Japan, Nov. 18 -- Seiko Epson Corporation has developed and begun shipping samples of the S1C17W11, a new 16-bit microcontroller featuring low power consumption and high-precision resistance measurement capabilities.The growing aging population, expansion of home healthcare, increasing demand for environmental monitoring, and global efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals are fueling the need for battery-powered personal healthcare devices and compact measurement instruments capable of long-term operation. These devices must offer high measurement accuracy and an extended operating life while being compact and affordable. Conventional designs that combine a general-purpose microcontroller with external analog and display circui...