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Texas Instruments MSP430FR57xx FRAM Microcontrollers

Posted by Ken Cheung in Microcontrollers on Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Texas Instruments introduced the MSP430FR57xx FRAM series of ultra-low-power ferroelectric random access memory (FRAM) 16-bit microcontrollers. Data can be written more than 100 times faster with the TI MSP430FR57xx FRAM series. Compared to flash- and EEPROM-based microcontrollers, the new MCUs use as little as 250 times less power. The MSP430FR57xx’s on-chip FRAM supports data retention [...]

ON Semiconductor Q32M210 Precision Mixed-Signal Microcontrollers

Posted by Ken Cheung in Microcontrollers on Tuesday, May 3, 2011

ON Semiconductor announced their Q32M210 family of mixed-signal microcontrollers. The Q32M210 features the ARM Cortex-M3 processor, dual 16-bit ADCs, a highly accurate voltage reference, triple 10-bit DACs and 32-bit core. Samples of the Q32M210 microcontrollers are available now. The MCU is priced at $4.99 per unit (10,000 unit quantities). The Q32M210 is ideal for precision [...]

Microchip 16-bit eXtreme PIC24F32KA304 Low Power PIC Microcontrollers

Posted by Ken Cheung in Microcontrollers on Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Microchip Technology introduced the 16-bit eXtreme PIC24F32KA304 PIC microcontrollers. The PIC24F32KA304 MCU family features an on-chip 12-bit ADC, EEPROM, intelligent mTouch capacitive sensing, 5V supply support, and sleep currents down to 20 nA. The Microchip microcontrollers are ideal for industrial, automotive, medical, utility metering, and white goods applications. Samples and volume production quantities are available [...]

Texas Instruments DRV8312-C2-KIT Motor Control Evaluation Kit

Posted by Ken Cheung in EDA Tools,Industrial,Microcontrollers on Friday, April 15, 2011

Texas Instruments announced the DRV8312-C2-KIT motor control evaluation kit for spinning brushless DC (BLDC) and permanent magnet synchronous (PMSM) motors. The sensorless field-oriented control (FOC) and trapezoidal commutation platform spins motors out of the box. It speeds the development of sub-50-V and 6.5-A brushless motors for driving medical pumps, gates, lifts, small pumps, industrial and [...]

Silicon Labs C8051F38x and C8051T62x/T32x USB Microcontrollers

Posted by Ken Cheung in Microcontrollers on Thursday, April 14, 2011

Silicon Laboratories introduced the C8051F38x (flash-based) and C8051T62x/32x (OTP) USB microcontroller (MCU) families. The C8051F38x and C8051T62x/32x USB MCUs are available now in space-saving 4 mm x 4 mm and 5 mm x 5 mm QFN packages. Prices start at $2.12 in 10,000-unit quantities for the F38x and $1.07 for the T62/32x. The new Silicon [...]

Texas Instruments MSP430AFE2xx 16-bit Microcontrollers

Posted by Ken Cheung in Microcontrollers on Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Texas Instruments (TI) introduced the MSP430AFE2xx 16-bit microcontrollers. The analog front end (AFE) ultra-low-power MCUs are based on a 16-bit RISC architecture with a system frequency of 12MHz. The microcontroller has an energy accuracy with less than 0.1% error over a dynamic range of 2400:1. The MSP430AFE2xx features three independent 24-bit sigma-delta A/D converters, one [...]

Microchip PIC16LF1902/3/4/6/7 Microcontrollers

Posted by Ken Cheung in Microcontrollers on Monday, March 28, 2011

Microchip Technology introduced the PIC16LF1902/3/4/6/7 microcontrollers. The PIC16LF190X 8-bit segmented LCD CU family features up to 14 KB of Flash program memory, up to 512 Bytes of RAM, up to 14 10-bit Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) channels, serial communication, temperature indicator and the capability to drive up to 116 LCD segments. The PIC16LF190X microcontrollers are available [...]

Microchip PIC16F(LF)720 and PIC16F(LF)721 Microcontrollers

Posted by Ken Cheung in Microcontrollers on Monday, March 21, 2011

Microchip Technology introduced the PIC16F(LF)720 and PIC16F(LF)721 microcontrollers. The 20-pin MCUs feature low power consumption, up to 7 KB of self-write Flash program memory, a temperature-indicator module, an 8-bit Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC), a capture/compare PWM module, I2C, SPI and AUSART. The PIC16F(LF)720 and PIC16F(LF)721 microcontrollers are available now in a 20-pin, 4 mm x 4 [...]

Freescale Semiconductor Qorivva MPC567xK 32-bit Microcontrollers

Posted by Ken Cheung in Microcontrollers on Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Freescale Semiconductor introduced the Qorivva MPC567xK 32-bit microcontrollers. The Qorivva MPC567xK MCU family is ideal for radar- and camera-based Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), such as blind-spot detection, lane-departure warning systems, side view assistance and adaptive headlights. The dual-core MPC567xK microcontrollers feature a lock-step mode to detect and mitigate common hardware and software faults while [...]

Microchip PIC18F K80 Microcontrollers

Posted by Ken Cheung in Microcontrollers on Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Microchip Technology introduced the PIC18F K80 8-bit CAN microcontrollers (MCUs). The Microchip PIC18F K80 microcontrollers feature 1.8 – 5.5V operation and eXtreme Low Power (XLP) technology. The new PIC18F45K80, PIC18F46K80, PIC18F65K80 and PIC18F66K80 MCUs are available in 44- and 64-pin TQFP and QFN packages. The PIC18F45K80 and PIC18F46K80 MCUs are also available in a 40-pin [...]

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