This 8-bit microcontroller from Motorola features flash program memory, an analog-to-digital converter, and a type of watchdog timer that monitors whether the CPU is operating properly. The ...

Microcontrollers have come a long way, with 8-bit MCUs demonstrating tremendous resilience and application innovations through advances in memory, power consumption, packaging, and peripherals.

The venerable 8-bit microcontroller just keeps chugging along. Despite the performance advantages of its 16- and 32-bit siblings, 8-bit micros still accounted for a substantial percentage of the ...

The supplier of 8-bit and 32-bit PIC microcontrollers believes even quite sophisticated motor control can implemented with an 8-bit microcontroller. The company has created a number of hardware ...

Indeed, in 2014 -- 42 years after Intel’s rollout of the 8008 -- the godfather of microcontrollers accounted for 39.7% of overall sales revenues in the MCU market, according to Gartner Inc.’s “Market ...

Microchip Technology Inc. announced a new family of 8-bit microcontrollers (MCUs) featuring next-generation analog and digital peripherals, making them ideal for general-purpose applications, as ...

Although high-end processors, especially 32-bit MCUs, tend to be the center of attention these days, 8-bit MCUs are more than holding their own. In 2004, 8-bit microcontrollers are expected to ...