Many microprocessor-based products require a manual-reset capability that allows the user, test technician, or external circuitry to reboot the system without a full power-down/power-up cycle. To ...

When placing a microprocessor-based portable device in your desk drawer for weeks or months, you should, of course, turn it off to save battery capacity (unless it includes a real-time clock, or ...

Maxim Integrated Products has introduced low-power (less than 1.2microamps), microprocessor supervisory circuits that feature precision power-supply monitoring and battery-control functions.

This article on the basics of reset supervisors is a good refresher for engineers who've gotten rusty and a primer for managers who want to hone their technical skills. Microprocessors are complex, ...

Maxim Integrated Products introduces the MAX16072-MAX16074 microprocessor supervisory circuits in a 1mm x 1mm chip-scale package Maxim Integrated Products introduces the MAX16072-MAX16074 ...