The rise in popularity of 32-bit microcontroller (MCU) devices across the embedded community comes as no surprise. These function-rich devices suit an array of different applications, which explains ...

If you’ve read through the comments on Hackaday, you’ve doubtless felt the fires of one of our classic flame-wars. Any project done with a 32-bit chip could have been done on something smaller and ...

Before we dig into core architectures and other technical details, it's important to convey some general guidelines and context. In my college days, I remember taking a test and being so intent on ...

Designers are often faced with a decision on which microcontroller variety to use, and are left to parse out the differences between 8-, 16-, and 32-bit MCUs. 16-bit MCU was previously favored in some ...

Modern embedded designs require a wide range of capabilities, including low power support, high performance/throughput, function-rich peripherals, different ...

… or is the 16-bit microcontroller family dead? Over the years, the lines have blurred between the 8-, 16-, and 32-bit microcontroller families with designers confused to when they should select which ...

CPUs that process 32 bits as a single unit, compared to 8, 16 or 64. Although 32-bit CPUs were used in mainframes as early as the 1960s, personal computers began to migrate from 16 to 32 bits in the ...