Microcontrollers

2011/04
Guidelines for Meeting IEC 60730 Class B Requirements with FM3 MCUs – Fujitsu ARM Cortex — FM3 family microcontrollers (MCUs) offer a variety of integrated functional safety features that suit home appliances, white goods and other motor-control applications. Fujitsu also provides an extensive library of safety-related software routines to make these features easier to use. Because these software routines are compliant with International Electro-Technical Commission (IEC) safety standards, using the routines greatly simplifies IEC certification for the final product.

2010/02/17
Improving Brushless DC Motor Control for Better Efficiency and Performance in Industrial, White and Brown Goods – To compete in a market increasingly driven by efficiency concerns, vendors of industrial machines and household appliances must make best use of high efficiency brushless DC (BLDC) motors. Today’s microcontrollers offer the compute power and specialized features needed to leverage BLDC motors while minimizing implementation costs. The most useful microcontroller features are specialized timers and onchip CPU accelerators that eliminate the need for an external digital signal processor (DSP) — even in sensorless control applications.

2007/08/15
Taking Full Advantage of New, Low Power MCUs – New low power 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit microcontrollers designed for portable and battery-powered handheld products include an impressive set of new features, including low power capabilities. To optimize performance and take full advantage of these MCUs, designers must understand the flexible clocking systems, resource event-driven features, and -- perhaps most important -- the way to transition to and from standby and other low power modes.

2007/07/01
How to Build a Simple and Inexpensive FlexRay™ Node – Adoption of the next-generation automotive protocol, FlexRay™, is rapidly underway now, as automakers and their OEMs implement the standard in safety, comfort, and information systems and networks. FlexRay provides the significant advantage of deterministic behavior, includes a dual-redundant channel, and uses scalable static and dynamic message transmission that deliver guaranteed message latency time.

2006/05/01
Taking Full Advantage of The FlexRay™ Network for Motor Vehicles – The FlexRay™ networking standard for motor vehicles provides a foundation that will shape the control structure of automotive electronics for many years to come. FlexRay serves as the next step beyond CAN and LIN, enabling the reliable management of many more safety and comfort features. FlexRay suits X-by-Wire applications, for example.

2007/06/13
Build a Simple and Inexpensive FlexRay Node – Author: Neelima Chaurasia
Publication: Automotive Designline

2007/06/01
Understanding How to Use Low Power MCUs – Author: Sandhya Malliikarjun
Publication: ECN

2006/11/14
Benefits of 32-bit MCUs – Author: Akio Nezu and Sandhya Mallikarjun
Publication: Electronic Products

2006/11/14
32-bit MCUs – Author: Akio Nezu
Publication: EE Times Asia

2006/08/23
IDB-1394 and SmartCODEC – Author: Wolfgang W. and Akio Nezu
Publication: Video Designline

2006/05/01
Taking Full Advantage of The FlexRay™ Network for Motor Vehicles – Author: Neelima Chaurasia

2006/01/06
Evaluation kit aids FlexRay application development – Author: Neelima Chaurasia
Publication: EE Times Asia