Philips Semiconductors Announces a New Addition to Its 51LPC Family of 8-Bit Microcontrollers.SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 23, 1999-- The LPC (language) LPC - A variant of C designed ca 1988 to program LP MUDs. 762 is a Low Power, Low Cost System-on-a-Chip Solution Based on 80C51 Architecture Philips Semiconductors today announced the LPC762, based on 80C51 architecture and offering 2K bytes of OTP (1) (One Time Programmable) Refers to programming content or logic into chips such as EPROMs and EEPROMs, which cannot be reversed. See antifuse. (2) (One Time P (One-Time Programmable) memory in a 20-pin package. This is the latest product in Philips Semiconductors' 51LPC family of low power, low cost and low pin count microcontrollers. The LPC762 is ideal for a wide variety of applications because of its flexible design, and its high level of feature integration reduces system costs. Familiarity with the 80C51 architecture and a wide variety of available development tools enable designers to dramatically reduce the design cycle. "The introduction of the LPC762 continues Philips Semiconductors innovation and leadership in the 80C51 market," said Geoff Lees Geoffrey Lees (born May 1, 1951 near Kingsbury, Warwickshire) is a former Formula One driver from England. He participated in 12 Grands Prix, debuting on July 16, 1978. He scored no championship points. , director of marketing for the Microcontroller Business Line at Philips Semiconductors. "The growing 51LPC family of 8-bit microcontrollers provides our customers with low cost, system-on-a-chip solutions based on an established architecture." About the 51LPC Family Philips Semiconductors 51LPC family offers low cost system-on-a-chip solutions based on the industry standard 80C51 architecture. The chips feature brownout A lowering of AC power voltage for some period of time. Brownouts can be very harmful to electronic equipment if sustained for long periods. Brownouts can cause flickering or a dimming on screen, and the computer may experience intermittent problems as a result. See blackout. detection function, an on-chip user-configurable oscillator oscillator Mechanical or electronic device that produces a back-and-forth periodic motion. A pendulum is a simple mechanical oscillator that swings with a constant amplitude, requiring the addition of energy at each swing only to compensate for the energy lost because of air , power-on reset A power-on reset (PoR) generator is a microcontroller or microprocessor peripheral that generates a reset signal when power is applied to the device. It ensures that the device starts operating in a known state. and a watchdog timer A clock circuit that keeps counting from a set number down to zero. If the event it is monitoring occurs before it reaches zero, it resets to the starting number and starts counting down again. . The on-chip oscillator provides five user-programmable modes that allow the user to tune the performance and power consumption of the device, making it suitable for a variety of high-volume applications. Also, when using the on-chip oscillator, two additional pins can be released for use as I/Os, increasing the total I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output pin count from 16 to 18. Philips Semiconductors* 51LPC devices execute at twice the speed of existing 80C51 devices, in six clocks instead of the standard twelve, minimizing power consumption. Development Tools There is a broad range of existing 80C51 development tools that support the 51LPC family. Philips Semiconductors and emWare, Inc. have partnered to develop the LINK-51 evaluation kit. This Internet enabled evaluation kit comes with emWare*s EMIT 3.0 Lite networking software  This article is written like a personal reflection or and may require .Please [ improve this article] by rewriting this article in an . and allows the 51LPC microcontrollers to be networked using a standard Internet browser See Web browser. . Ceibo and Philips Semiconductors have developed emulator kits, such as the EB76xSD emulator, that provide real-time emulation at a low cost. Philips Semiconductors has also developed the PDS (1) (Processor Direct Slot) A single expansion slot on certain, early Macintosh models that was used to connect high-speed peripherals as well as additional CPUs. Providing a channel directly to the CPU, the PDS coexisted with NuBus slots on some models. 76xSD, a low cost emulator that supports the 51LPC family. More information about 80C51 development tools can be found at the Philips Semiconductors website: www.semiconductors.philips.com/mcu/support/80C51/ Pricing and Availability The P87LPC762BD/BN is available in 20-pin SOIC/PDIP packages and is priced at $1.11 for quantities greater than 500 from Philips Semiconductors distributors. Samples are available now with volume production scheduled for early September. Also available from Philips Semiconductors distributors is the LINK-51 evaluation kit with a suggested retail price of $79.95, the Ceibo emulator EB76xSD with a suggested retail price of $299.00, and the Philips Semiconductors emulator PDS76xSD for $399.00. About Philips Semiconductors Microcontroller Business Line Philips Semiconductors is the world's leading supplier of the most popular 8-bit architecture, the 80C51, offering more than 100 derivatives. Cahners In-Stat Group, a high-technology market research firm in Scottsdale, Arizona Scottsdale (O'odham Vaṣai S-vaṣonĭ) is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, adjacent to Phoenix. Scottsdale has become internationally recognized as a premier and posh tourist destination, while maintaining its own identity and culture as " , reported Philips Semiconductors' 80C51 sales of US$ 416 million in 1997, a 42 percent share of the 80C51 8-bit microcontroller market. Philips Semiconductors has recently extended this successful architecture into 16-bit performance with the XA family. Now customers can preserve their software, development tools and technology investment in the 80C51 while capitalizing on the 16-bit performance requirements in a market expected to double in the next two years. About Philips Semiconductors Philips Semiconductors, a subsidiary of Philips Electronics North America Corporation and an affiliate of Royal Philips Electronics, headquartered in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, is the eighth largest semiconductor supplier in the world (according to Dataquest's 1998 ranking by sales). Philips Semiconductors' innovations in digital audio, video, and mobile technology position the company as a leader in the consumer, multimedia and wireless communications markets. Sales offices are located in all major markets around the world and are supported by systems labs. Additional information on Philips Semiconductors can be found on the home page at www.semiconductors.philips.com or by calling 1-800-447-1500 ext. 2008. |
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