TOKYO: Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO: 6502) today announced the launch of three new microcontrollers “TMPM066FWUG”, “TMPM067FWQG”, and “TMPM068FWXBG” as the latest additions to its ARM ® Cortex ® -M0 core based “TX00 series”. The new ICs are optimized for use in USB devices. Sample shipments will start in the middle of October this year.

The new devices support various serial interface functions, including USB, SPI [1] and I 2 C [2] (Fast Mode Plus [3] ), and can function as a sensor hub transferring multiple sensor information to a main controller device or PC. In order to meet market demand for smaller systems, all three devices are housed in small packages: BGA package 5 mm×5 mm with 57-pin external connection pins; QFN package 7 mm×7 mm with 48-pin external connection pins; and QFP package 10 mm×10 mm with 64-pin external connection pins. With the built-in USB device controller, incorporating the ICs as sub-microcontrollers to non-USB devices allows implementation of new USB applications.

■ Key Features

・ARM Cortex-M0 core. Maximum frequency: 24MHz

・Built-in USB device controller

・Small-pin packages:

QFN48-pin (7 mm×7 mm, 0.5 mm pitch)

VFBGA57-pin (5 mm×5 mm, 0.5 mm pitch)

LQFP64-pin (10 mm×10 mm, 0.5 mm pitch)

・Multiple serial interface function: SPI, I 2 C (Fast-mode Plus), etc.

・Bit-banding

■ Applications

・Tablets

・PCs

・Digital equipment

・Industrial controllers

・Office automation equipment

・Sensor hubs

■ Specifications

Part number

TMPM066FWUG

TMPM067FWQG

TMPM068FWXBG

Sample price (tax included)

400 yen

Main specifications

CPU

ARM Cortex-M0

Maximum frequency

24 MHz

Internal memory

Flash 128 KbytesSRAM 16 Kbytes

Operating voltage

1.8 to 3.6 V

DMA

28 ch (1 unit)

USB

1 ch (Full-speed device)

10-bit ADC

8 ch

UART/SIO

2 ch

I2C

2 ch

16-bit Timer

10 ch

High resolution PPG

4 outputs from one unit

External interrupt pin

6 pins

TSPI

1 ch

Package

LQFP64(10 mm x 10 mm, 0.5 mm pitch)

QFN48(7 mm x 7 mm, 0.5 mm pitch)

VFBGA57(5 mm x 5 mm, 0.5 mm pitch)

Notes

DMA: Direct Memory Access1 Kbyte = 1024 bytes.

Notes:

1. SPI: Serial Peripheral Interface, a data communication standard.
2. I 2 C: Inter-Integrated Circuit, a data communication standard.
3. Fast-mode Plus: a communication standard specified by I 2 C, with a transfer rate of up to 1Mbps.