SiLabs beefs up BLE portfolio
30
Sep
2023
SiLabs continues to provide innovative solutions for the IoT market with, this month, a radio co-processor optimized for gateways, hubs and access points for the BLE and Zigbee protocols in the 2.4 GHz band.
Renesas added a new group to the RL78 with an embedded “Flexible Application Accelerator”. The new RL78/G24 group targets motor control, power supply, and lighting applications.
Infineon
No significant change.
No significant change.
Microchip
Microchip added 48 new part numbers mostly in the PIC16 and PIC18 families, all being variants with new packages, temperature or packing of existing parts.
Microchip added 48 new part numbers mostly in the PIC16 and PIC18 families, all being variants with new packages, temperature or packing of existing parts.
Nordic
No change.
No change.
Nuvoton
Nuvoton released high temperature versions for the M467 Ethernet/Crypto series. It is a 32-bit microcontroller based on Arm Cortex-M4F core, with DSP instruction set and single-precision floating-point unit (FPU), targeted for IoT gateway, industrial control, telecom, and data center applications. The M467 Ethernet/Crypto series runs up to 200 MHz, and features 1.7 V to 3.6 V wide operating voltage.
Nuvoton released high temperature versions for the M467 Ethernet/Crypto series. It is a 32-bit microcontroller based on Arm Cortex-M4F core, with DSP instruction set and single-precision floating-point unit (FPU), targeted for IoT gateway, industrial control, telecom, and data center applications. The M467 Ethernet/Crypto series runs up to 200 MHz, and features 1.7 V to 3.6 V wide operating voltage.
NXP
No change.
No change.
Renesas
Renesas released 88 new products in the RL78 family in particular into the existing RL78/G23 and the new group RL78/G24.
The RL78/G24 group has the highest processing performance of the RL78 family of MCUs, with a CPU operating frequency up to 48 MHz and a flexible application accelerator (FAA). In addition, the enhanced analog functions and timers make it a good fit for motor control, power supply, and lighting applications. The FAA is a co-processor dedicated to arithmetic operations, and can be operated independently of the CPU, delivering higher processing power.
Main features include:
Renesas released 88 new products in the RL78 family in particular into the existing RL78/G23 and the new group RL78/G24.
The RL78/G24 group has the highest processing performance of the RL78 family of MCUs, with a CPU operating frequency up to 48 MHz and a flexible application accelerator (FAA). In addition, the enhanced analog functions and timers make it a good fit for motor control, power supply, and lighting applications. The FAA is a co-processor dedicated to arithmetic operations, and can be operated independently of the CPU, delivering higher processing power.
Main features include:
- CPU: RL78 core, Max. 48MHz, FAA core
- Voltage: 1.6V to 5.5V
- Package: 20-pin to 64-pin
- Memory: Program Flash: 64/128KB, SRAM 12KB, Data Flash 4KB
- Operating temperature range:-40 up to 125°C
- Timer: 16-bit Timer (ch) x 12, Watchdog Timer (ch) x 1, 32-bit Interval Timer x 1 ch
- Analog function: 8/10/12-bit A/D Converter (ch) x 23, 8/10-bit D/A – Converter (ch) x 2~3, Comparator x 4, Programmable gain amplifier (PGA) x 1
- Packages: SSOP, LQFP, LFQFP, HWQFN, WFLGA
The RX26T got 24 new parts, mostly variants.
SiliconLabs
The EM35x got EOLed, and a couple of interesting products were introduced:
The EFR32BG24B310F1536IJ42 with a CSP package is focused on BLE connectivity for clinical and portable medical, smart home, and lighting devices. It has received the highest PSA Certification Level 3 security. It features a Cortex-M33 core with 1536 kB Flash, 256 kB of RAM and 20 GPIO.
The EFR32MR21A020F512IM32 on the other side, is a wireless RCP (Radio Co-Processor) device that has been optimized for gateways, hubs, and access points. Based on the MG21 family, the MR21 runs the PHY/MAC for 802.15.4 and up to the HCI interface for Bluetooth Low Energy. For products that already have a separate host MCU or MPU, the RCP device enables lower hardware cost by reducing the requirements of the wireless IC and allowing the wireless protocol and application to run on the existing host MCU/MPU. The MR21 device includes 512 Flash, 64 RAM and is available in a QFN32 package. With +20 dBm maximum power output and excellent receive sensitivity the EFR32MR21A020F512IM32 provides a robust RF link for reliable communications.
The EM35x got EOLed, and a couple of interesting products were introduced:
The EFR32BG24B310F1536IJ42 with a CSP package is focused on BLE connectivity for clinical and portable medical, smart home, and lighting devices. It has received the highest PSA Certification Level 3 security. It features a Cortex-M33 core with 1536 kB Flash, 256 kB of RAM and 20 GPIO.
The EFR32MR21A020F512IM32 on the other side, is a wireless RCP (Radio Co-Processor) device that has been optimized for gateways, hubs, and access points. Based on the MG21 family, the MR21 runs the PHY/MAC for 802.15.4 and up to the HCI interface for Bluetooth Low Energy. For products that already have a separate host MCU or MPU, the RCP device enables lower hardware cost by reducing the requirements of the wireless IC and allowing the wireless protocol and application to run on the existing host MCU/MPU. The MR21 device includes 512 Flash, 64 RAM and is available in a QFN32 package. With +20 dBm maximum power output and excellent receive sensitivity the EFR32MR21A020F512IM32 provides a robust RF link for reliable communications.
ST Microelectronics
ST had only minor changes to its portfolio.
ST had only minor changes to its portfolio.
Texas Instruments
TI was rather quiet this cycle with no changes to its portfolio of ultra low cost MSPM0L/G Cortex-M0+ MCUs.
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