32-bit ARM9 MCUs Eye Consumer And Industrial Markets

Enlarging the company's portfolio of ARM7 and ARM9 MCUs, the LPC3200 family, based on the ARM926EJ processor, targets consumer, industrial, medical, and automotive applications. Exploiting a 90-nm process, the family integrates the ARM926EJ core, a vector floating point, an LCD controller, Ethernet MAC, On-The-Go USB, bus matrix, and a large set of standard peripherals. Features include I2C, I2S, SPI, SSP, UARTs, USB, OTG, SD, PWMs, A/D with touch-screen interfaces, 10/100 Ethernet MAC, and a 24-bit LCD controller that supports STN and TFT panels. The family supports DDR, SDR, SRAM, and flash-memory devices and offers the option of booting-from NAND flash, SPI memory, UART, or SRAM. Prices for the LPC3200 devices range from $6.79 to $8.25 each/10,000. NXP SEMICONDUCTORS, USA. (800) 447-1500.