Extended Christmas from Atmel
15
Jan
2015
During the heat of CES, Atmel offered us a nice post Christmas gift this month with the broadest Cortex-M7 portfolio of the market!
This definitely gives ST some heat, but let’s see how ST will roll out their M7 portfolio too. And, let’s not forget about Freescale’s M7 license that will definitely come under the light very soon.
2015 promises to be full of new MCU families based on our industry contacts.
We cannot wait to see them!
Here they are, the freshly baked Cortex-M7 are now officially named SAM E7x, S7x and V7x. With 67 part numbers this is easily the largest Cortex-M7 product portfolio, ST being a second distant – for now.
At 300MHz and up to 384kB of RAM the new devices target the high-end MCU range and start encroaching on the application processor market – connectivity and general purpose industrial applications – while the auto-grade SAM V70 and SAM V71 focus on in-vehicle infotainment, audio amplifiers, telematics and head unit control. All devices come with HS USB OTG and HS USB PHY and 512kB, 1MB or 2MB of Flash.
The S70 embeds 16kB of I/D cache, up to 8 UARTs, I2S, SD/MMC interface, a CMOS camera interface, system control and analog interfaces.
In addition to the S70 features, the E70 include a 10/100 Eth MAC and 2x Bosch CAN-FD.
The automotive-qualified V70/V71 offers Eth AVB support, HS USB with PHY and Media LB, CAN 2.0 and CAN flexible data rate controller.
Software development tools are available on Atmel Studio, the ARM MDK and IAR EWARM. OS support include Keil® RTX, Segger embOS, FreeRTOS and Express Logic Thread-X. ATSAMV71-XULT Xplained evaluation kit supports the four series. Additionally, the automotive series will come with complete AUTOSAR support and Ethernet-AVB stack.
SAM E70, SAM S70, SAM V70 and SAM V71 are sampling now.
Pricing for the SAMS70 starts at $4.80@10k. Xplained board is USD $125.
With that, Atmel added new SAMG54/G55 sub families to target the IoT market for battery-operated devices and wearables. The devices include a Cortex-M4, integrated sensor fusion algorithms, down to 2.84 x 2.84mm package, high-performance frequency of up to 120MHz, ultra-low power down to 102µA/MHz in active mode, and down to 5µs wake-up.
On the price front, the portfolio experienced no change.
It was quiet at freescale this month with no product activity.
Nothing happened for FSL prices this month.
Beyond the announcement of the LPC54100 family 2 months ago, it’s been quiet on the product front at NXP.
Here is a run down of the main LPC54100 features:
- Dual-core M4+M0+ (54101) or Single core M4 (54102) 100 MHz
- 512/256 kB Flash
- 3 uA power down with RAM retention
- Cortex-M0+ (55 uA/MHz)
- Cortex-M4F (100 uA/MHz)
- ADC 12 chan, 12 bits
- -40 to +105C
- 1.62 to 3.6 V
- WLCSP49 (3.28 x 3.28 mm), LQFP64 (10 x 10 mm)
Pricewise, there was no change.
Renesas released 49 parts in the top of the line RX64 family (63 parts originally).
On the RL78 front, 6 products were released in the RL78/G10 family.
Renesas experienced very limited price changes.
We are getting desperate about SiLabs Cortex portfolio…
No price change either.
11 products became public this month across the board. They were mostly higher temperature or R (Reel) versions of existing products, except for the STM32F051C4U6.
ST prices were stable.
TI was quiet this month with no move on Tiva and a few XMS430FR413 that were removed.
There were some significant price changes (~-30%) for the MSP430FR572x/3x (FRAM), 77 parts were affected.
Renesas and ST beat Santa to the finish
15
Dec
2014
Santa Claus is coming soon to town, but Renesas and ST already delivered the surprises – spoiler alert… ST addressed both ends of the spectrum with a lost cost family (STM32F091) heavily hinting at the Chinese market while the STM32F446 could easily manage your city’s Christmas tree with a camera interface, 7 I2S audio interfaces, a Consumer Electronics Controller (CEC) for managing multiple HDMI devices, a SPDIF digital audio connection, and a display parallel interface. There is also dual Quad-SPI (QSPI) interface.
Renesas is no less ambitious with its RX113 ready for capacitive touch interfaces and a USB 2.0.
What more could we ask for?
There were a number of datasheets updated this month, and a few part numbers were kicked out, namely in the SAMD11 family:
- SAMD11C13A-SSUT
- SAMD11D13A-MUT
- SAMD11D13A-SSUT
We will be watching for the new M7 parts that were announced last month by Jacko Wilbrink (Senior Product Marketing Director for Cortex A and M7 products – with a k).
On the price front, the portfolio experienced only minor changes (2 on SAM4L, below 2%)
There was quite a bit of shuffle at Freescale this month as all the MK11, 21 and 22 got a new silicon revision (A code after the flash size e.g. MK21DN512AVMC5). Same treatment for the MKM14Z64 and 128 CHH5, the MKM33Z64 and 128. There were a few real new products in the MK22 120MHz family with mostly new packages: WLCSP64 and WLCSP80.
Nothing happened for FSL prices this month.
After the announcement of the LPC54100 family last month, it’s been quiet on the product front at NXP.
Here is a run down of the main LPC54100 features:
- Dual-core M4+M0+ (54101) or Single core M4 (54102) 100 MHz
- 512/256 kB Flash
- 3 uA power down with RAM retention
- Cortex-M0+ (55 uA/MHz)
- Cortex-M4F (100 uA/MHz)
- ADC 12 chan, 12 bits
- -40 to +105C
- 1.62 to 3.6 V
- WLCSP49 (3.28 x 3.28 mm), LQFP64 (10 x 10 mm)
Pricewise, a few parts were hammered down 20%: LPC11E67JBD48, LPC11E68JBD100, LPC11U67JBD48,LPC11U68JBD100, LPC11E68JBD64, LPC11U68JBD64.
Renesas released 20 parts in the newly announced RX113 with capacitive touch sensing, starting at $3/10k for 128kB Flash. The production is slated for 02/15.
No changes were captured for the RL78.
Renesas experienced no price change.
SiLabs had a clean flat EEG this month.
Pricewise, only a few parts had movement, mostly in the EFM32LG360 and WG360 and in mild negative territory (-7%).
39 products became public this month mostly from 2 newly announced families:
The 180MHz Cortex-M4 STM32F446 is sampling now with production in Q1 2015. Packages range from WLCSP81 3.7×3.8mm to 20x20mm LQFP144, and with 256kB or 512kB Flash, all with 128kB SRAM. Pricing starts at $3.75 for the STM32F446RC/LQFP64/256kB/128kB at 10k.
At the other end of the spectrum, the 48MHz Cortex-M0 STM32F091 targets cost sensitive applications. The STM32F091 is available in 48/64 pins and salt-atmosphere-compatible QFP100 suitable for smart utility meters in China. Prices start at $1.59/10k for the STM32F091CBT6/128kB/32kB/QFP48.
ST prices experienced very interesing changes this month. Pretty much all the portfolio was touched with small adjustments, below +/- 0.2%. However, a few part number prices were doubled. We had to “double-check” too to make sure we hadn’t had a glitch in our process. The entire STM32F105 porfolio was affected, and actually it was a correction of last month’s 50% decrease.
Looks like there was a glitch at ST. However, the STM32F207VCT7 did not get the 100% bump, but was part of last month’s 50% sale. Let’s wait for January to see if its price will come back up.
TI released a hodgepodge of new devices in the MSP430 Christmas tree.
For the FG43, it was a new NFBGA113 package. For the F563, it was an LCD controller (F663). Most of the others were simply R suffixes of existing parts.
There were no price change for Tiva and limited changes at TI, with a 20% decrease for the MSP430G2332QPW.
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