Embedded Systems

Microchip has introduced a line of 6-pin flash-based microcontrollers in SOT-23 packages, claiming them to be the world’s smallest. Called the PIC10F family, “these devices provide a solution for many markets and uses that are not typically served by microcontrollers today, including for example electronic glue to fix bugs for Asic and PCB designs”, said Microchip. Other applications that are ...

Tao Group, maker of the Intent multimedia platform for mobile devices, has announced a further investment of more than $7m, taking total funding in the firm to over $45m. Cross Atlantic Capital Partners invested in Tao for the second time. The additional funding coincides with a number of recent licence deals, said the firm, which include OEMs, original design manufacturers ...

ARC is moving further into the software market, with a package of products for developers of real-time industrial control systems. The London-based firm has combined its MQX real-time operating system with software drivers for CAN-bus, TCP/IP and USB; a graphical user interface library; and Internet code such as a web server and email protocols. In February ARC made a decision ...