Which microcontroller that costs under a dollar is best? That’s the question [Jay Carlson] tried to answer, and it’s the best microcontroller shootout we’ve ever read.

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You youngins probably don’t remember this, but a few years ago there was an arms race on Kickstarter to create the smallest Arduino-compatible microcontroller board. Since then, a few people … ...

Raspberry Pi is that rare sort of tech company that strives to create inexpensive, accessible products. The company’s latest project is perhaps its most impressive yet: a microcontroller board ...

Microcontrollers are everywhere and their use is growing. But a better understanding of their characteristics and potential use cases can help when it comes to selecting and deploying the ...

The embedded world is constantly changing. You might not have noticed, but if you take a minute to recall what a microcontroller system was like 10 years ago and compare it to today's latest ...

What if testing new hardware was as simple as prototyping on the web? That’s the mission of the Tessel, a microcontroller that makes it easy for web developers to start programming the Internet ...

A new level-shifting peripheral in MCUs called multi-voltage I/O (MVIO) can reduce design complexity and part count in embedded systems.

When designing a system, one of the most important design decisions is choosing what voltage domain(s) to use. Some voltage domains, such as 5 V, are good for noisy and harsh operating environments ...

It’s getting harder and harder to tell the difference between a microcontroller and an SOC (system on chip). Consider, for example, the SH7263 portable-media-player reference design from Renesas. It ...