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Motorola Extends Leadership Position in
Appliance, Consumer and Industrial Markets with Addition of 8-bit
MCUs
New 68HC908 Flash MCU Family Helps
Lower Overall System Costs While Improving
Performance
AUSTIN, Texas – April 2,
2002 – Designers of appliance, consumer products and industrial
equipment will find it easier to develop lower-cost systems with new 8-bit Flash
microcontrollers (MCU) announced today by Motorola’s (NYSE: MOT)
Semiconductor Products Sector. The 68HC908GT16 (GT16) and 68HC908GT8 (GT8), the
latest members of Motorola’s 8-bit 68HC08 microcontroller family,
integrate low-cost Flash memory for in-circuit and in-application programming
flexibility, along with several analog functions including a highly accurate
internal clock generator (ICG) that eliminates the need for external clock
sources. These features help customers to reduce the number of components in
their electronic systems, thus increasing reliability and reducing system costs.
“Our customers in the appliance,
consumer and industrial markets continue to reap great benefits from Flash-based
MCUs and continue to request new products to meet ever evolving system
requirements,” said Paul Grimme, corporate vice president and general
manager for Motorola’s 8/16-Bit Microcontroller Division. “These new
microcontrollers give customers more choices and increased flexibility when
designing with 8-Bit MCUs.”
The GT16/GT8
MCUs include an enhanced serial communications interface (ESCI) that provides
support for Local Interconnect Network (LIN) applications. LIN is a low-cost,
serial communications protocol for use in distributed networks in vehicles as
well as radar detectors, industrial and home lighting equipment, home
appliances, and sensors. This sub-bus solution complements Controller Area
Networks (CAN), providing lower cost connection with local network clusters, and
offering systems advantages of cost, flexibility, re-use and logistics.
Key
Features
Innovative features of these Flash
microcontrollers include...
Flash Memory – 8 and 16 Kbytes of
Flash memory (for the GT8 & GT16 respectively)
Internal Clock Generator –
Eliminates need for an external clock source, reduces overall system cost and
provides improved accuracy across a range of temperature and
voltage
Enhanced Asynchronous Serial
Communication Interface (ESCI) – Supports LIN
applications
Pin Compatible with Current GP
Family Parts – The 68HC908GT16 is pin-for-pin compatible with
Motorola’s 68HC08GP series devices, enabling scalable system design, and
speeding time to market for customers who want to offer lower-end models of
their products with fewer software
features
Other Features – 512
bytes RAM; dual two-channel 16-bit timers, with programmable PWMs; 8 channel
8-bit A/D; synchronous serial peripheral interface (SPI); up to 36 I/O; Timebase
Module with auto wake-up from STOP mode; 44-lead quad flat package (QFP) or
42-pin shrink dual inline package (SDIP) types; operating temperature range of
-40 to +85 degrees Celsius; and a Low Voltage Inhibit (LVI) with selectable 3-
and 5-volt trip points
Development Tool
Support
Motorola’s development tools are
now available for the GT8 and GT16. In addition, Motorola offers system
solutions that include chips, software libraries and example application code,
comprehensive technical documentation, and engineering support that makes it
easier for customers to design, develop, debug and bring products to market
faster. Software development tools for the 68HC08 family are also available
from a large number of independent software vendors.
Hardware development tools from Motorola
include the Modular Evaluation System (MMEVS); a cost-effective, real-time
emulator kit with an in-circuit simulator; and the Modular Development System
(MMDS) for high-performance, real-time emulation (including bus-state analysis).
Motorola offers its In-Circuit Simulator (ICS) kit for low-cost, run-time
emulation.
Price and
Availability
The GT8 and GT16 are available today. Suggested list
price per unit in 10,000-piece quantities is (U.S.) $4.00 for the GT16 and
(U.S.) $3.50 for the GT8.
About Motorola
As the world's #1 producer of embedded processors,
Motorola’s Semiconductor Products Sector creates
DigitalDNA™ system-on-chip solutions for a connected world.
Our strong focus on wireless communications and networking enables customers to
develop smarter, simpler, faster and synchronized products for the person, work
team, home and automobile. Motorola's worldwide semiconductor sales were $4.9
billion (USD) in 2001.
http://www.motorola.com/semiconductors
Motorola,
Inc. (NYSE:MOT) is a global leader in providing integrated communications and
embedded electronic solutions. Sales in 2001 were $30 billion.
http://www.motorola.com.
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