Prolific month for Renesas again and Microchip | Keremi – MCU Intelligence for the Electronics Industries
Summary
Nuvoton unveiled the Cortex-M4-based M471 series with 5 parts, targeting the smart home appliance applications. With the growing requirement of the safety functions on the home appliance, the M471 series provides certified Software Test Library (STL) and an application note for IEC60730-1 Class B Annex H. The M471 series runs up to 72/120 MHz, has a 2.5V to 5.5V operating voltage, -40°C to 105°C operating temperature range , a variety of packages with wide pin pitch, and excellent high immunity characteristics by ESD HBM 8 kV and EFT 4.4 kV, to meet the rigid requirements for stability, reliability and safety of home appliance systems. The M471 series also integrates a pseudo random number generator (PRNG) to support the requirement for encryption and decryption of smart home appliances. The Renesas RA6T2 Group appeared this month with 20 new parts, targeting motor and inverter control solutions. SiliconLabs has quietly removed 5 parts numbers in the EFM32HG350/WG360 families for lack of volume according to the PCN.