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

ARM Cortex-M3 System Design and Implementation: STM32 Basics

ARM Cortex-M3 System Design and Implementation: STM32 Basics

Call Number: TP332/7 Author: Guo Shujun, Wang Yuhua (Editors) Content Recommendation: This book takes the STM32 series 32 bit Flash MCU as an example, adhering to the principle of “starting simple” and using direct register manipulation as the design method, to introduce the ARM Cortex-M3 system design and implementation. The book consists of 10 chapters: … Read more

What Are Embedded Systems and Microcontrollers?

What Are Embedded Systems and Microcontrollers?

Those working in the field of computer or electronic information must have heard of embedded systems and microcontrollers, right? Many people should know that these two terms are closely related to hardware systems. Just hearing them makes one think of circuit boards filled with chips and pins: However, if you ask what exactly embedded systems … Read more

Introducing N32G430: A New Benchmark in Cost-Performance for Arm Cortex-M4F

Introducing N32G430: A New Benchmark in Cost-Performance for Arm Cortex-M4F

On June 8, Guomin Technology officially launched the N32 MCU new member N32G430, which is based on the 32-bit high-performance Arm Cortex-M4F core with a clock speed of up to 128MHz. This series features a rich variety of models and offers a compact, general-purpose design comparable to the price of Arm Cortex-M0 core products, establishing … Read more

Are Embedded Systems and Microcontrollers the Same?

Are Embedded Systems and Microcontrollers the Same?

Anyone working in information technology must have heard of embedded systems and microcontrollers. These two terms are closely related to hardware systems. However, if you ask what exactly embedded systems are and what microcontrollers are, and what the differences between them are, I believe most people would not be able to explain clearly. Today, I … Read more

First Impressions of High-Performance Domestic Dual-Core Bluetooth MCU

First Impressions of High-Performance Domestic Dual-Core Bluetooth MCU

The Breadboard Community – Review Center is currently conducting a review activity for the Furui Kun Development Board. I received a board from the administrator to experience it in advance. Everyone can apply by themselves, 300 boards, with a high “hit rate”. Scan to Apply for Furui Kun FR3068E Development Board Now, let me give … Read more

Differences Between ARM-Linux Development and MCU Development

Differences Between ARM-Linux Development and MCU Development

Click to receive for free Regarding the development of ARM-Linux programs, it is mainly divided into three categories: application development, driver development, and system kernel development. Different types of software development have their own characteristics. Today, let’s take a look at the differences between ARM-Linux development and MCU development, as well as the basic development … Read more

Choosing Between General MCUs and Edge AI Chips: Arm or RISC-V?

Choosing Between General MCUs and Edge AI Chips: Arm or RISC-V?

The development of computing over the past 30 years can be roughly divided into three stages: in 1995, Microsoft Windows opened the PC era dominated by x86 architecture CPUs; in 2007, Apple’s iPhone ushered in the smartphone era led by Arm architecture; and in 2012, the success of the convolutional neural network AlexNet based on … Read more

Understanding the Complex Relationships Among MCU, ARM, DSP, FPGA, and Embedded Systems

Understanding the Complex Relationships Among MCU, ARM, DSP, FPGA, and Embedded Systems

First, the term ’embedded’ is a concept without a precise definition, as each book offers its interpretation. However, the main idea is the same: compared to general systems like PCs, embedded systems are specialized systems with a streamlined structure, retaining only the necessary hardware and software while discarding the unnecessary parts. Therefore, embedded systems generally … Read more

Summary of Common Chip Types

Summary of Common Chip Types

Source:Failure Analysis and Reliability Testing of Semiconductor Components Author:Chip Failure Analysis With the prosperity of modern electronic products, chips have become an indispensable component of various electronic devices. Although chips may sound somewhat abstract, they can actually be categorized into different types. Let’s explore some common types of chips together. 1. Microcontroller (MCU) A microcontroller … Read more