Eindhoven, Netherlands and San Jose, California, December 5, 2013 – NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) introduced two new microcontrollers that allow developers to address late design changes to their system. The LPC11E37H and the LPC11U37H include an "I/O Handler" peripheral that offers designers the flexibility to add incremental peripheral functionality at any point during the design cycle. The I/O Handler peripheral can be easily configured to add I2S, I2C, UART, DMA and other functionality to the MCU with little impact on CPU performance. Each microcontroller features a low-power 50-MHz ARM® Cortex™-M0 processor with up to 128 KB of flash, 12 KB of SRAM and 4 KB of EEPROM, with an additional Full-Speed USB device controller included on the LPC11U37H.
"With design cycles becoming shorter than ever, there are often unforeseen system changes that require additional MCU functionality late in the design," said Ross Bannatyne, general manager, mass market microcontroller product line, NXP Semiconductors. "The new I/O Handler peripheral allows designers to easily add significant functionality, such as serial communications interfaces, at any time in the design cycle. The I/O Handler can even provide DMA (Direct Memory Access) or ADC threshold functionality to further optimize performance and power efficiency."
The I/O Handler is configured using pre-compiled libraries that can be downloaded from NXP's LPCware software and support website and are available for no additional charge.
Links
• LPC11E37H microcontroller product information: www.nxp.com/pip/LPC11E37HFBD64
• LPC11U37H product information: www.nxp.com/pip/LPC11U37HFBD64
• VIDEO: I/O Handler Overview for LPC11E37H and LPC11U37H Microcontrollers: Watch on YouTube
• VIDEO: I/O Handler: LPCXpresso Demo Board – Getting Started: Watch on YouTube
• I/O Handler libraries on LPCware.com: www.lpcware.com/ioh
About NXP Semiconductors
NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) creates solutions that enable secure connections for a smarter world. Building on its expertise in High Performance Mixed Signal electronics, NXP is driving innovation in the automotive, identification and mobile industries, and in application areas including wireless infrastructure, lighting, healthcare, industrial, consumer tech and computing. NXP has operations in more than 25 countries, and posted revenue of $4.36 billion in 2012. Find out more at www.nxp.com.
