This article presents the first of a six-part series of learning the peripheral functions of a microcontroller that is the GPIO (General-purpose Input/Output). It discusses the important peripheral, ...

The ESP32 has been a go-to microcontroller platform for a while now, thanks to its versatile capabilities, integrated Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity, and low power consumption. It’s ideal for a wide ...

When the first Raspberry Pi rolled off the production line back in 2012 it sported a 26-pin expansion header that seemed to conceal endless possibilities. A later upgrade to the 40-pin header we have ...

Toshiba is developing an interface IC for the automotive CXPI (clock extension peripheral interface) bus whose hardware logic “can control data communication by CXPI protocol and GPIO, eliminating the ...

Freescale has just introduced the world’s smallest ARM Cortex-powered microcontroller unit (MCU), the Kinetis KL02. Compared with its nearest competitor, the Kinetis consumes 25% less board area yet ...