Freescale and Cirrus Logic collaborate on digital utility meter technology
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Freescale Semiconductor and Cirrus Logic are collaborating to provide a turnkey reference design for the growing digital utility meter market.
The reference design, available today, pairs Cirrus Logic's CS5463 analogue front end (afe) chip (pictured) with Freescale's 8bit AC60 microcontrollers.
According to the two companies, the CS546X range provides 'best in class' energy measurement accuracy for next generation smart grid devices.
Tom Stein, vice president and general manager, Cirrus Logic Energy, Exploration and Lighting Division, said: "Teaming with Freescale to develop smart meter reference designs will give OEMs a ready to use system to complete designs quickly, with significant performance enhancements, design flexibility, lower system costs and faster calibration than SOCs can provide today."
The Freescale Kinetis range of mcus provides a choice for OEMs, while the MQX rtos and algorithms run on a dedicated dsp and are programmable to run on the mcu. Freescale and Cirrus Logic plan additional single phase meter reference designs in the future that feature new afe and mcu products.
