Why should microcontroller (MCU) “bit size” matter to a system designer? After all, developers are looking for an MCU that does the job for a particular application at a reasonable price. Next on the ...

Chandler, Ariz. — Microchip Technology announced eight members of the PIC24F 16-bit microcontroller family, which extend the line into smaller 28- and 44-pin packages with 16 to 64 Kbytes of Flash ...

The automotive electronics industry continues to expand its use of 8-bit and 16-bit microcontrollers (MCUs). With the MCU being the cornerstone of electronic control modules (ECMs), from safety ...

Increasing competition from lower cost 32-bit microcontrollers has prompted suppliers to reposition their workhorse 16-bit MCUs. Renesas Technology is one of a number of MCU suppliers looking at ways ...

The 16-bit microcontroller was in danger of becoming the forgotten technology of the Internet revolution. Too expensive to compete with low cost 8-bit micros and lacking the performance and power ...

Microchip’s dsPIC and PIC24 line of 16-bit microcontrollers has become every popular even as some concentrate on 8- and 32-bit product lines. Well, there are plenty of applications where 16-bit ...

Users of portable devices could soon be worrying less about recharging their batteries. NEC Electronics America Inc. Monday announced a line of 16-bit “all flash” microcontroller units (MCU), meant ...

SAN FRANCISCO & CAMAS, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 13, 2002-- Sharp Microelectronics of the Americas (SMA) today adds to its BlueStreak family of microcontrollers (MCUs) a highly integrated line ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The new Microcontroller Market Research from Technavio indicates Negative and Inferior growth in the short term as the business impact of COVID-19 spreads. "One of the primary ...