These computers do not look and function the same as the servers and desktops that have long dominated the computing world. Instead, they take the form of microcontrollers with a processor, memory, ...

Surprises from this test include the Renesas RL-78 and its high performance, low cost, and the most power-efficient 5V part in the test. With all that said, what’s the best microcontroller?

No matter how quickly your write-compile-flash cycle has gotten on the microcontroller of your choice, it’s still less fun than writing blink_led() and having it do so right then and there.

A microprocessor is an integrated circuit that contains no memory. A microcontroller has the ability to store information. The size of a circuit can be significantly reduced. This is because ...