Legacy contact smart card IC technologies have been instrumental in the development of the contactless and dual-interface electronic government ID and payment card markets, and are still in use today.

As you may recall, in my previous column, I started to consider why the 30-year-old eight-bit 8051 microcontroller remains a valuable player in the embedded systems game. The days, months, and years ...

As electronics take on ever-increasing roles in automotive systems, greater scrutiny will be placed on those electronics that are employed in control systems. X-By-Wire systems, that is, steer- and/or ...

The 8051 8-bit microcontroller just keeps plugging away, adding new peripherals, speed grades, and packaging. Among the latest advances is Dallas Semiconductor's 8051 implementation that delivers a ...

Proven quality, low risk, broad ecosystem, and excellent technical support make CAST’s 8051s a cost-effective solution for many system functions Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey — May 30, 2023 — ...

Microcontrollers continue to improve their networking capabilities. CMX's DHCP Client, one of these improvements, eliminates the need to use fixed IP addresses on a range of 8- and 16-bit ...

[Marius Taciuc’s] latest endeavor, the B4 Thinker, offers a captivating glimpse into microcontroller architecture through a modular approach. This proof-of-concept project is meticulously documented, ...

Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) announced today that it has shipped its 500 Millionth AVR(R) Flash Microcontroller. Atmel introduced the AVR 8-bit Microcontroller Architecture in 1997. Over the ...