Armed with a fingerprint scanner and a photodiode, it reads a series of flashing lights from your computer screen in order to ‘synchronize’ the unit for each login session that is not ...

Sending pixels to a screen requires a lot of bandwidth, and despite thousands of hackers working for decades, generating VGA on an 8-bit microcontroller is rarely as good as a low-end video card ...

Microcontrollers are everywhere and their use is growing. But a better understanding of their characteristics and potential use cases can help when it comes to selecting and deploying ...

Apple backs off of breaking Face ID after DIY iPhone 13 screen replacements A software update is on the way that won’t require repair shops to transfer a microcontroller ...

A microcontroller might contain an embedded processor as part of its makeup, but also combines other computer parts, such as memory and signal registers, in a single chip.

STMicro faces a significant revenue decline, driven by underperformance in the Industrial Microcontrollers segment. Read why I remain very bullish on STM stock.

Makers, electronic enthusiasts and developers searching for a small LCD screen may be interested in the new low energy Bluetooth smart display now available ...

Mouser Electronics is now stocking the 32F769IDISCOVERY Discovery Kit from STMicroelectronics (ST), which provides a development platform for the STM32F7 series of high-performance microcontrollers.

Texas Instruments says it has shrunk the size of the smallest microcontroller unit in its industry with a new MCU the size of a black pepper flake. The MCU packaging is only 1.38 square ...

Diode D 1 , connected at pin 15 of the microcontroller, protects the microcontroller input from unexpected voltages when there are components connected outside of the main circuit board. Figure 2. The ...