For many years, the 8-bit microcontroller has been the workhorse of embedded systems. Design teams favor the size and power benefits that a tightly coupled processor, such as the 8051 microcontroller, ...

Editor’s note: Part 2 of “Intro to Embedded Systems” follows Part 1’s look at the general nature of embedded systems with another excerpt from the book “MSP430 Microcontroller Basics,” delving deeper ...

IAR Systems has partnered up with the semiconductor IP provider CAST Inc. to offer new possibilities for developers working with 8051-based applications. With the recently introduced version 9.10 IAR ...

The Difference Between an Embedded Processor & a Microcontroller. As computer systems become more and more ubiquitous in everyday items, the workings of those items will require some sort of ...

Students expressed creativity and ingenuity in the design of practical, microcontroller-based embedded systems for their final course projects.