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Challenger+ T3217 Packages 8-bit ATtiny3217 in a Compact, Battery-Ready Board

The board is based on the ATtiny3217, an 8-bit AVR microcontroller running at up to 20 MHz from its internal oscillator.

Dabao Evaluation Board to Showcase Open-RTL Baochip-1x RISC-V MCU

The Baochip-1x uses a VexRiscv RV32IMAC processor with Sv32 MMU support, instruction and data caches, and optional cryptographic extensions.

Espressif Launches Industry’s First MCU-Based Matter Camera Solution

The architecture is built around a split-processing model designed to optimize efficiency. The ESP32-P4 acts as the primary application processor, handling the MIPI-CSI camera interface, multimedia processing, and AI workloads, and integrates a hardware H.264 encoder capable of Full HD (1920 × 1080) video at 30 frames per second.

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