Recently, RT-Thread engineers completed the BSP adaptation based on the Renesas CPK-RA2L1 development board, supporting drivers for peripherals such as GPIO, UART, I2C, SPI, ADC, DAC, PWM, CAN, on-chip Flash, Watchdog, RTC, etc. With the support of Renesas engineers, the power component (low power LPM) adaptation was completed. Actual measurements show that the chip can … Read more
Abstract: To address the challenges of high difficulty and long development cycles in wireless sensor network application development, this paper analyzes the reasons behind these issues and the current state of wireless sensor network application development technologies. Following the principles of software engineering and component design, a four-layer architecture development platform model is proposed. Based … Read more
There are many types of LCD screens commonly used, with various interfaces. For example, some are directly driven by the processor, while others are modules with built-in driver ICs. I previously shared about the differences between 8080 and 6800 interfaces in LCDs. Now, let’s briefly summarize the differences between MCU screens and RGB screens, as … Read more
Since the application of IoT technology, the smart home industry has been developing rapidly, evolving from remote control to mobile remote control, and the network transmission signal has jumped from wired to wireless, reducing costs and promoting low-carbon energy saving. Among various wireless connection technologies, WiFi/BT/ZigBee are the most widely used and popular, each with … Read more
MCU stands for Microcontroller Unit, which is commonly known as a single-chip microcontroller. It reduces the CPU’s frequency and specifications appropriately and integrates memory, counters, USB, A/D conversion, UART, PLC, DMA, and other peripheral interfaces, even LCD driver circuits, into a single chip, forming a chip-level computer. This allows for different combinations of control for … Read more
Source: Semiconductor Industry Alliance MCU is the abbreviation for Microcontroller Unit, commonly known as a microcontroller. It reduces the frequency and specifications of the CPU appropriately and integrates memory, counters, USB, A/D converters, UART, PLC, DMA, and even LCD driver circuits onto a single chip, forming a chip-level computer for different application scenarios. MCU can … Read more
Source: ICisC Nanjing Integrated Circuit Industry Service Center 1. Concept: SPI: Serial Peripheral Interface The SPI flash is a flash storage device that operates through a serial interface. Flash memory is categorized into two types based on its internal storage structure: NOR flash and NAND flash. Here, SPI flash belongs to NOR flash! SPI flash … Read more
Word Count: 800 Content Quality Index: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Point One I am an embedded software engineer in the industrial control industry, working in a niche area of soft PLC low-level Runtime, which involves the QNX operating system and the uCOS operating system on MCU. Unlike typical embedded engineers, my work does not involve Linux applications. I … Read more
As cars enter the era of electrification and intelligence, the terminology arising from product transformation confuses consumers. For instance, terms related to chips such as CPU, GPU, NPU, SoC, etc. These parameters are particularly important, even rivaling some core component configurations from the era of fuel vehicles. This time, we will conduct a popular science … Read more
01 Concept of Automotive Semiconductors What Are Automotive Chips The concept of automotive semiconductors is broad, playing an important role in various fields such as automotive electrification, intelligence, connectivity, and sharing. They are categorized by function into automotive chips, power devices, sensors, etc. Among them, chips, also known as integrated circuits, have a very high … Read more