New Freescale KE and Kinetis V2
15
Apr
2014
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Atmel
After the fever of Embedded World, Atmel has flat lined this month with no changes to its portfolio.
Freescale’s after-Embedded-World-fever has not come down a bit with a range of announcements last month.
The first announcement focused on the low end with the Kinetis KE02 now 40 MHz, KE04 48 MHz and KE06 48 MHz clearly targeting 8 and 16 bit incumbents. EMC and ESD protection functionality was increased for robust noise immunity and compliance with industrial-grade reliability and temperature requirements. Here are highlights for the new products:
- Cortex-M0+ 40/48 MHz
- 2.7-5.5V -40/+105C
- Up to 128k Flash / 16k RAM / 256 B EEPROM
- Prices range from $0.45 to $1.78
The Freescale Freedom dev boards are available at $12.95 for the KE02Z40M,KE04Z and KE06Z.
29 Kinetis E devices were released.
Last but not least, Freescale unveiled the Kinetis V2, a refresh of the original Kinetis K with improved power efficiency.
The refresh includes the new K0 – no part number just yet, but sampling – and the K1x, K2x and K6x MCU families have been expanded.
It is impressive to see $0.79 /10ku for a Cortex M4 based MCU running at 100MHz!
The new members feature
- Increased RAM size
- crystal-less USB
- Better enablement: SDK, mbed-enabled, low-cost dev platform Arduino compatible, and support software.
The V2 parts announced were actually captured last month, except for the MK22FN128VDC10 and MK22FN128VLL10.
NXP
For April fool’s day, NXP announced that it has expanded the number of devices rated for 105C. About a dozen products appeared with the J rating e.g. LPC1111JHN33/103. They all belong to the LPC1 Cortex M0 based family. More interesting is the release of the new LPC11E6x targeted for “Extreme Industrial Environments”. It is the second Cortex M0+ based family – after the LPC810M021FN8, albeit much beefed up.
The new LPC11E6x family is available in 3 memory and package variations. Two on-chip SCTimer/PWMs support advanced timing features. A SCTimer/PWM Cookbook provides examples to speed up the learning curve.
- 50 MHz
- Up to 4 kB EEPROM, 256 kB Flash, and 36kB RAM
- 2Msps, 12-channel, 12-bit ADC and temperature sensor
- 2 SCTimer/PWMs, 4 multi-purpose timers, and RTC
- 2x I2C, 2x SPI, up to 5 USARTs, up to 80 GPIO pins
- DMA controller, CRC engine
- ROM drivers for Power Profiles
- Software- and tool-compatible with existing LPC11U/Exx and LPC134x parts
The LPC11E6x has now 3 products, available now, with distribution pricing starting at US $2.03/10k. The LPC11U6x LPCXpresso board is available now.
Finally, the LPC1768UK was introduced. It is a WLCSP-100 version of the current LPC1768 already available in BGA or LQFP100.
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Renesas
Same here for Renesas with another flat line following last month’s announcement of the RX64
SiliconLabs
There has been a number of “un”announcements at SLAB recently, most likely given the recent acquisition of Energy Micro.
The portfolio price (EFM and SiM3) is stable this month.
ST Microelectronics
The apparent PR calm at ST last month did nothing for us to notice a few changes in the portfolio.
The STM32F0 added a few parts (STM32F051 and 072) while the new Cortex-M0+ based STM32L052/3 grew a few parts as well.
Finally, the STM32L100 (Cortex M3) saw a revision A come out. A quick comparison of the datasheets reveals adjustments to the power consumption. Here is the summary (original / rev A):
- 0.30 / 0.28 uA Standby mode (2 wakeup pins)
- 0.90 / 1.11 uA Standby mode + RTC
- 0.57 / 0.44 uA Stop mode (16 wakeup lines)
- 1.20 / 1.38 uA Stop mode + RTC
- 9.0 / 10.9uA Low-power Run mode
- 214 / 185 uA/MHz Run mode
Texas Instruments
TI has flatlined on the Tiva this month as we expect it to slowly give up on this product line.
Newsletter |Embedded World = new MCU products
15
Mar
2014
Embedded World has gone, but scores of new products have come!
Most of the major players announced at least a new product or family at the show.
In particular, Renesas continues to invest in its homegrown architectures, and announced an upgrade to its RX architecture, while Atmel, Freescale, NXP and ST flooded the market with even more Cortex-M based parts.
The contrast is also strong in the target markets: FSL and NXP for motor control, Atmel and ST for the low end/low power segments and Renesas for “industrial equipment, network devices, and other applications requiring advanced real-time performance and large-capacity memory”.
Atmel
Atmel announced no less than 3 new products families, all based on the Cortex M0+ with a little over 30 parts.
- The 48MHz D21 supports USB host/device and spans 32 to 256 kB of Flash.
- The D11 only spans 8-16kB of Flash and keeps a USB device-only…
- while the D10 lacks USB connectivity.
Interestingly, all 3 families provide capacitive touch channel support. Samples and tools will be available by June this year.
Freescale
MKV10 is priced from $1.18 to $1.27 in 10k units. It sport 2 16-bit ADC and a 12-bit DAC.
NXP
This is an area where there is quite some competition with e.g. Freescale Kinetis V and TI MSP430 or C2000.
The new family supports brushless DC (BLDC) motors, permanent-magnet synchronous motors (PMSM), and AC induction motors (ACIM).
The LPC15 includes 2 12-bit 2Msps ADC as well as a QEI and 4 analog comparators. 13 products were announced from 64 to 256kB of Flash, CAN while the top of the line LPC154 includes a USB port.
Silicon and boards are available now with the silicon priced at $1.91 to $3.25 per 10k. Interestingly, FSL’s Kinetis V is not directly competing with the LPC15 just now as it only embeds 16 or 32 kB of Flash.Renesas
Another family annoucement at Embedded World came from Renesas: the new RX64 is powered by the new RX v2 core that boasts a 1.6x performance improvement over the RX v1 core as well as a 40% reduction in power consumption.
64 parts were uncovered at the show.
Contrary to all the other annoucements, Renesas is pursuing the high end market with the RX64, namely the industrial equipment, network devices, and other applications requiring advanced real-time performance and large-capacity memory.
Although no new RL78 family was announced, over 30 products appeared this month.
SiliconLabs
ST Microelectronics
The Cortex M0+ STM32L0 also added over 20 products.
Finally, an additional 9 products, mostly in the F0 family (Cortex M0) completed this active month.
Texas Instruments
TI has been fairly quiet this month with only a handful of MSP430 part numbers appearing.
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