Product category: Microprocessors, Microcontrollers and DSPs
News Release from: NXP (formerly Philips Semiconductors) | Subject: LPC900 family
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 14 March 2002
New life for 8051
in accelerated controller family
Philips has a new family of 8bit single-chip low-voltage embedded controllers based on a real six-times-accelerated 80C51-compatible core
Manufactured in 0.35-micron embedded Flash technology from Philips, the LPC900 family has an operating range of 2.4 to 3.6V. In addition, the family includes exceptional power management capabilities that extend battery life from months to years, and is ideally suited for hand-held battery-powered devices and other electronic peripherals.
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With the LPC900 family, Philips has significantly enhanced the capabilities of the 80C51.
Family features include increased speed, improved power management and low EMI.
The 0.35-micron embedded Flash process equips the devices with up to 8Kbyte Flash memory with in-application programming (IAP) and in-system programming (ISP) and fast 2ms page program/erase times.
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Other significant user benefits are 512byte of on-chip data EEPROM and 768byte of SRAM.
"Philips is committed to fulfilling the growing need of portable devices for low voltage and low power solutions", says Geoff Lees, director of marketing, microcontroller Business Line in the semiconductors division of Philips.
"The LPC900 family is a significant milestone in Philips' drive to be a leader in the 8bit controller market with leading products at competitive prices".
The LPC900 family includes an innovative set of memory sizes and peripherals around the core, such as 16bit capture/compare/PWM, 3Mbit/s SPI and 400Kbit/s I2C serial interface, enhanced UART, watchdog timer and user selectable power management functions with +/-2.5% internal oscillator.
Philips will outfit all members of this family in consistent packages and pinout ranging from 8 to 80 pins.
This family will also enjoy full development tool support from leading 8bit tool vendors.
The first products from the LPC900 family are the P89LPC93x series, which will begin sampling in April 2002.
Volume production will ramp-up in June 2002.
The P89LPC93x series will be available in thin small-outline TSSOP28 package.
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