probes. This includes run control as well as download into RAM and Flash of all supported devices. J-Link is known for having the highest debug and download performance into RAM and flash memory on all […]

At Electronica 2014, Atmel® Corporation launched its next-generation of 8-bit megaAVR® MCUs. Ranging from 4KB to 16KB Flash memory, the new devices provide next-generation enhancements including additional analog functionality and features for the latest low-power consumer, industrial, white goods and Internet of Things (IoT) applications. Since its initial launch in 2002, Atmel’s megaAVRs, the company’s […]