Date: 14th July 2011
12 new ARM Cortex-M3 based microcontrollers
from Energy Micro for industrial system apps
Energy Micro has made available of its 12 new product
variants in EFM32 Gecko and Tiny Gecko to the ARM Cortex-M3
based microcontroller family. The new 64-pin devices are
particularly popular in the growing smart metering market,
in addition to energy sensitive applications like building
automation, security systems and portable health and fitness
equipment.
The EFM32G232, EFM32G842, EFM32TG232 and EFM32TG842, which
are available in various configurations of Flash memory
ranging from 8 to 128 KB and RAM from 2 to 16 KB, offer
the same energy saving Gecko technology as other package
options in the EFM32 MCU range, and its low current performance,
combined with a wake-up time of 2µs has enabled the
EFM32 microcontrollers to extend battery cell life by a
factor of at least four says Energy Micro.
Energy Micro explains the EFM32 Gecko and Tiny Gecko microcontrollers
operate in active mode typically 160µA per MHz executing
code from Flash, 900nA in deep sleep mode and 20nA in shut
off mode. The EFM32 Tiny Gecko family also features the
LESENSE low energy sensor interface, which enables autonomous
monitoring of up to 16 external sensors in the microcontroller's
sub microamp Deep Sleep mode.
Andreas Koller, VP of World-Wide Sales and Marketing at
Energy Micro said, "We have responded to the needs
of our customers, and the introduction of the new QFP64
devices give engineers even more choices for applications
where energy efficient design and proven packages are critical."
Available: Now
Price: $1.49 each for 100K units
Package: QFP64 package
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