Microchip Technology Inc., has introduced a new member of the company's 8- and 14-pin PIC16F61X 8-bit PIC microcontroller (MCU) family, targeting cost-effective general-purpose applications. The ...

The audio player was built using an SD memory card and the ATtinyX5 series 8-pin AVR microcontroller. The SD audio player is able to output a wide frequency range audio signal since the ...

Eight-pin microcontrollers offer numerous peripheral features. However, the maximum number of I/O pins available is often limited to six, since two pins would be required for the chip's power supply.

Sometimes I am amazed by the ingenuity of a circuit. Sometimes I am amazed by the ingenuity of a circuit. I had such a moment when I first saw a 1997 application note for the PIC12C series of 8 pin ...

Atmel has introduced a 6-pin microcontroller. The 8bit AVR ATtiny10 has 1kbyte of flash and 32byte of SRAM in a 2x3mm SOT-23 package. Performance is claimed to be up to 12MIPS, and peripherals include ...

Chandler, AZ-based Microchip Technology today filed a complaint for patent infringement against San Jose, CA-based Zilog. The law suit, filed in the US District Court for the District of Arizona, ...