USB microcontrollers pack 56KB flash, 36KB SRAM
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A new range of USB-IF certified microcontrollers has been introduced by NXP.
The LPC11U6x mcus come with an ARM Cortex-M0+ processor, significantly more flash and SRAM, more serial communications, a 2Ms/s a/d converter and more versatile timers compared to the previous generation.
NXP says this means enables them to tackle a wider range of applications in consumer, commercial and industrial markets, inlcuding metering and data collection, wires & wireless routing and handheld medical equipment.
Ross Bannatyne, general manager of NXP's mass market microcontroller product line, said: "For consumers, USB is synonymous with ease of use. We offer microcontrollers with embedded USB functionality that is just as simple and fast for developers to use — no USB expertise required."
To support more demanding data and buffering requirements, as well as larger application code sizes, the LPC11U6x mcus offer 256KB flash and 36KB SRAM.
More rigorous I/O requirements are supported by expanded serial connectivity, including five USARTs, two I2Cs, two SPIs, and up to 80 GPIOs, along with a new 12channel, 12bit, 2Ms/s a/d converter for higher bandwidth and higher precision input.
