Device expands low-end, 32-bit performance
By Robert Cravotta -- EDN, December 7, 2004
Royal Philips Electronics’ LPC2130 32-bit, ARM7-based microcontroller series expands the processing performance and feature options for low-end, 32-bit processing. These devices include as much as 512 kbytes of 128-bit-wide on-chip flash memory that enable the processor to fetch four 32-bit words in a single fetch and operate at 60 MHz with zero wait states and approaching a $3 device cost point (Picture).
The LPC2130 series devices are footprint-compatible and include the ARM debugger and embedded-trace interfaces with an ARM7TDMI-S core. The QFP and HVQFN, 9×9-mm, 64-pin packages boast 47 bit-addressable general-purpose-I/O pins that support Atomic bit/set clear and 32-bit port-write extensions. The devices also include as much as 32 kbytes of static RAM with ECC (error-correction circuitry); dual eight-channel, 10-bit ADCs; a 10-bit DAC; and a 3V, single-voltage supply with brownout-detection and power-on-reset functions. The LPC2131, LPC2132 and LPC2138 are available now and range in price from $3.20 to $7 (10,000). The LPC2134 and LPC2136 will be available in the first quarter of 2005.
Royal Philips Electronics, www.semiconductors.philips.com.
