Beginner-Friendly Embedded Concepts and Hardware Composition

Beginner-Friendly Embedded Concepts and Hardware Composition

1. Concepts of MPU, MCU, SoC, Application Processors https://www.microcontrollertips.com/microcontrollers-vs-microprocessors-whats-difference/ https://www.microcontrollertips.com/difference-microprocessors-application-processors/ In an electronic system, the processor occupies the most important position, known as the Central Processing Unit: CPU (Central Processing Unit). It reads data from IO devices, processes it, and then displays it. There are two development paths for CPUs: MPU and MCU. MPU is … Read more

National Technology N32 Series MCU Supports Automotive EDR Applications

National Technology N32 Series MCU Supports Automotive EDR Applications

Industrial Policy Drives the Large Market for Automotive EDR The Equipment Industry Development Center of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology released a notice regarding the implementation of GB7258-2017 Amendment No. 2, supplementing the “Technical Conditions for the Safety of Motor Vehicle Operations”. It clearly requires that starting from January 1, 2022, all newly … Read more

Fingerprint Recognition System Using MCU

Fingerprint Recognition System Using MCU

With the popularity of fingerprint recognition on smartphones, fingerprint recognition technology is being applied in more and more scenarios. In addition to mobile applications, it is also gradually popularized in embedded scenarios such as mobile payments, access control systems, and smart homes. In terms of system implementation, smartphones themselves have powerful computing capabilities and rich … Read more

Cortex-M4 High-Performance Industrial Microcontroller MCU

Cortex-M4 High-Performance Industrial Microcontroller MCU

[Field] Core Electronic Components [Central Enterprise Name] China Electronics Corporation [Technical Product Introduction] The Huada Semiconductor Microcontroller MCU features high reliability, making it particularly suitable for applications in harsh working environments. It is a core component for small system control in industrial, communication, transportation, and energy sectors. This technical product has been widely used in … Read more

MCUs Address Industrial Automation and IIoT Challenges

MCUs Address Industrial Automation and IIoT Challenges

The performance requirements of designers in industrial automation and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) are constantly changing. In terms of microcontrollers (MCUs), they seek faster processing speeds, more memory, better connectivity, and increased security features. At the same time, MCU manufacturers are brewing a new type of MCU to provide designers with a balance … Read more

Technical Sharing | Discussion on MM32F5 Series: Maximizing Throughput with Bus Design

Technical Sharing | Discussion on MM32F5 Series: Maximizing Throughput with Bus Design

This article is reprinted from the Jishu Community Jishu Column: Agile MM32 MCU Table of Contents Bus Architecture of MM32F5270 Case Study: Audio Player with Display Summary & Next The previous article introduced the MM32F5 series which utilizes the “Star” STAR-MC1 processor. If readers recall, the “Star” processor has a significant advantage over the M3 … Read more

Analysis of 50 Chinese MCU Suppliers’ Comprehensive Strength

Analysis of 50 Chinese MCU Suppliers' Comprehensive Strength

Click Blue Text Follow Us The global MCU market is mainly occupied by companies from Europe, the United States, Japan, and Taiwan. Only European companies NXP, U.S. companies Microchip, ST, and Infineon account for over 80% of the market share, while TI, Nuvoton, Rohm, Samsung, and Toshiba occupy 11.4%. The share held by mainland Chinese … Read more

How to Choose the Right Microcontroller: A Beginner’s Guide

How to Choose the Right Microcontroller: A Beginner's Guide

In electronic technology, the microcontroller unit (MCU) is undoubtedly the core “brain” embedded in various smart devices, making it extremely important and highly sought after in the market. Driven by high demand, many people choose to become microcontroller engineers. So, how should a beginner in electronics choose a microcontroller after learning and becoming proficient? 1. … Read more

Defining the Future at a New Starting Point: A Comprehensive Overview of GD32 MCU Product Family

1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34 …… Many people are familiar with this series of numbers, which is the famous Fibonacci sequence, also known as the “rabbit sequence.” This sequence has two obvious characteristics: first, the sum of the two preceding terms forms the next term; second, excluding the first four numbers, … Read more

Understanding FPGA, CPU, MCU, and SoC Chips

Understanding FPGA, CPU, MCU, and SoC Chips

Currently, there are two types of civilizations in the world: one is the carbon-based civilization composed of human society, and the other is the silicon-based civilization composed of various chips—because almost all chips are made from single crystal silicon, and the total number of chip systems is several dozen to hundreds of times more than … Read more