PFC controls the amount of current drawn from the AC-voltage source. Line powered motor control applications continue to require more power efficiency and the ability to obtain regulated DC power ...

The year Intel rolled out its first 8-bit microprocessor, Apollo 17 landed on the Moon. The Volkswagen Beetle became the best-selling car in history, surpassing the Ford Model T. And “The Godfather” ...

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 ...

New Core to Enable Feature-Rich, Next-Generation 8-Bit Devices with Low Power, Low Voltage and Performance Comparable to 16-Bit MCUs SAN JOSE, Calif., September 6, 2006 — Toshiba America Electronic ...

Microchip Technology Inc. announced a new family of 8-bit microcontrollers (MCUs) featuring next-generation analog and digital peripherals, making them ideal for general-purpose applications, as well ...

Fujitsu Semiconductor announced the development of three new series in its F 2 MC-8FX family of high-performance 8-bit microcontrollers with embedded flash memory. The new products, which feature very ...

Thanks to its reconfigurable peripherals, the original programmable system-ona- chip (PSoC) from Cypress Semiconductor is one of the major microcontroller advances of the past decade. However, its ...

Leading microcontroller and touch solutions provider Atmel CorporationATML recently announced the launch of its new ATtinyArray02/Array04 microcontroller unit (MCU) -- the highest performing, low ...

The electronics for motion control systems, routers, and 3D printers are split into two camps. The first is 8-bit microcontrollers, usually AVRs, and are regarded as being slower and incapable of cool ...

The global 8-bit microcontroller market is witnessing steady expansion, primarily fueled by the rising adoption in consumer electronics, automotive systems, and industrial automation. With a market ...

MILPITAS, Calif. & BIEL, Switzerland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--IXYS Corporation (NASDAQ: IXYS), an international power semiconductor and IC company, has completed its previously announced acquisition of ...

Although the CRT has largely disappeared from our everyday lives, there was a decades-long timeframe when this was ...