Category Archives: Microcontrollers

Low Power to the People!

Posted on May 30, 2012 by John Donovan

No, this isn’t another of Donovan’s rants, it’s a DAC Pavilion Panel on low-power design that I’ll be moderating on Monday morning. Here’s your chance to grill the gurus–well, three of them anyway–on numerous aspects of low-power design. It’s in … Continue reading →

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Hands On: Evaluation Kit Eases Lighting Design Starts

Posted on October 28, 2011 by John Donovan

Normally you order an evaluation kit to check out whether a particular microcontroller seems appropriate for a design you have in mind; if everything seems OK, you then order a more costly development kit to prototype your design. Cypress’ CY3267 PowerPSoC … Continue reading →

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How Green Is Your MCU?

Posted on April 27, 2011 by John Donovan

With energy efficient, ‘green’ designs devices being all the rage, embedded developers need to be asking semiconductor vendors, “How green is your MCU?” (OK, so it’s black. Work with me here.) Ever since Intel hit the Power Wall in 2004—when … Continue reading →

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