Product category: Microprocessors, Microcontrollers and DSPs
News Release from: Freescale Semiconductor | Subject: 56F8000 series
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 06 May 2005
Controllers address cost-sensitive
applications
The 56F8000 series of digital signal controllers addresses the needs of cost-sensitive applications that require a 16bit solution.
As energy costs soar, designers of industrial and appliance applications are looking for economical ways to offer more functionality and energy efficiency in their products Freescale Semiconductor has responded to this demand by introducing the 56F8000 series of digital signal controllers (DSCs)
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 20 Mar 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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