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.

Toshiba announced a flash microcontroller that is specifically designed to meet the needs of modern home appliance applications including washing machines, dryers, and dishwashers. The TMP86FS49 ...

8-bit MCUs continue to thrive via continued innovations in several areas including memory, power consumption, packaging, and core-independent peripherals (CIPs). New generations of MCUs incorporate an ...

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” ...

http://www.dalsemi.comAt first glance, using an 8-bit microcontroller to connect to a network seems as far-fetched as playing Everquest on a Timex Sinclair. In ...

Next-Generation 8-Bit Device with SuperFlash® Technology Provides Low Power, Low Voltage, Large-Capacity Memory and Performance Comparable to That of 16-Bit MCUs SAN JOSE, Calif., January 22, ...

The rise in popularity of 32-bit microcontroller (MCU) devices across the embedded community comes as no surprise. These function-rich devices suit an array of different applications, which explains ...

[Paul] has been working on porting over Arduino libraries for use with the Teensy microcontroller platform. This tends to be pretty simple since they both use the same Atmel chip architecture. But ...

The long-awaited Arduino Due just hit the market, replacing the 8-bit, 16MHz brain of the popular Uno microcontroller prototyping platform with a 32-bit, 84MHz processor, while augmenting inputs and ...

[Craig] sent in a link to this project which manages to implement color tracking on an 8-bit microcontroller at 60 frames per second. That’s some pretty incredible performance, but we’re also not ...