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MCU decision focuses on price, performance and power consumption

By Jeff Bock Starting with a blank page, you may not have a clear-cut picture whether to use an 8-bit microcontroller (MCU) or a 32-bit controller in your next embedded design. To make that...  >>  

Which RTOS To Use? Often "Less Is More"

By John A. Carbone, Express Logic, Inc. For many, real time operating system (RTOS) selection took a sharp turn with the advent of the Linux operating system. Developers, of every kind of device from consumer electronics to set-top boxes, enamored with Linux as an open source desktop OS, felt that it could be used as a target OS for embedded applications. These developers saw the cost-free...  >>  

Creating Scalable Embedded Applications with the Flexis Microcontrollers

By Jeff Bock, Freescale Semiconductor Updating my recent blog on easing the migration path between 8-bit and 32-bit microcontrollers ( Continuum strategy ), I’d like to tell you about the...  >>  

Smoothing the Migration Path Between 8-bit and 32-bit Devices

By Jeff Bock, Freescale Embedded developers are continually looking for the optimal microcontrollers for their system designs – without counting bits. Developers simply want the right level...  >>