HOUSTON, Jan. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Bridging the gap
between low-cost Piccolo and high-performance Delfino™
floating-point microcontrollers (MCUs), Texas Instruments
Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) today announced its new low-cost
TMS320F2806x Piccolo floating-point MCUs. Rooted in TI's 25+ years
of digital signal processing leadership, the new Piccolo MCUs offer
an enhanced math engine specifically designed to simplify
programming and optimize performance in real-time control
applications that may require integrated communications. Developers
of energy-efficient motor control and renewable energy applications
can now use a single F2806x MCU to cost-effectively execute control
loops as well as power line communications (PLC) protocols and
modulation schemes. Balancing performance with the integration and
ease-of-use inherent to MCUs, the new F2806x MCUs also deliver a
broader range of connectivity and memory options and are backed by
TI's robust tools and free controlSUITE™ software. For more
information, go to www.ti.com/f2806x-pr-pf or for a video overview,
go to www.ti.com/f2806x-pr-v.
Key features and benefits of F2806x Piccolo floating-point
MCUs
- Cutting-edge math engine comprised of 80 MHz floating-point
C28x™ core, new Viterbi Complex Math Unit (VCU) and Control Law
Accelerator (CLA) options
- Floating-point core greatly eases programming, improves
compatibility with meta-language tools, and improves performance by
up to 40% over fixed point
- New VCU complex math unit provides 75 tailored math
instructions to accelerate processing of communications algorithms,
such as those for PLC, by a factor of up to 7X
- Increased communications and throughput via USB 2.0 full-speed
(host and device), CAN and direct memory access (DMA)
- 15+ MCUs provide an increased memory range of 52 – 100KB RAM,
128 – 256 KB flash as well as options for 80 and 100 pin
packages
- Control-oriented peripherals, including industry's highest
resolution PWMs (150ps), 3 MSPS 12-bit analog-to-digital converter
(ADC), and 3 analog comparators with 10-bit reference
- Low-cost F2806x controlSTICK and modular controlCARD enable
easy evaluation with TI's compatible experimenter and real-world
hardware application development tools
- Free controlSUITE™ software includes application and math
libraries with source code as well as detailed documentation so
developers can easily, fully harness F2806x features
- IQmath Library for code compatibility and scaling throughout
the C2000 platform, including the low-cost Piccolo series and
high-performance Delfino floating-point series
Pricing and availability
The new Piccolo F2806x floating-point MCUs start at $4.95 (1K volumes) and samples are immediately
available. An $11 promotional price
will be available to the first 1,000 customers who order the F2806x
controlSTICK through TI's eStore before February 14, 2011. Regular pricing for the F2806x
controlSTICK is $39.00, and orders
can immediately be placed at www.ti.com/f2806x-cs-pr-es. The F2806x
Experimenter's Kit is priced at $99.00 and orders can be immediately placed at
www.ti.com/f2806x-ek-pr-es. Both the F2806x Experimenter's Kit and
controlSTICK include Code Composer Studio™ integrated development
environment with no compiler or memory limitations. The F2806x
controlCARD is priced at $59.00 and
is available to order at www.ti.com/f2806x-cc-pr-es.
TI's broad portfolio of MCUs and software
From general purpose, ultra-low-power MSP430™ MCUs, to
Stellaris® Cortex™-M3-based 32-bit MCUs and high performance,
real-time control TMS320C2000 MCUs, TI offers the broadest range of
microcontroller solutions. Designers can accelerate time to market
by tapping into TI's complete software and hardware tools,
extensive third-party offerings and technical support.
Find out more about TI's Piccolo F2806x floating-point MCUs
by visiting the links below:
- Piccolo MCUs: www.ti.com/f2806x-pr-piccolo-lp
- Piccolo F2806x floating-point MCUs:
www.ti.com/f2806x-pr-pf
- Video overview of F2806x MCUs: www.ti.com/f2806x-pr-v
- What does it take to do real-time control? Whitepaper:
www.ti.com/f2806x-pr-rtc-mc
- Adding efficient communication via new VCU Whitepaper:
www.ti.com/f2806x-pr-vcu-mc
- controlSUITE software: www.ti.com/f2806x-pr-cs-lp
- TI's microcontroller portfolio:
www.ti.com/f2806x-pr-mcu-lp
- TI eStore: www.ti.com/f2806x-pr-es
About Texas Instruments
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develop new electronics that make the world smarter, healthier,
safer, greener and more fun. A global semiconductor company, TI
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www.ti.com.
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TMS320C2000, C2000, Piccolo, Delfino, controlSUITE, C28x, MSP430
and Code Composer Studio are trademarks and Stellaris is a
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