Product category: Microprocessors, Microcontrollers and DSPs
News Release from: Freescale Semiconductor | Subject: MC9S12XF
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 06 December 2006
16bit automotive microcontrollers
expanded
With the market debut of FlexRay technology in 2007 model vehicles, high-speed communications networks are redefining automotive safety and performance.
With the market debut of FlexRay technology in 2007 model vehicles, high-speed communications networks are redefining automotive safety and performance To help drive next-generation vehicle network architectures forward, Freescale Semiconductor has expanded its family of 16bit automotive microcontrollers (MCUs) with FlexRay technology and Flash memory scaling to 512Kbyte
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 2 Dec 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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