Product category: Microprocessors, Microcontrollers and DSPs
News Release from: Renesas Technology Europe | Subject: M16C/6S flash microcontroller
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 11 November 2004
Communication solution on single chip
Renesas Technology Europe has launched the M16C/6S flash microcontroller with integrated power line modem from Yitran Communications
Renesas Technology Europe has announced the M16C/6S flash microcontroller with integrated power line modem from Yitran Communications . The device provides a single-chip power line communication (PLC) solution that reduces time-to-market and offers very reliable communication, as the modem has been specifically designed to cope with power line phenomena.
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These features make it suitable for applications that require a larger protocol stack and additional application software, such as Automatic Meter Reading (AMR) or building automation applications.
A demonstration of AMR will be shown at Electronica and also at the Net@Home conference from 1-2 December in Nice, France.
The M16C/6S is suitable for use in both highly integrated and modular system architectures.
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It is based on the high performance M16C series CPU core and has 3.0 to 3.6 V operation at 15.36 MHz.
The device offers excellent EMC performance and has shown good in-phase and cross-phase reliability in tests, thus it provides very reliable communication.
It is configurable to support worldwide regulations and frequency band compliance (ARIB, FCC, CENELEC Bands A and B).
The microcontroller offers 96K on-chip flash memory and 24K SRAM.
The peripheral set includes three UARTS, five 16-bit timers, a watchdog timer, three external interrupts and 21 programmable I/O ports.
The M16C/6S uses a 64-pin plastic mould LQFP package.
Samples of the device are currently being shown to OEM customers.
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