‘Lowest power’ mcus target Internet of Things
Silicon Labs has introduced what it claims are the industry's lowest power Arm Cortex-M3 based microcontroller family and the first 'power aware' development tool targeted at the Internet of Things.
The Precision32 SiM3L1xx 32bit mcus and development environment are designed to enable developers to reduce power consumption to 175µA/MHz in active mode and less than 250nA in sleep mode with the real time clock enabled at 3.6V.
"The new Precision32 mixed signal mcu family is unique in the industry because it provides an unprecedented combination of advanced peripherals, innovative architecture and power aware design tools to give developers the flexibility to optimize their designs for the lowest system level power," commented Mike Salas, vp and general manager of Silicon Labs' microcontroller products.
The devices are suitable for smart metering, utility monitoring, home automation, wireless security, asset tracking, personal medical devices and other power sensitive applications.
