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.
NXP did it again, SiLabs moving
17
Nov
2014
With ARM stealing the show prior to Electronica, there were only a few crumbs left there to see.
NXP who was not part of the M7 tidal wave last month made its own fireworks by releasing a new dual Cortex-M0+/Cortex-M4 solution. This is a repeat of another dual core family, the LPC43
And yes, SiliconLabs has finally changed its portfolio! Well, check it out below, and don’t blow a gasket just yet…
After the nice announcement of the partnership on the Cortex-M7 architecture, things have cooled off a bit. Jacko Wilbrink (Senior Product Marketing Director for Cortex A and M7 products)) , has confirmed their M7 is out of the fab with one customer using it while another batch will follow in Q1-15.
There were a few new products, but don’t get excited too fast, these were just R (reel) or MRL (Marketing Revision Level) B variants of existing products.
ATSAM4S16CA-CFNR, ATSAM4S8BA-ANR, ATSAM4S8CA-ANR, ATSAMG53G19B-UUT, ATSAMG53G19B-AU
On the price front, the portfolio experienced a few changes summarized here:
- SAM3N4: positive
- SAM3S1: positive
- SAM3U: positive
- SAM3X: positive
- SAMD20G18: positive
Same cool off period at FSL after the M7 release last month, but a few products were nevertheless silently released. Most were new packages of existing die, with an interesting WLCSP 142 pins.
- MK22FN256VMP12: MAPBGA 64
- MK22FN512VMP12: MAPBGA 64
- MK24FN1M0CAJ12R: WLCSP 142
- MK60DN256VMC10: MAPBGA 100
- MK64FN1M0CAJ12R: WLCSP 142
The motor control MKV has been beefed up with new combinations of package and frequency.
- MKV30F128VFM10
- MKV30F128VLH10
- MKV30F64VFM10
- MKV30F64VLH10
- MKV31F256VLH12
- MKV31F512VLH12
On the price side at the FSL web site, the MKW21D256/512VHA5 got a price decrease of ~ 15% while the MKW22D512VHA5 dropped by over 20%. The MKW01Z128CHN got a 13% price increase.
While NXP did not display any price changes, it announced at Electronica the new LPC54100 family based on a Cortex-M4 core augmented by a Cortex-M0+ on some versions of the family members.
NXP claims a 20% improvement of power consumption compared to a single core solution which will be very difficult to verify.
Here is a run down of the main 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)
8 Devices were released:
- LPC54101 with 512 or 256 kB Flash and LQFP64 or WLCSP49
- LPC54102 with 512 or 256 kB Flash and LQFP64 or WLCSP49
Renesas released 18 parts in the Smart Analog RL78 MCU family RL78/G1E.
These are 32MHz MCU with built-in analog front-end (AFE) for sensor applications. The AFE includes amplifiers, filters, A/D and D/A converters, a temperature sensor.
In the RX200, 9 new products were also released, they are mostly 105C max temperature versions of existing devices.
Renesas experienced no price change.
SiLabs has started to change its product nomenclature for its Leopard Gecko family. The original part numbering was:
EFM32LG230F128-QFN64, now morphing into EFM32LG230F128G-E-QFN64.
60 products morphed so far in the LG family and 3 new ones were added (the LG360 family).
In the WG (Wonder Gecko) family, 3 new products were introduced, the same WG360 sub-family as for the LG. In both cases, this is a CSP 81 variant.
No other changes observed.
On the price front there were substantial price changes on the F105 sub-family with price decreases of 50%. The F207VCT7 experienced the same fate while the F407ZET7 got a 36% price decrease.
The only parts with a noticeable price increase (~ +5%) were the F051C8T7 and the F217IG.
16 new parts appeared on the STM web site, and counting out the TR versions of existing part numbers, we are left with mostly UFBGA 169 versions of existing parts
- STM32F427AGH6, STM32F427AIH6, STM32F427AIH6U: UFBGA 169 package
- STM32F429AGH6, STM32F429AIH6: UFBGA 169 package
- STM32F437AIH6: UFBGA 169 package
- STM32F439AIH6: UFBGA 169 package
- STM32L062K8U6: UFQFPN 32 version
- STM32L151CBT6D, STM32L151CBU6D, STM32L151RBT6D: new silicon revision
TI released new FRAM versions of its popular MSP430 architecture. The FR2032 and FR413 saw additional FRAM and RAM configurations.
There were no changes for Tiva and no price changes either.
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