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May pruning
30
May
2024
May was focused on the low end with TI starting to use its cheap low end Cortex-M0+ to serve the automotive market, a very nice idea as this market has traditionally been served with more exotic and expensive architectures. A Welcome change. SiLabs is doing some spring pruning unless we are looking at an unintended website kerfuffle.
Infineon
No change.
No change.
Microchip
Microchip has 87 new products this month, mostly in the PIC16(L)F15/18 families.
Microchip has 87 new products this month, mostly in the PIC16(L)F15/18 families.
Nordic
No change this month.
No change this month.
Nuvoton
No change this month.
No change this month.
NXP
Only minor changes for NXP this month for the i.MX8.
Only minor changes for NXP this month for the i.MX8.
Renesas
Renesas added 92 variants of existing products in the RA2E1 family, mainly new silicon revisions with #UA0 and #UA1 suffixes. The RL78 saw a nice influx of new silicon revisions.
Renesas added 92 variants of existing products in the RA2E1 family, mainly new silicon revisions with #UA0 and #UA1 suffixes. The RL78 saw a nice influx of new silicon revisions.
SiliconLabs
SiLabs is cleaning up the EFM8 family, creating 18 new products in the C8051F5xx family while retiring close to 200. There are 127 left in the 8-bit portfolio.
The EFM32 family went through some pruning too with the Happy Gecko – Cortex-M0+ shedding 28 (8 left), Leopard Gecko – Cortex-M3 shedding 38 with 23 left, and the Wonder Gecko – Cortex-M4 respectively 53 and 7.
Website fluke or cleanup? It would make sense for older Cortex-M3 designs.
SiLabs is cleaning up the EFM8 family, creating 18 new products in the C8051F5xx family while retiring close to 200. There are 127 left in the 8-bit portfolio.
The EFM32 family went through some pruning too with the Happy Gecko – Cortex-M0+ shedding 28 (8 left), Leopard Gecko – Cortex-M3 shedding 38 with 23 left, and the Wonder Gecko – Cortex-M4 respectively 53 and 7.
Website fluke or cleanup? It would make sense for older Cortex-M3 designs.
ST Microelectronics
ST extended their low end portfolio with a 14-pin variant of the existing STM32L011/21.
ST extended their low end portfolio with a 14-pin variant of the existing STM32L011/21.
Texas Instruments
TI released 26 parts, mostly in the MSPM0 (Cortex-M0+) family. Interestingly, TI is now addressing the automotive market with the low end parts. The MSPM0G series sports an 80-MHz Cortex-M0+ with up to 128 kB of flash and 32 kB SRAM. 5 parts were released and priced between $0.41 and $0.73/1k
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TI released 26 parts, mostly in the MSPM0 (Cortex-M0+) family. Interestingly, TI is now addressing the automotive market with the low end parts. The MSPM0G series sports an 80-MHz Cortex-M0+ with up to 128 kB of flash and 32 kB SRAM. 5 parts were released and priced between $0.41 and $0.73/1k
Spring cleanup
30
Apr
2024
This has been a spring month with the proverbial clean-up at Microchip and SiliconLabs. Microchip is retiring parts in the PIC16/18 and PIC32 with in most cases pin-compatible replacements, while SiliconLab is getting rid of its Cortex-M3-based Sim3 portfolio. ST continued its expansion in the mid-range with more Cortex-M33 MCUs in the STM32H523/533 family.
Infineon
No change.
No change.
Microchip
Microchip NRNDed close to 2,000 part numbers across its portfolio. Over half of the cuts were in the PIC16Cx, PIC16F1/6/8 and PIC16LC/LF/LV families, a quarter in the PIC17C/LC, PIC18C/F/LC/LF and PIC32MK/MZ with the last quarter scattered on the PIC12, PIC14 and DSPIC30/33.
Microchip NRNDed close to 2,000 part numbers across its portfolio. Over half of the cuts were in the PIC16Cx, PIC16F1/6/8 and PIC16LC/LF/LV families, a quarter in the PIC17C/LC, PIC18C/F/LC/LF and PIC32MK/MZ with the last quarter scattered on the PIC12, PIC14 and DSPIC30/33.
Nordic
No change this month.
No change this month.
Nuvoton
No change this month.
No change this month.
NXP
Only minor changes for NXP this month.
Only minor changes for NXP this month.
Renesas
Renesas released the RA0E1 group in the RA family of Cortex-M MCUs. The RA0E1 group is a basic, simple MCU in the entry line of the RA0 series, with a 32MHz Cortex-M23 core, up to 64KB of Flash and a supply voltage range of 1.6V to 5.5V. Overall 126 new parts were unveiled.
Renesas released the RA0E1 group in the RA family of Cortex-M MCUs. The RA0E1 group is a basic, simple MCU in the entry line of the RA0 series, with a 32MHz Cortex-M23 core, up to 64KB of Flash and a supply voltage range of 1.6V to 5.5V. Overall 126 new parts were unveiled.
SiliconLabs
SiLabs is retiring its one of its Cortex-M3 family (34 part numbers), the SIM3C/3L/3U. It is now NRND.
It also released the EFR32BG22E, an AEC-Q100 grade 1 (-40, +125C) certified family, similar to the EFR32BG22, without a secure boot or a secure debug (dubbed “base security”).
SiLabs is retiring its one of its Cortex-M3 family (34 part numbers), the SIM3C/3L/3U. It is now NRND.
It also released the EFR32BG22E, an AEC-Q100 grade 1 (-40, +125C) certified family, similar to the EFR32BG22, without a secure boot or a secure debug (dubbed “base security”).
ST Microelectronics
ST added a couple dozen new products this month with a focus on filling a gap in its STM32H5 family, between the STM32H50x and the STM32H56x. 21 STM32H52/53 squeezed in the hole, they have essentially the same features as their siblings, with a different memory setup:
ST added a couple dozen new products this month with a focus on filling a gap in its STM32H5 family, between the STM32H50x and the STM32H56x. 21 STM32H52/53 squeezed in the hole, they have essentially the same features as their siblings, with a different memory setup:
- Cortex-M33 with TrustZone at 250MHz
- Up to 512 kB of Flash and 272 kB of RAM
- Crypto acceleration is available
Texas Instruments
TI released about a dozen variants in the MSPM0L130x and M0L11/13 families.
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TI released about a dozen variants in the MSPM0L130x and M0L11/13 families.
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