Many semiconductor vendors including TI, NXP, STMicroelectronics, Microchip, and others play in the microcontroller market. As with nearly every semiconductor niche, microcontrollers have been getting bigger and badder for decades. In the 1970s, there were 4-bit microcontrollers for VCRs and other simple consumer electronics. There were scads of 8-bit microcontrollers, soon followed by 16-bit microcontrollers.…
Raspberry Pi has launched its new Raspberry Pi Direct store that allows for the bulk purchase of RP2040 microcontrollers with a huge 30% discount. Most should continue to shop with Approved Resellers.