Bit-Tech

BBC unveils finalised micro:bit microcontroller

The BBC has formally unveiled the final design of its Micro Bit educationally-targeted microcontroller, now known under the trendier title of micro:bit, and has committed to releasing its design under ...
Design-Reuse

Luminary Micro Announces Availability of Thirteen New Stellaris(TM) 32-bit Microcontrollers Based on ARM(R) Cortex(TM)-M3 Core

Luminary Micro Has Delivered 19 Stellaris Microcontrollers to Market in Three Months as 'ARM for $1.00' Eliminates Economic Entry Barriers to 32-bit Performance ...
Houston Chronicle

(PRN) Luminary Micro Announces 32-bit Microcontrollers for $1.00 - First to Launch Products Based on the ARM Cortex-M3 Processor

AUSTIN, Texas, March 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Luminary Micro (http://www.luminarymicro.com), a fabless semiconductor company that designs, markets, and sells ARM(R) Cortex ...
EDN

More for Less: Stable Future for 8-bit Microcontrollers

The venerable 8-bit microcontroller just keeps chugging along. Despite the performance advantages of its 16- and 32-bit siblings, 8-bit micros still accounted for a substantial percentage of the ...
Hackaday

Micro:bit

The Micro:bit is a fun microcontroller development platform, designed specifically for educational use. Out of the box, it’s got a pretty basic sound output feature that can play a single note at a ...
Design-Reuse

Luminary Micro Launches Four New Stellaris(TM) 32-bit Microcontrollers Based on ARM(R) Cortex(TM)-M3

Company That Brought ARM for $1.00 to Embedded Developers Now Incorporates Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) and Motion Control Into MCUs AUSTIN, Texas, May 22, 2006 ...
Houston Chronicle

(PRN) Luminary Micro Launches Five New Stellaris(R) Microcontrollers Based on ARM(R) Cortex(TM)-M3

World's First and Only Silicon Implementation of Cortex-M3 Offers Increased The Stellaris line of MCUs, which won four awards in 2006, brings highperformance 32-bit computing to cost-sensitive ...
Hackaday

Micro:Bit Gets Pseudo-Polyphonic Sound With Neat Hack

The Micro:bit is a fun microcontroller development platform, designed specifically for educational use. Out of the box, it’s got a pretty basic sound output feature that can play a single note at a ...
Business Wire

Aquiba Selects Energy Micro Low Power Microcontroller for Next Generation Smart Water Meter

OSLO, Norway--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Energy Micro has announced that Aquiba, a joint venture between Sentec and Takahata Precision, has selected Energy Micro’s energy friendly EFM32 Gecko microcontroller ...
Electronics Weekly

Energy Micro starter kit for EFM32 Gecko microcontroller range

Energy Micro has introduced a low cost starter kit for its EFM32 Gecko microcontroller family. Priced at $69, the kit provides the basic functionality a system developer needs to build energy ...
Electronics Weekly

8-bit microcontroller operates at 18microA

NEC introduced a low-power 8-bit microcontroller which running off a 2.7V supply operates at full speed, consumes 18µA (typical) and has a standby current of 0.9µA (typical). The µPD789881 also ...
BBC

The BBC micro:bit partnership

The BBC micro:bit’s formal product partners have led on the software, hardware, design, manufacture and distribution of the device, whilst our formal product champions are playing a vital role in ...