Standard MCU architectures offer a wide
range of different derivatives with regard to
CPU performance, memory size, peripheral
functions and interfaces. From this offering,
users can select the microcontroller that best
suits their application. Things would be more
efficient if products and/or series within a
microcontroller family were already optimized
in terms of their functions and the peripheral
equipment for specific system requirements.
The application-optimized microcontroller
family XMC1000 offers both 32-bit performance
and functions at 8-bit prices.
One alternative to 8-bit solutions used to
date in industrial applications is provided by
the 32-bit MCUs of the XMC1000 family. This
is because they combine the Cortex-M0
processor from ARM with comprehensive
peripheral functions, tools and evaluation
kits with high design productivity and are
produced using a cost-efficient process tech-
nology (65 nm embedded flash production
on 300 mm wafers).With recently introduced
VQFN packages featuring 24 pins and 40
pins, Infineon provides …
Application-optimized microcontrollers
supported by dedicated application kits
Read more in the article starting on page 10.
A microcontroller architecture with target-oriented peripherals
for specific applications, a largely automated development
environment and practice-oriented evaluation kits are
what constitute a modern application-oriented
MCU system design.
