The trend toward multi-core devices is well underway in PCs, but in embedded systems, there's more focus on augmenting single-core devices with an array of peripherals. As geometries shrink, the cost ...

Taking advantage of built-in and external 8051 peripherals can be a chore given the wide range of MCU parts available. Hi-Tech Software's Hi-Tech C for 8051 version 9.01 tackles the problem with its ...

Sophisticated peripherals are space eaters. Left unused, they can consume needed power. Ubicom's IP3023 takes a different approach to peripherals. The IP3023 contains ...

Another technique common to both embeddedprocessor performance optimization and embedded processor poweroptimization is software pipelining. Software pipelining is a techniquewhere the programmer ...

USB has become the standard way for devices to communicate with a PC. From general-purpose devices, such as flash drives and mice, to special-purpose devices for specific applications, this standard ...

With data-transfer rates as high as 480 Mbps, USB 2.0 offers embedded-system designers a full spectrum of connectivity through a single connector. The USB On-The-Go supplement reduces bus-power ...

In his most recent column, “A SPIFI new idea,” Jack Gannsle expresses his pleasure in the capabilities of a new flash memory interface from ST Microelectronics, which uses a Serial Peripheral ...

AMD said on Tuesday it will offer the new G series embedded platforms early next year, as part of its Fusion strategy based on the development of accelerated processor units (APUs). "In 2011, AMD will ...

For many years, the 8-bit microcontroller has been the workhorse of embedded systems. Design teams favor the size and power benefits that a tightly coupled processor, such as the 8051 microcontroller, ...