Welcome to GOPHER Web Plus , the next-generation microcontroller (MCU) search engines from GruntWare. A generation refers to the state of improvement in the development of a product. Take what you know about parametric search engines for MCUs and get ready to recalibrate your brain.  

GOPHER Web Plus is truly the "Ultimate Cross-Vendor MCU Search Engine"- utilizing its database of high-quality parametric data covering the 25 major MCU manufacturers and their 16,000+ MCU parts with DSPs, ARMs and 8051 products as separate searchable categories.

An embedded designer can spend days or even weeks searching for the "best-fit" MCU for their application without ever finding it. This is because even with an infinite amount of time and patience, the best human brain couldn't review & analyze the massive stores of parametric data involved in a single search!

Sadly, an engineer will miss the chance to optimize the functionality of the product and the profit ratio for the company. thereby decreasing the end cost of products you design without sacrificing functionality.

CERTAIN CRITICAL FEATURES must be present in an MCU search product to assure a successful search (see below).
No tool on the market today provides any of these critical features.   GOPHER Web Plus has them all!

* Searchable across all major MCU manufacturers - The GOPHER Web Plus database is extensive and consistent and can be searched simultaneously across all MCU parts of any/all of the 25 major manufacturers.

* Consistency in the search parameters - The parametric data for each of the 110+ parameters is consistently described and searchable - e.g. standardization of all parameter headings along with normalization of all data for each of the parameters, allowing for concise searches across all MCU manufacturers. 

* No limits on search criteria - Searches allow as many parameters as necessary to be specified at the same time and across as many manufacturers (up to 25 or as few as 1) as required.

* Returns search results quickly - The search engine provides quick responsive searches (practically instantaneously) regardless of the volumes of data being searched - e.g. number of manufacturers, MCU parts and/or number of parameters.

GOPHER - a true One-Stop MCU Ancillary Design Center

If the GOPHER site is to attract repeat users the search engine must first be capable of finding viable "best fit" MCUs that meet the designer's project requirements.

The "One-Stop Design" experience is a meaningless concept without this ability, and this can only be accomplished if the MCU database is comprehensive and embodies the critical search features described above. Gopher excels in all of these critical features.

The goal of the Gopher Web Plus product is to provide a one-stop MCU ancillary design experience for the embedded engineer. Once the desired MCU product is found, Gopher then allows you to directly retrieve the datasheet for that product along with pointers to app notes, tool sets, evaluation/development boards, Simulink support, RTOS's and other embedded software. Nearly all of these links are available now with the remaining being available soon.