Motorola dramatically reduces prices on one-time programmable microcontrollers; introduces new member of 68HC05 microcontrollers and drops price on an industry-standard part.AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 17, 1995--Motorola's Customer Specified Integrated Circuits (CSIC (Customer Specific Integrated Circuit) Pronounced "c-sick." Another term for ASIC, which was coined by Motorola. Some feel this is a more accurate description of an ASIC chip. See ASIC. ) Microcontroller Division Tuesday announced a new low-cost version of its popular 68HC05 family of HCMOS HCMOS High-Density Complimentary Metal Oxide Semiconductor HCMOS High Density Cmos HCMOS High Speed Cmos microcontroller units (MCUs), the 68HC705C4A. Based on the industry-standard 68HC705C8, this new one-time programmable (OTP) MCU is designed for high-level embedded system applications. The 68HC705C4A, priced at just over $4 in high volume, has a 40-pin count design, and 4K bytes from EPROM EPROM in full erasable programmable read-only memory Form of computer memory that does not lose its content when the power supply is cut off and that can be erased and reused. . In addition, Motorola has also reduced the price on an industry-standard OTP part, the 68HC705P9, by more than 45 percent to $2.40 each in high volume. The 68HC705P9 has a 28-pin count package and 2K bytes from EPROM. According to Tom Marischen, marketing manager for Motorola's CSIC Microcontroller Division, "The introduction of the low-cost 68HC705C4A, coupled with a major price reduction on the 68HC705P9, is positioning Motorola to open a new market by encouraging the use and development of microcontroller-based systems and products." The 68HC705C4A offers 4160 bytes of erasable programmable read-only memory (storage) Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory - (EPROM) A type of storage device in which the data is determined by electrical charge stored in an isolated ("floating") MOS transistor gate. (EPROM), 176 bytes of static RAM (SRAM), 24 bi-directional I/O pins, 7 input only, asynchronous serial communications interface (SCI (Scalable Coherent Interface) An IEEE standard for a high-speed bus that uses wire or fiber-optic cable. It can transfer data up to 1GBytes/sec. (hardware) SCI - 1. Scalable Coherent Interface. 2. UART. ), synchronous serial peripheral interface (communications, hardware) Serial Peripheral Interface - (SPI) A serial interface in which a master device supplies clock pulses to exchanges data serially with a slave over two data wires (Master-Slave and Slave-Master). (SPI), 16-bit timer with input capture and output compare, COP watchdog, and keyboard interrupt. It also offers fully static operation, an on-chip oscillator with crystal/ceramic resonator resonator /res·o·na·tor/ (rez´o-na?ter) 1. an instrument used to intensify sounds. 2. an electric circuit in which oscillations of a certain frequency are set up by oscillations of the same frequency in another connections and power-saving STOP, WAIT, and data-retention modes; a single 3-volt to 5-volt power requirement, an 8 x 8 unsigned multiply instruction. The 68HC705C4A is available in a 40-pin DIP, a 44-pin PLCC, a 42-pin SDIP and a 44-pin QFP. The 68HC705P9 is an OTP high-performance, low-cost MCU, and offers the following features: popular 68HC05 central processor unit (CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. ), memory-mapped input/output (I/O) registers, 2112 bytes of user EPROM including 16 vector locations, 128 bytes of static RAM (SRAM), 20 bi-directional I/O pins, and one input-only pin. It also offers synchronous serial I/O port (SIOP), fully static operation, an on-chip oscillator with crystal/ceramic resonator connections, a 16-bit capture/compare timer, self-check mode, four-channel 8-bit A/D converter, power-saving STOP, WAIT, and data-retention modes; a single 3-volt to 5-volt power requirement, an 8 x 8 unsigned multiply instruction, a 28-pin dual in-line package See DIP. (hardware) Dual In-Line Package - (DIL, DIP) The most common type of package for small and medium scale integrated circuits, with up to about 48 pins. The pins hang vertically from the two long edges of the rectangular package, spaced at intervals of 0.1 inch. (DIP), and a 28-pin small outline integrated circuit (SOIC). The 68HC705P9 also offers several options, including an edge-sensitive or edge- and level-sensitive external interrupt trigger, a most significant bit (MSB MSB - Most Significant Bit ) first or least significant bit (LSB) first serial data format, as well as a computer operating properly In embedded systems, a Computer Operating Properly counter is a counter that causes a system reset if it is allowed to overflow. COP counters help a system recover from malfunctioning code by reseting the device if the counter is not cleared by software at a regular interval. (COP) watchdog timer. Price and Availability Motorola's 68HC705C4A will be available in the second quarter of 1995. The product is priced at just over $4 in high volumes. The 68HC705P9 is now priced at $2.40 per unit in high volumes, and is available now. The CSIC division is a business unit within Motorola's Microcontroller Technologies Group, which has headquarters in Austin. Having 1994 worldwide sales of $6.9 billion, Motorola's Semiconductor Products Sector is the largest U.S.-based broad line supplier of semiconductors, with a balanced portfolio of more than 50,000 devices. Motorola is one of the world's leading providers of wireless communication, semiconductors, and advanced electronic systems and services. Major equipment businesses include cellular telephone, two-way radio, paging and data communications, personal communications, automotive, defense and space electronics and computers. Communication devices, computers and millions of consumer products are powered by Motorola semiconductors. Motorola's 1994 sales were $22.2 billion. -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: Block diagrams available upon request. Due to electronic news system parameters, the "at" typographic symbol cannot be transmitted. All "at" signs within e-mail addresses are written as "at" in this release. CONTACT: Capital Relations (Editorial Contact) Audrey Hodges/Bonnie Quintanilla, 805/494-0830, ext. 432 or 411 e-mail: audrey"at"caprel.com or Motorola MCU Information Line (Customer Contact) 800/765-7795, ext. 808 |
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