More M7 goodness and a surprise reconfigurable package
16
Jun
2015
More Cortex-M7 goodness this month with ST trying to catch up with Atmel on that matter. Close to 30 new devices with heavy artillery (4kB I and D caches, Ethernet, 2 USB). But Atmel is not to be impressed thank to its 50% higher frequency and a broader portfolio for now. Freescale is also pushing up the MHz with 180 and 2MB of Flash on lower end MK26 devices. Interestingly, we are seeing the first show of RCP for Freescale standard products (MK26FN2M0CAC18R). A game changer for peripheral and custom function integration?
This month, we have a new UFBGA package option for the SAMD20J14/5/6A and the D20J17A, a WLCSP for the D20G18A.
On the price front, no significant changes happened.
FSL upped the frequency of its MK family to 180Mhz to create the MK65 and MK66 families, in total 8 parts.
And it also upped the Flash to 2MB! The MK6 family offers Ethernet, 2 USB ports with an HS PHY as well as a touch interface all in a MAPBGA or WLCSP package. Same story for the MK26, a new member of the USB-only MK2 family: 180MHz and up to 2MB of Flash. All of the new parts are based on the Cortex-M4 with the single precision floating point unit.
We also spotted the first part using RCP, a technology that could prove disruptive for peripheral integration. It is unclear just yet whether this is a trial run with only one die or multiple ones for separate functions. Contact us on twitter if you have hints!
No Price changes.
NXP was very quiet this month on the product front following the acquisition of Freescale.
Pricewise, there was no change.
Renesas announced the new RL78/G1F focused on motor control and sensor applications. The 20 new devices (P/N R5F11B***) embed 8 bit A/D and D/A with a programmable gain amplifier, I2C and UART. The lineup ranges from 24 to 64 pins and 32 to 64 KB of Flash. Samples are available now. Pricing starts at $1.10/10ku for the R511BGCAFB MCU 32 kB Flash / 5.5 kB RAM, 4kB data flash, QFP48.
There was no price change.
Ah, we are back to desert land, no product change this month for Silicon Labs.
No price changes.
Nice load of new products this month at ST, in particular the F745/6 and F756 based on the high performance Cortex-M7 clocked at 216 MHz. This bring the M7 portfolio from just one to close to 30 devices. The devices all bear a 4k/4k D/I cache with 2 USB ports, Ethernet, Quad-SPI camera interface and external memory bus. The F46/56 have a TFT-LCD controller while the F756 has a crypto hardware accelerator. Flash sizes range from 512 to 1024 kB.
ST price changes were interesting at disty. A few products STM32F070RBT6, F107VC got hot (+30%), and others caught a cold (-25%): STM32F103VBH6, STM32F103ZGT6, 215/205VGT6, F405ZGT6/407IET6.
Haha, one more sample of the MSP432 appeared this month, the XMS432401RIPZR with twice as much memory (Flash and RAM) 256/64 compared to the P401M initial variant.
We also detected 10 new MSP430FG6 products, targeting USB, metering, portable equipment and test/Measurement markets. They feature a 25MHz core with USB, LCD controler and up to 512 kB Flash.
No price changes this month for TI Tiva, but MSP430 got some nice price increases, the MSP430F676 between 11 and 34%.
For the joy of MCU…
18
May
2015
We are not the only ones to rejoice in the launch of new families. The cutest of the bunch is SiliconLabs’ Happy Gecko, a Cortex-M0+ 24MHz targeting the USB-powered devices with a surprise, see below.
Renesas also wants a piece of the fun with the RX23T, a 40MHz RXv2 number cruncher MCU family with an FPU to tackle inverter control systems for DC motor control and home appliances.
After unveiling 20 new SAM L devices last month, the activity has tapered down to 0 on the product front. No change this month, folks.
On the price front, no significant changes happened.
FSL released 8 new part numbers to create the MKL13 and MKL33 families.
2 products experienced close to 10% price increase: MK22FN512VMP12 and the MKM34Z128ACLL5. Prices at distribution were generally down at MK22, MKE02, MKL17/27.
NXP was very quiet this month on the product front following the acquisition of Freescale.
Pricewise, there was no change.
Renesas announced the new RX23T family focused on inverter control systems. The RXv2 parts include a single-precision FPU, supports 5V peripherals, and sports a 4 CoreMark/MHz score. The family range from 64 to 128 kB of Flash, 48LFQFP to 64LFQFP and max temperature from 85 to 105C. Samples are available now. The R5F523T3ADFL with 64kB of Flash, 48LFQFP is priced at US$1.25/10k. 12 devices were made public.
There was no change in the RL78 family.
RX1114/5 were hit by a 7-9% decrease while some RX1136 were down in excess of 20%.es
At last, Silicon Labs announced a new Gecko family, the cutest one of the bunch: the Happy Gecko. 19 products made it out. The focus is on low power USB connected devices. The 24MHz Cortex-M0+ embeds up to 64/8 kB of Flash/RAM in 4 different packages from QFP-48 to QFN-32/24 and CSP-36 (3mmx3mm). The emphasis is on low power with 53uA/MHz in sleep mode and up to 131uA/MHz in run from Flash.
Interestingly, 8 of the devices do not have a USB port, a tad surprising for a family whose main page title is “EFM32™ Happy Gecko USB-enabled 32-bit Microcontroller”. Have we missed anything? Or is the marketing just stretching the words?
Still, when you choose the right parts, you get a USB MAC and PHY, all cristal-less.
Prices range from $1.09 to $1.85 10ku at distributors.
No price changes.
As usual at ST, there is always a trickle of product changes. This month we see new packages options on the low end STM32F051/58, higher temp for the STM32F091RCH and the STM32F439IIH.
ST price changes were insignificant.
No further changes for TI on the MSP432 Cortex-M4 family announced alst month, but we saw 65 new parts in the MSP430FR (FRAM) family, primarily in the FR58/59, and 68/69 areas.
No price changes this month for TI MSP and Tiva.
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