Low power, touch and Flash sale for Memorial day
28
May
2016
TI declares MSP432 Cortex-M4 part with 90 µA/MHz while Nuvoton tackles touch-enabled human machine interfaces, and Infineon has a flash-sale for its XMC4400-F100K512AB. How better can it get before Memorial day?
A handful of new products appeared in the ATXMEGA family, covering higher temperatures. On the Cortex-M based side, we had a similar pattern with either different memory size or packages in the SAMD10, D11 and S70 families.
We initiated coverage on the Dialog SmartBond family last month. There were no changes this month in the portfolio.
Here is the recap of the portfolio:
There are 5 segments for an overall of 12 part numbers. All products are equipped with a 16 MHz Cortex-M0 core and a 2.4GHz RF analog front-end and support Bluetooth 4.1. The latest and higher end DA14680 supports Bluetooth 4.2 and is clocked at 96MHz. Although the majority of the portfolio is Flashless (serial Flash), 2 devices have 128kB while the DA14680 embeds 1MB. Prices range from roughly $1.5 to $2.25@1k at major eDistributors.
Infineon released new silicon revisions of their XMC4100 family. Also, the XMC4400-F100K512AB (512kB Flash) launched to complement its smaller 256kB Flash sibling (XMC4400-F100K256AB). Interestingly, the former is a bargain at only EU0.06@1ku for an extra 256kB of Flash compared to the latter – according to the product table – we want one… No other changes this month.
Microchip added 131 products, mainly in the PIC16(L)F18 families, adding variations of the flash size and the packages.
We initiated coverage on the Nordic integrated RF+MCU portfolio last month. There were no changes this month in the portfolio.
Here is the recap of the portfolio:
the BT Smart / BT Low Energy portfolio is larger than Dialog’s with 36 part numbers advertized. 2.4GHz RF, 16 MHz Cortex-M0 and 64 MHz Cortex-M4 are on the menu with support for BT4.1 and ANT protocols.
There are no flash-less parts but rather a range of sizes from 128 to 256 and 512 kB parts. Prices range from $1.9 to $2.6 at 1ku at major edistributors.
Nuvoton launched the M4TK series a few days ago, a Cortex-M4 based MCU with touch key capability. With 128 or 256kB of Flash, 72MHz and a max temperature of 105 for industrial environments, the M4TK targets human machine interfaces applications.
6 devices were released, from 6 to 16 keys. No prices were presented.
There were multiple changes at NXP this month, but we believe these reflect teething troubles following the merger. We have not detected any significant portfolio changes. We expect these troubles will decrease gradually as the dust settles.
The RL78 and RX portfolios were steady this month.
Silicon Labs EFM8 and EFM32 were quiet this month.
Spansion was quiet this month.
ST released 2 new STM8 products, mostly 125C versions of existing parts.
On the STM32 front, 59 products appeared:
- Some with a Tape & Reel variant,
- A de-featured F765 (no LCD support vs. F767, 1 or 2MB),
- A few 1MB F767,
- F777 with an array of new packages, but keeping the same memory sizes and finally,
- New F779 parts with new package combinations and no Ethernet.
TI has just revamped its MCU pages and in particular its Cortex-M4 based MSP432 family’s. 16 new products appeared, all with 48MHz, no CAN or USB and split evenly between 128 and 256kB of Flash. The family sports a supply voltage range of 1.62 V to 3.7 V with a regular -40°C to 85°C temperature range and active power of 90 µA/MHz. We could not find prices yet.
No changes for the other families: Simple Link, Tiva and F2823.
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