Legacy contact smart card IC technologies have been instrumental in the development of the contactless and dual-interface electronic government ID and payment card markets, and are still in use today.

Convergence Show -- Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) announced today the availability of the new AVR(R)-microcontroller-based RF transmitter family ATA577x for Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) ...

Targeting ultra-low-power applications, Texas Instruments’ RF430F5978 microcontroller (MCU) features enhanced read zone and battery performance. The device incorporates a 3D low-frequency (LF) wakeup ...

Atmel's microcontrollers and RF transceivers combined with ZigBee PRO technology deliver best in class, low energy consumption ZigBee Solutions SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Feb. 3, 2009 -- Atmel(R) Corporation ...

It includes a 3D low-frequency (LF) wake-up and transponder interface, an integrated 1 GHz RF transceiver and programmable MSP430 core. The LF transponder can even function without a battery supply.

In this article, I'll be explaining the basics of how microcontrollers work, physically and virtually. First off, microcontrollers are no simple thing, so don't be discouraged if you find it ...

Today, we are at the peak of technology product availability with the releases of the new iPhone models, Alexa-enabled devices, and more. In the coming days, there will be numerous international ...

Renesas Technology Corp. today announced the R32C/118 group of microcontrollers with on-chip flash memory, as part of the R32C/100 series. This new microcontroller group currently consists of two ...

Through very careful analysis of the RF spectrum, the AES keys can be extracted from the ether. Side channel attacks have received a bit more popularity over recent years. What was once limited to ...