Fifty cents goes much farther than it used to in the 8-bit microcontroller market. Microchip is selling the PIC16C505 one-time-programmable (OTP) part for 49 cents, and the PIC16CR54C ROM device for 40 cents. The 14-pin parts provide an upward migration path to increased I/O capability for designs based on the company's 8-pin controllers. The OTP part sports 1,024312 words of program memory, 72 x 8 bytes of user RAM, 12 I/O pins, and a 4-MHz internal clock oscillator. The ROM version offers 512 x 12 words of ROM program memory, 25 bytes of user RAM, and 12 I/O pins. Both operate from 2.5 to 5.5V, use 33 single-word instructions, and offer a full-speed 200-nsec instruction cycle at 20 MHz. Microchip Technology: Product Code 4277
Almost every automaker has had to 'pick a side' when it comes to alternative fuel options and ways to divest from a reliance on gasoline. Fiat is looking to back compressed natural gas or liquid propane as an interim solution.
Designing and filling a new type of water bottle might take less engineering work, but the description will help kids understand how science, math, and engineering influence their lives even through things that seem mundane.
Against a backdrop of mounting product complexity and a need to keep a lid on development costs, companies are recognizing a need to make simulation a more integral part of the design process. In response, vendors in the CAD world are building out CAE functionality as part of their CAD suites while simulation vendors are building tighter integrations to leading CAD tools. Keith Meintjes, Ph.D., Practice Manager, Simulation and Analysis at CIMdata, Inc., joins Design News CAD Editor Beth Stackpole in this radio program to explore the new face of integrated CAD and CAE, how companies are benefitting from this tighter partnership between platforms, and how integrating CAE earlier in the development cycle pays off in optimized product designs.
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