"Innovate or die" is a pretty good mantra for most of the chip industry, and it's certainly true for Silicon Labs (NASDAQ:SLAB). This diversified chipmaker's stock has spent most of the last four ...

Piezoelectric buzzers find wide use in embedded systems for audible-signal generation. You can drive a piezoelectric element directly from a microcontroller’s I/O pins, but the maximum voltage rating ...

Deep in the heart of your latest project lies a little silicon brain. Much like the brain inside your own bone-plated noggin, your microcontroller needs protection from the outside world from time to ...

Microchip Technology announces its portfolio of GNSS Disciplined Oscillator (GNSSDO) Modules that integrate the company’s ...

Maxim Integrated Products (www.maxim-ic.com) has introduced the MAX7387-MAX7391 family of silicon oscillators, which offer the supervisory functions of medium-accuracy silicon oscillators in a single, ...

Atmel’s new AM3S and SAM3N flash Cortex-M3 microcontrollers are compatible with the earlier SAM7S flash ARM7 series and can offer more powerful peripherals, more performance and bigger memories. The ...