The microcontroller unit (MCU) sector has emerged from inventory destocking in 2025, with the easing of US-China tariff ...

We see it all the time on Digi-Key’s TechXchange forum: beginning electrical engineering enthusiasts looking to select their first microcontroller. With more than 36,000 microcontrollers to choose ...

Researchers have announced the development of a nonvolatile microcontroller unit (MCU) which achieves both high performance and ultra-low power by utilizing spintronics-based VLSI design technology.

Microchip Technology’s revenues have been increasing for nine consecutive quarters. Microchip Technology generates about 56% of its revenue from its microcontroller product line. The company holds a ...

Lots of projects use the microcontroller (uC) as the ‘brain’ – for example as an intelligent controller in the prototype of a flying machine. Although there are a number of solutions for powering a ...

The chip maker is billing the KL03 as "smaller than a golf ball dimple" —the 32-bit MCU with an ARM Cortex-M0+ computing core shrinks the preceding KL02 unit by 15 percent in a package that measures ...

Artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT show promise as a useful means in agriculture to write simple computer programs for microcontrollers, according to a study published this month.

When designing a system including a microcontroller unit (MCU), typically very little time and thought is given to the MCU’s power supply. End customers deem other system pieces such as MCU selection, ...

If you want a wearable Internet of Things, the electronics have to be as small and as energy efficient as possible. That’s why a new microcontroller by Freescale Semiconductor is notable. The company ...

Chinese microcontroller unit (MCU) suppliers are currently offering prices that are more than 30% lower than larger foreign competitors due to sluggish market demand. Second- and third-tier Chinese ...

US-based flash memory maker Spansion has announced that it has agreed to a deal to buy Fujitsu Semiconductor’s microcontroller and analog business for $175 million. The arrangement includes a $100 ...