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The Collision of MCU and LLM: Exploring the Possibilities of AIoT

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The Collision of MCU and LLM: Exploring the Possibilities of AIoT

Click below👇“AI Knowledge Exchange”Follow our official account “The table lamp at home suddenly understands human speech, factory machines proactively report faults, and children’s toys can assist with homework… These scenarios are no longer science fiction! Recently, a technological trend has been quietly brewing—connecting the traditionally ‘silent’ Microcontroller Units (MCUs) with large AI models. What possibilities … Read more

Analysis of Local MCU Companies’ 2024 Financial Reports: Recovery in Consumer Electronics, Automotive Sector Still Burning Cash

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Analysis of Local MCU Companies' 2024 Financial Reports: Recovery in Consumer Electronics, Automotive Sector Still Burning Cash

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 Five Core Companies in the MCU Chip Industry!

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The Five Core Companies in the MCU Chip Industry!

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

In-Depth Comparison of MCU Assembly Language and C Language: From Principles to Practice

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In-Depth Comparison of MCU Assembly Language and C Language: From Principles to Practice

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

Common MCU Products with DAC

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Common MCU Products with DAC

In the open-source oscilloscope differential measurement probe – PD150, there is an MCU with DAC functionality that can provide bias voltage compensation for operational amplifiers.Recently, I have been working on this product It looks very nice but it is a PIC (ATSAMD10D14A), which is not well-suited for domestic use (it’s my fault for not knowing … Read more

Is There Any Meaning in Running RTOS on an 8-bit MCU?

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Is There Any Meaning in Running RTOS on an 8-bit MCU?

Most people start learning about microcontrollers with the most basic 8-bit MCUs. Generally, the most common 8-bit microcontroller series are: the 51 series, AVR series, and PIC series.Recently, there was a discussion in a group about a question: Is there any meaning in running RTOS on a 51 microcontroller? Regarding this question, everyone has their … Read more

Where Do Over 30 Billion MCUs Used in Consumer Electronics Go Each Year?

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Where Do Over 30 Billion MCUs Used in Consumer Electronics Go Each Year?

The trend of smart appliances in the home appliance industry began several years ago and has become more pronounced and rapid in recent years. Whether it is traditional black appliances, white appliances, or the rapidly developing kitchen appliances and smart small home appliances, they have all incorporated smart elements to varying degrees. Currently, the smart … Read more

Texas Instruments: Automotive Grade Chips Priced Over 100 Yuan

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Texas Instruments: Automotive Grade Chips Priced Over 100 Yuan

These chips are primarily used in the automotive field and can be categorized based on their functions and features into types such as System on Chip (SoC), Analog-to-Digital Converters (ADC), Digital Signal Processors (DSP), Microcontrollers (MCU), Radar Sensors, Clock Jitter Cleaners, Analog Front Ends, and Digital Micromirror Device (DMD) Controllers: System on Chip (SoC) Used … Read more

Embedded Development Engineer: Coding, Soldering, and Repairing

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Embedded Development Engineer: Coding, Soldering, and Repairing

01 Identifying the ProblemI have a STM32F407G-DISC1 development board, with the MCU being STM32F407VGT6. Recently, I needed to use this board for a test, but it turned out to be non-functional. After sitting idle for a long time, it was prone to failure.I conducted some troubleshooting, first checking that there were no short circuits between … Read more

How to Port FreeRTOS to Your Project

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How to Port FreeRTOS to Your Project

1. Download FreeRTOS Official Website https://www.freertos.org/ 2. Source Code Composition Directory Composition FreeRTOS-LTS ├── aws │ ├── aws-iot-core-mqtt-file-streams-embedded-c │ ├── device-defender-for-aws-iot-embedded-sdk │ ├── device-shadow-for-aws-iot-embedded-sdk │ ├── fleet-provisioning-for-aws-iot-embedded-sdk │ ├── jobs-for-aws-iot-embedded-sdk │ └── sigv4-for-aws-iot-embedded-sdk ├── CHANGELOG.md ├── CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md ├── CONTRIBUTING.md ├── FreeRTOS │ ├── backoffAlgorithm │ ├── coreHTTP │ ├── coreJSON │ ├── coreMQTT │ ├── … Read more