In the era of AI, MCUs (Microcontrollers) and sensors play a crucial role in driving the home appliance industry to integrate AI technology. This special feature will focus on these two areas, exploring the changing demands of smart home appliances for MCUs and sensors in the AI era, and interviewing representative companies in these fields … Read more
In this era of information explosion, learning has never been more important. Last time, we explored task management in FreeRTOS, and today, we will delve into the mysteries of message queues in FreeRTOS, adding valuable knowledge to your repository.Have you ever been confused about message queues in FreeRTOS but struggled to find answers? Don’t worry, … Read more
1. Introduction The previous article “Unlocking the Potential of LwIP: Easily Implementing Multi-NIC for MCU” mainly introduced how to utilize the high-speed USB 2.0 480Mbps interface of the Xianji Semiconductor high-performance MCU as a USB Host to connect USB 4G modules or USB network cards, and combined with the Ethernet PHY interface to achieve multi-NIC … Read more
Open source is a buzzword. A few years ago, the open-source architecture RISC-V emerged, creating significant waves in the chip design field due to its open characteristics.. Earlier this year, the open-source large model DeepSeek made a grand debut, igniting further interest in AI. Now, this wave has reached the FPGA . 01The World’s First … Read more
Follow+Star Public Account Number, don’t miss out on exciting content In recent years, starting with Apple’s release of theAirPods, the true wireless headset market has seen rapid growth, and theTWS/OWS headset market has also experienced significant sales increases. The charging cases that accompanyTWS headsets have developed rapidly alongside the headsets. This article introduces a design … Read more
In the field of embedded development, MCUs (Microcontrollers) have always been the core hardware platform in industrial control, automotive electronics, and smart home applications due to their low power consumption, high cost-effectiveness, and wide range of applications. However, as the complexity of MCU functions increases (such as automotive-grade chips supporting multi-bus communication and real-time control … Read more
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The market demand for MCUs has gradually revealed new characteristics and trends in 2024 after experiencing fluctuations in the previous two years. Although international MCU giants are generally under pressure in their 2024 financial reports, Chinese MCU companies are seizing opportunities to increase their market share amid the global industrial chain restructuring…According to the “2024 … Read more
The scale of China’s MCU chip industry is expanding, driven by the electrification and intelligence of automobiles, leading to a high increase in demand for automotive MCUs.A microcontroller unit (MCU) is a chip that integrates a CPU, memory, input/output interfaces, etc., with 8-bit and 32-bit being the main types on the market. China’s MCU chip … Read more
1. Essential Differences: Low-Level Control vs High-Level Abstraction 1.1 Assembly Language: Direct Mapping to Hardware Assembly language is a mnemonic representation of machine instructions, closely coupled with the MCU architecture. Taking the assembly of ARM Cortex-M as an example: ; Add registers R1 and R2, store the result in R0 ADD R0, R1, R2 ; … Read more