A wireless spring in the making
31
Mar
2018
The wireless spring continues with ST and NXP jumping into the BlueTooth/Thread/Proprietary protocol-dual-core-single-chip arena. There was also some cleanup at Microchip in the Atmel portfolio where the Cortex-M3 parts were taken into NRND. Enjoy Easter everybody.
Atmel/Microchip
Microchip just got rid of its Cortex-M3 based ATSAM families the ATMSAM3A/N/S/U/X. Stuck betwen a smaller and more efficient Cortex-M0+ and a more powerful Cortex-M4, the Cortex-M3-based family may not have gathered enough support. A few SAM4 and SAME got additional package options while the SAME70 lost 15 part numbers, rest assured, there are over 40 left.
Microchip just got rid of its Cortex-M3 based ATSAM families the ATMSAM3A/N/S/U/X. Stuck betwen a smaller and more efficient Cortex-M0+ and a more powerful Cortex-M4, the Cortex-M3-based family may not have gathered enough support. A few SAM4 and SAME got additional package options while the SAME70 lost 15 part numbers, rest assured, there are over 40 left.
Dialog
No change.
No change.
Infineon
No change.
No change.
Microchip
There were 37 new temperature/package variations of existing parts in the PIC16F and PIC32MM/MZ families.
34 more products were removed in the DSPIC33 and PIC24 families, it was 27 last month. A slow bleeding?
There were 37 new temperature/package variations of existing parts in the PIC16F and PIC32MM/MZ families.
34 more products were removed in the DSPIC33 and PIC24 families, it was 27 last month. A slow bleeding?
Nordic
No change.
No change.
Nuvoton
No change.
No change.
NXP
It was an interesting couple of months for NXP with the unveiling of system in package solutions based on i.MX (Cortex-A7) and Wifi/BlueTooth at Embedded World 2018.
Another interesting development is the announcement of the K32W0x wireless platform. Based on a Cortex-M4 for application and a Cortex-M0+ core for low-power connectivity and sensor processing, it embeds 1.25MB/384kB of Flash/SRAM. The K32W0x supports BT5, 802.15.4 and Zigbee 3.0, comes in VFBGA176/WLCSP191 packages and is sampling now with production by Q3E. Limited documentation is available.
The wireless segment is heating up.
It was an interesting couple of months for NXP with the unveiling of system in package solutions based on i.MX (Cortex-A7) and Wifi/BlueTooth at Embedded World 2018.
Another interesting development is the announcement of the K32W0x wireless platform. Based on a Cortex-M4 for application and a Cortex-M0+ core for low-power connectivity and sensor processing, it embeds 1.25MB/384kB of Flash/SRAM. The K32W0x supports BT5, 802.15.4 and Zigbee 3.0, comes in VFBGA176/WLCSP191 packages and is sampling now with production by Q3E. Limited documentation is available.
The wireless segment is heating up.
Renesas
No significant change.
No significant change.
SiliconLabs
SiLabs expanded the Tiny Gecko family with the new EFM32TG11. The 46 new parts embed a 48MHz Cortex-M0+ (37 µA/MHz in active mode), hardware accelerated crypto functions (AES/SHA, CRC, TRNG), one CAN, 64 or 128kB of Flash and an optional LCD controller. The EFM32TG11 starts at USD1.65/10k.
SiLabs expanded the Tiny Gecko family with the new EFM32TG11. The 46 new parts embed a 48MHz Cortex-M0+ (37 µA/MHz in active mode), hardware accelerated crypto functions (AES/SHA, CRC, TRNG), one CAN, 64 or 128kB of Flash and an optional LCD controller. The EFM32TG11 starts at USD1.65/10k.
Spansion/Cypress
Cypress had a new silicon revision for the S6E2C family while adding variants to the PSoC4 added new package combinations. 33 new products appeared overall.
Cypress had a new silicon revision for the S6E2C family while adding variants to the PSoC4 added new package combinations. 33 new products appeared overall.
ST Microelectronics
STM32 had a few changes, including the addition of an extended temperature version of the STM32F765.
The more interesting news was the announcement of the STM32WB a family combining – guess? – a Cortex-M4 for the application and a Cortex-M0+ core for the wireless modem functions – BT5 and 802.15.4 supporting OpenThread, ZigBee, or proprietary protocols. The STM32WB is an evolution of the STM32L4 series.
Engineering samples of the STM32WB in packages up to 100-pin WLCSP are sampling now, priced from $1.56 for high-volume orders.
The 2.4GHz radio consumes 5.5mA in TX and 3.8mA in RX mode.
STM32WB devices include UQFN48, VQFN68, or WLCSP100 and 256/128kB, 512/256kB and 1MB/256kB Flash/RAM options.
Like NXP, there is only limited documentation although ST feels more verbose and clear on their intentions.
The wireless segment is… heating up!
STM32 had a few changes, including the addition of an extended temperature version of the STM32F765.
The more interesting news was the announcement of the STM32WB a family combining – guess? – a Cortex-M4 for the application and a Cortex-M0+ core for the wireless modem functions – BT5 and 802.15.4 supporting OpenThread, ZigBee, or proprietary protocols. The STM32WB is an evolution of the STM32L4 series.
Engineering samples of the STM32WB in packages up to 100-pin WLCSP are sampling now, priced from $1.56 for high-volume orders.
The 2.4GHz radio consumes 5.5mA in TX and 3.8mA in RX mode.
STM32WB devices include UQFN48, VQFN68, or WLCSP100 and 256/128kB, 512/256kB and 1MB/256kB Flash/RAM options.
Like NXP, there is only limited documentation although ST feels more verbose and clear on their intentions.
The wireless segment is… heating up!
Texas Instruments
TI had a mini reshuffle of their MCU portfolio. Performance MCUs are gone and split into ‘Other MCUs’ and C2000 Real Time Control. Wouldn’t like to be the Tiva, moving into the former.
Remember that TI had its wireless moment last month with a now popular architecture…
[From last month] TI released 13 new wireless MCU worth mentionning. They are dual-core Cortex-M0 (modem) / Cortex-M4 (application) combos with integrated RF:
CC1312R: sub-GHz
CC1352R: sub-GHz and 2.4 GHz
CC2642R: 2.4GHz, Bluetooth 5.0
CC2652R: 2.4GHz, Multi-protocol
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TI had a mini reshuffle of their MCU portfolio. Performance MCUs are gone and split into ‘Other MCUs’ and C2000 Real Time Control. Wouldn’t like to be the Tiva, moving into the former.
Remember that TI had its wireless moment last month with a now popular architecture…
[From last month] TI released 13 new wireless MCU worth mentionning. They are dual-core Cortex-M0 (modem) / Cortex-M4 (application) combos with integrated RF:
CC1312R: sub-GHz
CC1352R: sub-GHz and 2.4 GHz
CC2642R: 2.4GHz, Bluetooth 5.0
CC2652R: 2.4GHz, Multi-protocol
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