CHANDLER, Ariz.–Looking to extend its leadership position in 8-bit microcontrollers, Microchip Technology Inc. is packing more punch in the mature but growing product segment. The company today ...

Technology races forward, and it's putting a lot of pressure on embedded-system developers. Competing in markets with increasingly complex applications, developers often face performance shortfalls ...

Eight-bit microcontrollers-called that because they operate on data eight bits at a time-continue to dominate the microcontroller market, although 32-bit controllers are showing faster market growth.

Will Strauss, president of Forward Concepts, said Freescale's move is part of a larger trend among microcontroller and DSP vendors to protect investments in software development by offering compatible ...

Two 8-bit Controller Area Network (CAN) microcontrollers in the PIC18F2580/2480 series are housed in 28-pin QFN packages measuring 6 mm x 6 mm. They include 16 KB or 32 KB of flash memory, an ECAN ...

Microchip Technology (www.microchip.com) has introduced a four-member PIC18F4685 family of low-power, 8-bit Controller Area Network (CAN) microcontrollers with 80 or 96 KB of flash and integrated ...

The controllers have 80 or 96-kbyte Flash program memory, 3.3-kbyte RAM, and 1-kbyte data EEPROM memory. The devices come in 28 and 44-pin package sizes for spaceconstrained applications. Other key ...