Ultrakompakt ARM-baseret MCU kryber yderligere
Freescale 32-bit ARM-baseret microcontroller i en pakning med dimensionerne 1,6mm x 2,0 mm (in english).
Freescale Semiconductor announces a major addition to its Kinetis mini portfolio with the introduction of the Kinetis KL03 MCU, the world’s smallest and most energy efficient 32-bit MCU based on ARM technology, according to Freescale.The Kinetis KL03 MCU builds on the previous generation Kinetis KL02 device with new features, advanced integration, and greater ease-of-use – all in an even smaller 1.6 x 2.0mm2 package. The new capabilities of the Kinetis KL03 device help customers to achieve lower power in a smaller form factor, saving on product design time and cost.
Leveraging advanced wafer-level chip scale packaging, the Kinetis KL03 MCU is more than 15 percent smaller than the previous generation Freescale KL02 device, and 35 percent smaller than competing 32-bit ARM MCUs.
The new SoC is ideally suited for space-constrained designs, including a wide range of applications in the consumer, healthcare, and industrial markets. It is ideal for the fast-growing Internet of Things (IoT) market, where edge nodes increasingly require more intelligence in ever-smaller form factors.
- When size is no longer a barrier to incorporating microcontrollers into edge node devices, we can start to redefine what’s possible for the Internet of Things, says Rajeev Kumar, director of worldwide marketing and business development for Freescale’s Microcontrollers business.
- We see the miniaturization of MCUs as a key driver of IoT evolution. With the groundbreaking form factors of the new Kinetis KL03, systems designers for edge node products now have the technology they need to develop entirely new product categories capable, quite literally, of changing the world.”
The Kinetis KL03 MCU combines the power efficiency of the Kinetis L series based on ARM Cortex-M0+ cores with enhanced low-power functionalities including register files, SRTC, low power UART, and additional low power wake up pins.
Additionally, the new product offers greater ease of use over the previous generation. An added ROM-based boot loader allows factory programming and on-line system firmware upgrades without adding circuitry to the board, reducing programming-related costs for customers. An internal, highly accurate voltage reference (Vref) delivers improved analog performance by supplying an embedded 1.2 volt reference for the ADC, enabling several use cases for applications requiring high ADC accuracy.
