<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>I caught this from the latest Circuit Cellar newsletter:  <br></div><div><br></div><div><table class="gmail-image gmail-image--padding-vertical gmail-image--mobile-scale gmail-image--mobile-center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout:fixed;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;font-size:medium;background-color:rgb(235,234,231)"><tbody><tr><td class="gmail-image_container gmail-content-padding-horizontal" align="left" valign="top" style="padding:10px 10px 10px 20px"><table class="gmail-image_container-caption gmail-text" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td class="gmail-text_content-cell" align="center" style="text-align:center;font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:16px;line-height:1.2;display:block;padding:0px"><font color="#10baff"><span style="height:auto"><b><span style="height:auto"><a href="https://www.circuitcellar.com/" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(16,186,255);font-weight:bold"><img class="gmail-image_content" width="221" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/f7a2bfc1101/eba5edd4-ff74-4a00-8b1c-63da95b4cf77.png?rdr=true" alt="" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;"></a></span></b></span></font></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11px;text-align:center">Inspiring the Evolution of Embedded Design</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="gmail-text gmail-text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout:fixed;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;font-size:medium;background-color:rgb(235,234,231)"><tbody><tr><td class="gmail-text_content-cell gmail-content-padding-horizontal" align="left" valign="top" style="line-height:1;font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:16px;display:block;padding:10px 10px 10px 20px"><div><div align="center" style="text-align:center"><p style="text-align:-webkit-left;margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="color:rgb(235,76,57);font-weight:bold">October 14, 2025   </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold">The Pulse Between the Pins</span></p></div></div><div class="gmail-ql-clipboard" tabindex="-1" style="top: 0px;"></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="gmail-text gmail-text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout:fixed;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;font-size:medium;background-color:rgb(235,234,231)"><tbody><tr><td class="gmail-text_content-cell gmail-content-padding-horizontal" align="left" valign="top" style="font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:16px;line-height:1.2;display:block;padding:10px 10px 10px 20px"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><br></p><table class="gmail-layout gmail-layout--2-column" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout:fixed;min-width:100%;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;font-size:medium"><tbody><tr><td class="gmail-column gmail-column--1 gmail-scale gmail-stack" align="center" valign="top" style="width:471.997px"><table class="gmail-text gmail-text--article gmail-text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td class="gmail-text_content-cell gmail-content-padding-horizontal" align="left" valign="top" style="font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:16px;line-height:1.2;display:block;padding:10px 10px 10px 20px"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="font-size:18px;color:rgb(56,123,55);font-weight:bold">Editor&#39;s Desk </span><span style="font-size:18px;color:rgb(0,0,0)">by Kirsten Campbell</span></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="font-size:18px;color:rgb(0,0,0)">\ufeff</span></p><p align="center" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;text-align:center"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold">The Ties That Bind: Engineering Reliability Through Connection</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td class="gmail-column gmail-column--2 gmail-scale gmail-stack" align="center" valign="top" style="width:118.003px"><table class="gmail-image gmail-image--padding-vertical gmail-image--mobile-scale gmail-image--mobile-center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td class="gmail-image_container gmail-content-padding-horizontal" align="center" valign="top" style="padding:10px 20px 10px 10px"><table class="gmail-image_container-caption gmail-text" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td class="gmail-text_content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r:rgb(0,0,0)">It\u2019s no longer just about protecting against shorts or overloads. It\u2019s about letting each microcontroller act as a power manager, keeping its local zone healthy, efficient, and responsive.</span></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold">The Post-MCU World (That Still Runs on MCUs)</span></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">The irony of our so-called \u201cpost-MCU\u201d era is that we\u2019ve never depended on microcontrollers more. They\u2019re everywhere: hidden inside EVs, test systems, industrial robots, even the devices that program other devices. But they\u2019re no longer defined by what\u2019s inside them. Their value comes from how they connect, how they communicate, and how gracefully they cooperate.</span></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">The frontier of embedded design isn\u2019t about squeezing more horsepower into a single chip, it\u2019s about designing the circulatory system that connects thousands of them.</span></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold">The Future Lies Between the Lines</span></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">As embedded systems grow more distributed, the measure of a microcontroller\u2019s worth is shifting from processing to participation. The brilliance now lies in orchestration: how data, power, and timing converge without friction.</span></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">It\u2019s no longer enough for a chip to be fast; it must be fluent. The engineers who master those invisible interfaces (the arteries of data) will define the future of microcontrollers and the future of every system they touch.</span></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="font-weight:bold">Want to read more? Reach out to the </span><a href="mailto:product-editor@circuitcellar.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(16,186,255)">Pro\ufeffduct Editor</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold"><br></span></p><table class="gmail-shell_panel-row" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#E4EDF1" style="table-layout:auto;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;font-size:medium;text-align:center;background-color:rgb(228,237,241)"><tbody><tr class="gmail-"><td class="gmail-shell_panel-cell" align="center" valign="top"><table class="gmail-shell_width-row gmail-scale" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout:fixed;width:610px"><tbody><tr><td class="gmail-shell_width-cell" align="center" valign="top" style="padding:15px 10px"><table class="gmail-shell_content-row" width="100%" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td class="gmail-shell_content-cell" align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#ebeae7" style="background-color:rgb(235,234,231);padding:0px;border:0px solid rgb(255,255,255)"><table class="gmail-layout gmail-layout--sidebarRight gmail-layout--2-column gmail-layout--divided" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" style="table-layout:fixed;min-width:100%;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><tbody><tr><td class="gmail-column gmail-column--1 gmail-scale gmail-stack" align="center" valign="top" style="width:412.986px"><table class="gmail-text gmail-text--article gmail-text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td class="gmail-text_content-cell gmail-content-padding-horizontal" align="left" valign="top" style="font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:16px;line-height:1.2;display:block;padding:10px 20px"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:bold"></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td class="gmail-column gmail-column--sidebar gmail-column--2 gmail-scale gmail-stack" align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="width:177.014px"><table class="gmail-text gmail-text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td class="gmail-text_content-cell gmail-content-padding-horizontal" align="left" valign="top" style="line-height:1;font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:16px;display:block;padding:10px 20px"><div><div><a href="https://circuitcellar.com/mediakit/" target="_blank" s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