This article reviews the relative strengths and weaknesses of microcontroller (MCU), digital signal processor (DSP), field programmable gate array (FPGA) and application-specific integrated circuit ...

Selecting the right microcontroller for a product can be a daunting task. Not only are there a number of technical features to consider, there are also business case issues such as cost and lead-times ...

Although the CRT has largely disappeared from our everyday lives, there was a decades-long timeframe when this was ...

The Ultra-Low-Power Microcontroller Market was valued at 1.05 billion in 2022 and is expected to grow at a steady rate of around 24.5% in the forecasted period (2023-2030) owing to the rising ...

We’ve seen LCDs with touch input before, but what if the LCD itself could be used as a touch sensor? That’s exactly what YouTuber CNLohr has accomplished with his latest project, combining a 7-segment ...

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 ...

Espressif yourself.

This circuit solved a problem encountered in developing a portable device with an ARM Cortex-M0 processor. The power supply consisted of two AA batteries (2 × 1.5 V), and I needed to signal the user ...