There are rumors of a cheap chip that does USB natively, has an Open Source toolchain, and costs a quarter. These aren’t rumors: you can buy the CH552 microcontroller right now. Surprisingly,… ...

We’re in an exciting time for cheap microcontrollers, as with both the rise of RISC-V and the split between ARM and its Chinese subsidiary, a heap of super-cheap and very capable parts are co… ...

Now you can buy the microcontroller itself as a standalone product for just $1. You can find a list of places to buy one (or a bunch) at Raspberry Pi’s RP2040 website .

Meet the Raspberry Pi Pico 2 W, a tiny board designed around a microcontroller that lets you build hardware projects at scale. Raspberry Pi is once again using the RP2350, its own, well-documented ...

The new version LPCXpresso 6 enhanced with improved features by leveraging technology from Code Red Technologies, a company recently acquired by NXP. In the new Free version users can download up to ...

Microcontrollers tend to be cheap, small, and very power efficient. As you can see in the picture above, the Pico 2 W has dozens of input and output pins on the sides (the small yellow holes all ...