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September - 2009

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Low Power Design Driven by Need for Non-Intrusive Applications
What are the latest hot buttons for users integrating ARM-based microcontrollers? NXP Semiconductor’s (www.nxp.com) Rob Cosaro, systems architecture manager in charge of NXP’s ARM-based
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Energy Scavenging And Storage Must Work Together
Designing embedded systems in energy-sensitive environments requires both attention to power details and a system-level view of overall energy architectures. Successful designers must
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Linux Meets Low Power
LPD: How does Linux 6 work with low power. Do you turn off certain parts of the chip that aren’t being used? Ready: There’s an analogy to the boot. It’s very dependent upon
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Following The WLAN Alphabet To Lower Power
The quest for low power in electronic devices is one that shows no sign of abating any time soon. Pressure for it comes from many different sources, such as the continual drive to pack
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The Impact of 3D Packaging
With semiconductor packaging becoming a more crucial piece of the Moore’s Law roadmap, the industry is still sorting out the impact of a 3D design and packaging approach on design
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NXP 70-MHz, 32-bit Cortex-M3™ microcontrollers LPC1300
Industry’s lowest power Cortex-M3 based microcontrollers NXP brings a new level of power performance to the ARM architecture with the LPC1300 series, the industry’s lowest-power

April - 2009

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8-Bit & 16-Bit
LPC9402 (Accelerated 8-bit MCU)
NXP 80C51-based MCUs LPC9402 Accelerated 8-bit MCU with universal LCD driver Equipped with a universal LCD driver, this accelerated microcontroller delivers performance
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Conflicting Requirements Drive the 8-bit Microcontroller Market
The 8-bit microcontroller market is a complex montage of conflicting design requirements. Users want low-cost chips that deliver high levels of integration and high performance. Unfortunately,
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Low-Power Capacitive Sensing with the Capacitive Sensing Module
The content on this page is a condensed version of Microchip Technology’s Technical Brief TB3014, which can be downloaded for free at www.microchip.com/lowpower. Visitors will also
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Run-Time Calibration of Watch Crystals
The content on this page is a condensed version of Microchip Technology’s Application Note AN1155, which can be downloaded for free at www.microchip.com/lowpower. Visitors will also
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Intelligent, Connected Devices Mean a Low Power, Scalable Future
Most engineers would agree that developing products that use less and less power requires a balance of integrated hardware and software implementation strategies. The challenges extends
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Embedded Medical Innovations
In embedded solutions for the medical industry, many see the grandest promises of technology fulfilled. For example, remote monitoring will allow patients to stay home while blood pressure,
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Multicore Meets Multimedia
Multicore chips may have met their ultimate partner in multimedia applications. For years, many hardware engineers and software developers have been questioning what will actually
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Mobile, Retail, and In-Home Entertainment
Intel brings the consumer world innovative technology for mobile- Internet devices, retail kiosks, and television. With the Mobile World Congress wrapping up in February, Intel and
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PC/104 Expands to Meet New Needs
This 17-year-old, small-form-factor, workhorse design platform continues to grow by incorporating PCI Express and accommodating lower-power CPUs. In just the last year, the PC/104

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Multicore
Achieving Business Goals with Wind River’s Multicore Software Solution
Device makers need to find ways to compete through reducing cost, boosting performance, and bringing innovative and differentiating functionality to market on time.

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