Philips introduces industrys fastest ARM7-based microcontroller

2005 Nian 9 28, Beijing, China - Royal Philips Electronics (Royal Philips Electronics, NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) today announced that its popular LPC2000 microcontroller (MCU) family added a three- new products: LPC2101, LPC2102 and DS1307N datasheet and LPC2103. LPC210x family is based on the new ARM7 TDMI-S architecture, the maximum operating speed of up to 70 MHz (63 MIP), than the current fastest ARM7 MCU market faster 10 MHz.

Order to continue to meet the industry demand for more advanced applications, device manufacturers are using the MCU as a way to increase intelligence applications, such as motor control, serial protocol conversion, data acquisition and DS1307N price and telemetry. Philips New MCU with improved speed and DS1307N suppliers and performance capabilities, and thus easy to use. This allows manufacturers to reduce time to market, optimize power consumption without having to modify existing MCU programming software and tools.

According to research company IC Insights predicts that in 2005 the total MCU market will reach 12.7 billion, of which 32-bit MCU will reach 3.5 billion, is the MCU market, the fastest growing segment (estimated up to 2009, the composite annual growth rate (CAGR) will remain more than 15%). Since the inception of microcontrollers due to differences in performance and price, basically there has been 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit MCU market segmentation. Philips LPC210x series of competitive prices to support the entire industry, from 8-bit MCU to 32-bit MCU development. Through the elimination of price differences, Philips is enabling manufacturers were able to enjoy a lower price higher processing power.

"As our customers continue to require more high-performance MCU products, we see in this 32-bit MCU market, there is a huge growth potential," Philips Semiconductors microcontroller product line, strategic marketing director Joe Yu said. "We will continue to focus on performance, power consumption and price, we will continue to work with our customers to continuously meet their needs in these areas."

Philips ARM7-based MCU also has a fast I / O capacity, able to place a speed of 17.5 MHz switching than the competition on the market four times faster ARM MCU. In addition, the innovative power management features to support deep power-down mode current consumption (real-time clock running) less than 10 μA. Board communication peripherals include two 16C550 compatible UART, I2C bus interface of two fast, two SPI / SSP interfaces, four timers with PWM function, and a 10-bit ADC.

Tools and support

LP2000 series of ARM7-core to provide users with a wealth of tools and development support environment, these tools and development support environment from the traditional 8-bit and 32 partners, including Keil, IAR, Nohau, Hitex, Ashling and ARM company. Provided by the IAR and Keil compiler and development kit includes the development board.

Availability

LPC210x MCU will begin shipping in November 2005. For more information about LPC210x series, please visit www.philips.com / microcontrollers.

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