http://www.dalsemi.comAt first glance, using an 8-bit microcontroller to connect to a network seems as far-fetched as playing Everquest on a Timex Sinclair. In ...

Eight-bit microcontrollers-called that because they operate on data eight bits at a time-continue to dominate the microcontroller market, although 32-bit controllers are showing faster market growth.

Microcontrollers have come a long way, with 8-bit MCUs demonstrating tremendous resilience and application innovations through advances in memory, power consumption, packaging, and peripherals. 8-bit ...

Series of 8-bit microcontrollers with embedded flash memory ranging from 8 to 128 Kbytes comes in 30 to 80-pin packages; has operating speeds up to 20 MHz, supply voltages ranging from 1.8 to 5.5 V ...

T hanks to its reconfigurable peripherals, the original programmable system-ona- chip (PSoC) from Cypress Semiconductor is one of the major microcontroller advances of the past decade. However, its ...