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Device expands communication options
By Robert Cravotta -- EDN, 11/13/2003
Triscend’s TA7VX05 family of configurable system-on-chip processors integrates a 70-MHz ARM7TDMI core with 512 configurable system-logic cells with about 6400 system gates, a CAN (controller-area-network) 2.0B controller, a USB 1.1 transceiver, two 10/100 Ethernet MACs (media-access controllers), a 10-bit ADC, and dual I2C interfaces to support low-end in-dustrial-electronic-motor-drive and instrumentation applications. The integrated communication interfaces target applications with networking requirements for distributed control. The new FastChip 3.0 development system allows you to develop and use custom PWM or QEI (quadrature-encoder–interface) module designs in the A7V. The FastChip 3.0 tool includes a new system-diagram view, system-address view, and I/O editor.
The TA7Vx05 family includes four devices that vary by the on-chip communication interfaces. The 208-pin PQFP TA7VL05 device includes no on-chip communication interfaces and supports migration from the A7S04. The remaining members of the TA7V family include the ADC, at least one Ethernet MAC, and one or both of the other two communication interfaces in a 324-pin BGA package. These devices are available for sampling in October, and full production is scheduled for the first quarter of 2004. The FastChip 3.0 and accompanying software-development kit 3.0 will be available in the fourth quarter of 2003. The price for the TA7V devices ranges from $10 to $15.
Triscend, 1-650-968-8668, www.triscend.com.
