You youngins probably don’t remember this, but a few years ago there was an arms race on Kickstarter to create the smallest Arduino-compatible microcontroller board. Since then, a few people … ...

In this article, I'll be explaining the basics of how microcontrollers work, physically and virtually. First off, microcontrollers are no simple thing, so don't be discouraged if you find it mind ...

Nios is a proprietary microcontroller core; Excalibur is built around a high-performance ARM922T core. With a part like this, you can effectively create your own custom ASIC; it is an extremely ...

Editor’s note: Part 2 of “Intro to Embedded Systems” follows Part 1’s look at the general nature of embedded systems with another excerpt from the book “MSP430 Microcontroller Basics,” delving deeper ...

The company’s latest project is perhaps its most impressive yet: a microcontroller board that costs just $4. The Raspberry Pi Pico is tiny and ridiculously affordable.

TI's tiny microcontroller is the world's smallest and costs 20 cents This remarkable device is only a little larger than a pepper flake.