It’s generally pretty easy to spot a microcontroller on a PCB. There are clues aplenty: the more-or-less central location, the nearby crystal oscillator, the maze of supporting passives, and … ...

Technology Editor Bill Wong speculates why it is hard to find the best microcontroller.

The flash-based PIC family of microcontrollers is another popular choice. Since they aren’t quite as beginner or user-friendly, setting up a programmer for them is not as straightforward.

Last year, bitluni assembled a RISC-V supercluster consisting of 16 CH32V003 microcontrollers. The microcontrollers were dirt cheap at just 10 cents apiece, meaning it only cost a ...

The microcontroller socket market is gaining traction as demand for efficient testing, programming, and development tools in ...