Product category: Microprocessors, Microcontrollers and DSPs
News Release from: Sharp Microelectronics Europe | Subject: BlueStreak
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 26 November 2004
MCU portfolio runs from toys to high-end
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Sharp Microelectronics now offers a total of nine microcontrollers under the name BlueStreak.
Sharp Microelectronics now offers a total of nine microcontrollers under the name BlueStreak They are all based on ARM7 or ARM9 cores
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 26 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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