NXP gets tough with ARM Cortex-M0+ MCUs

NXP Semiconductors has added to its LPC range of microcontrollers designed for harsh operating conditions common in many industrial, lighting, and industrial automation applications.

The LPC11E6x family is available in three memory and package variations, including up to 256kbyte flash, 36kbyte RAM and 4kbyte EEPROM.

The ARM Cortex-M0+ microcontrollers integrate 2Msample/s, 12-channel, 12-bit ADC, I2C and SPI interfaces, USARTs and up to 80 GPIOs.

Another feature of these MCUs are two on-chip SCTimer/PWMs which can operate like most traditional timers, and includes a state machine to give programmers a higher degree of timing control and programmability.

It can be configured as multiple PWMs, a PWM with dead-time control, a PWM with reset capability, and many other functions that cannot be duplicated with traditional timers.

The supplier also offers a collection of examples and usage notes to help programmers quickly implement popular timing functions for LPC11E6x applications.

The LPC portfolio now includes 136 microcontrollers qualified for use at 105oC, including all LPC800, LPC1800, and LPC4300 devices.

Many existing LPC1100 parts have also been re-qualified to 105oC, since originally released, including LPC11U6x, LPC11E6x, and LPC111x MCUs.