The nucleus of the ST9 comprises a core that includes the CPU, the register file, interrupt and DMA controllers, and the memory-management unit (MMU). The MMU lets you address as much as 4 Mbytes of ...

While regular Hackaday readers already know how to blink a LED with a microcontroller and have moved onto slightly more challenging projects such as solving the Navier-Stokes equations in 6502 ...

For OEMs of intelligent electronic devices, the demand for network connectivity and increased functionality networking creates new challenges for design engineers, while introducing many elements and ...

What are Microprocessors and Microcontrollers? Microprocessors and microcontrollers are essential components of an embedded system. These are single-chip processors that accelerate the computing ...

There was a time when microprocessors and microcontrollers were distinct devices. There was never a question as to which one you were dealing with. But changes in the memory architecture have muddied ...

Applications for the R4xxx µPs range from games to laser printers to workstations. Most R4xxx processors implement the MIPS III-architecture instruction set, which provides 64-bit integer registers, ...