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News Release from: Renesas Technology Europe | Subject: Microcontroller
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 10 December 2007
Microcontrollers bring functional
enhancements
A total of eight Microcontroller models featuring a 50MHz maximum operating frequency, 50MIPS performance, and comprehensive on-chip peripheral functions.
Renesas Technology Europe has announced enhancements to its H8SX family of 32-bit CISC (Complex Instruction Set Computer) microcontrollers With the addition of the H8SX/1638 and H8SX/1648 groups, there are a total of eight models featuring a 50MHz maximum operating frequency, 50MIPS performance, and comprehensive on-chip peripheral functions
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 19 Jun 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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The enhanced family of microcontrollers offers a wide range of products ideal for varied systems in PCs and office automation (OA), digital consumer, and industrial products.
There are also plans to expand the line-up to a total of 20 models with the addition of 5.0V products and on-chip USB products by the end of 2007.
These products offer compatibility with the current H8SX family, offering a flexible approach to system functional enhancements and version upgrades.
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The new models incorporate up to 1 megabyte of flash memory capable of 1-cycle access at the 50MHz maximum operating frequency.
A deep software standby mode*1 has been provided as a first for the H8SX family, enabling standby power consumption to be further reduced.
Five flash memory capacities of 256, 384, 512 and 768 kbytes, and 1 Mbyte are available.
The H8SX/1638 provides a pin-to-pin, upward compatible 1MB Flash version to the ROM-less H8SX/1651,1650.
The line-up includes 120-pin and 144-pin standard package products, allowing a user to select the ideal model for any of a wide range of systems, from low-end to high-end.
Development Background Products in the PC, OA, digital consumer and industrial fields continue to offer a variety of new functions while facing demands for systems to be made smaller and inexpensive.
Renesas Technology has responded to this trend with the introduction of the H8SX family of high-performance 32-bit CISC microcomputers.
The H8SX/1638 group and H8SX/1648 group comprise advanced products featuring many functions additional to those of the current H8SX family.
A maximum of three independently operable on-chip A/D converter units enable A/D conversion time to be cut to as little as approximately 1/4 that of current Renesas products, while two 16-bit-timer TPU (Timer Pulse Unit) and PPG (Programmable Pulse Generator) units enable various kinds of user system timer and pulse control to be implemented by a single chip.
In addition, 8-bit timer input is now available as the clock source for the SCI (Serial Communication Interface) inherited from current products, allowing flexible transfer rates to be implemented.
These features allow a user to select the optimal model for a particular system from a comprehensive product line-up, and simplify system upgrades such as functional enhancements.
The H8SX/1648 group comprises 144-pin package products featuring the addition of two I2C bus interface channels and four 10-bit-resolution A/D converter channels to the features of the H8SX/1638 Group.
The package line-up comprises a 120-pin LQFP for the H8SX/1638 Group, a 144-pin LQFP for the H8SX/1648 Group, all featuring a lead-free specification.
Samples are already available.
The H8SX/1638 and H8SX/1648 line-up are supported by Renesas' tool chain that includes the High Performance Embedded Workbench HEW, and the powerful low cost E10A-USB debugger.
It features full-speed debug in the user system connected via USB.
For fast, low cost and convenient development, Renesas offers the starter kit RSK1648*.
(* available early December).
++Ends Notes: 1.
Deep software standby mode: A mode that provides operation similar to that in software standby mode (with only partial retention of RAM data) while achieving lower power consumption.
For further information and reader enquiries: Caroline Gearing, Renesas Technology Europe ., Dukes Meadow, Millboard Road, Bourne End, SL8 5FH.
For further information, text and graphics by email or to discuss feature article opportunities: Steve Rowley, Publitek Limited, 18 Brock Street, Bath, BA1 2LW, United Kingdom.
Renesas Technology is based in Tokyo, Japan and has a global network of manufacturing, design and sales operations in around 20 countries with about 26,500 employees worldwide.
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