Category: Mcu
644/1284 Narrow – The smallest Atmega644/1284-based board
644 Narrow and 1284 Narrow are the simplest and perfect upgrade option for all your small footprint Arduino projects. The Narrow board gives you 2 to 8 times more flash and RAM resources as compared to a Uno/Nano, plus total compatibility. A large amount of effective Flash and...
Continue ReadingProgram ATtiny 0-Series Chips with This Miniature UPDI Dongle
This is a USB-stick sized UPDI programmer, for programming Microchip's new 0-series and 1-series ATtiny chips from the Arduino IDE. It's based on an ATmega328P, and is essentially an Arduino Uno on a USB stick, so you also could use it as a mini-sized Arduino Uno. by David...
Continue ReadingATtiny402 Timer with low power sleep mode
David Johnson-Davies published another great mini project. It's a Timer based on ATtiny402 and was build to demonstrate the low power sleep mode of the microcontroller. This article describes how to use the new 0-series and 1-series ATtiny microcontrollers in low-power projects, taking...
Continue ReadingNXP Launches The Gigahertz Microcontroller Era
NXP Semiconductors has announced the industry’s first crossover MCU, i.MX RT1170 28nm fully-depleted silicon-on-insulator (FD-SOI) microcontroller unit (MCU), which is a power-efficient design with real-time functionality, and MCU usability at an affordable price. It clocks its...
Continue ReadingNano Current Meter using ATtiny84
David Johnson-Davies published another great tiny project. He writes: This project describes a simple low-current meter I devised to check the sleep current of different microcontroller circuits, such as ones based on AVR microcontrollers. It's capable of measuring currents of between...
Continue ReadingEFM8UB1 Breakout – DIP scale USB-MCU board
This breakout board converts Silicon Labs' EFM8UB1 (Universal Bee series) to DIP scale. You can use the USB Type-C cable directly connected. 300mil width DIP16 pin shape (substrate size 27.0 mm × 7.6 mm) EFM8UB10F16G-C (16kBytes flash, 2304Bytes RAM, Internal OSC)...
Continue ReadingFirst 8-pin STM32 MCUs for smaller and more power-efficient smart objects
STM32G0 Entry-level Arm® Cortex®-M0+ MCUs The new STM32G0 Series is not simply another Arm® Cortex®-M0+ microcontroller. It sets a new definition of what an efficient microcontroller must offer. This is all about best optimization, down to each and every detail, to offer the best...
Continue Reading8-pin STM32 MCUs mix performance, compactness and flexibility
STMicroelectronics has launched a series of STM32 MCUs in an 8-pin package to provide simple embedded projects with 32-bit performance and flexibility in a small, cheap form factor. via www.eenewsembedded.com The four new STM32G0 devices have a combination of 8-pin economy and a 64MHz...
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