The company is introducing a scalable Arm Cortex-M0+ microcontroller (MCU) portfolio that features a wide range of computing, pinout, memory and integrated analogue options.
With an initial launch of dozens of MCUs supported by intuitive software and design tools, the MSPM0 MCU portfolio is intended to help designers spend more time innovating and less time evaluating and coding – cutting design time from months to days.
“TI is building the industry’s most comprehensive portfolio of Arm Cortex-M0+ based MCUs – expanding an already extensive semiconductor offering with options for general-purpose designs,” explained Vinay Agarwal, vice president, MSP Microcontrollers, Texas Instruments. “Our new MCUs provide the flexibility our customers need to enhance the sensing and control capabilities of their systems while cutting cost, complexity and design time.”
Designers will be able to select from a wide range of computing options from 32 MHz to 80 MHz with math acceleration and multiple configurations of integrated analogue signal-chain components, including the industry’s first zero-drift operational amplifier on an MCU and precision 12-bit, 4-MSPS analogue-to-digital converters.
This increased flexibility will help designers meet their current design’s requirements and plan for future designs – all within the same MCU portfolio.
With more than 100 planned MCUs this year, TI said that it was looking to build the MSPM0 portfolio into the industry’s most comprehensive offering of Arm Cortex-M0+ MCUs.
MSPM0 MCUs can help save months of design time with software, design support resources and coding tools – including graphical tools that streamline device configuration – all created to help designers code once and then scale across future MSPM0-based designs.
Designers can enhance system performance and memory utilisation with the MSPM0 software development kit (SDK). This SDK provides a cohesive experience that includes a wide variety of drivers, libraries, over 200 easy-to-use code examples and subsystem reference designs.
In addition to a vast software, tool and training ecosystem, all analogue and embedded processing parts are supported by TI’s internal manufacturing investments to help meet customer demand over the coming decade.
