TI microcontroller families double performance and battery life

-- Control Engineering, 2/11/2008

Texas Instruments (TI) has introduced five new families of MSP430F2xx high-performance microcontrollers, claimed to be the industry’s lowest-power 16-bit general purpose microcontrollers (MCUs). They provide a
direct upgrade path for corresponding devices in TI’s  MSP430F1xx generation of ultra-low-power MCUs and deliver twice the performance, twice the battery life, and increased memory. The devices integrate on-
chip memories of up to 120 KB, and a 20-bit address word increases total addressable memory to 1 MB without paging, supporting the development of more complex programs. A range of analog and digital peripheral options enable enhanced features in end products while reducing system costs and power consumption. Almost no battery drain occurs with standby power consumption as low as 0.5 uA, and fast wake up from standby mode further reduces load. MCUs have an operating voltage range from 1.8 to 3.6 V. 

Texas Instruments Inc.


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