Date: 23/02/2010

14 new 8-bit MCUs from NEC Electronics for automotive dashboard apps

NEC Electronics has made availability 14 new All Flash microcontrollers (MCUs), the 78K0/Dx2 product series with simple gages. The new MCUs offer peripherals with either 80 pins or 64 pins and memory capacity ranging from 60 kilobytes (KB) down to 24 KB. The 14 new 8-bit MCUs are suitable for automotive dashboard applications.

NEC Electronics says that it is offering these new products to support the manufacturers of small-cars and motorcycles as they capture accelerating consumer demand. It also believes these new MCUs will promote expansion of its lineup of automotive MCUs for China and India.

NEC Electronics' MCUs provide a set of peripherals such as stepper motor driver/controller and increased the total number of timer channels from six to nine. Also included are LCD driver/controller, a CAN interface, and a sound generator all in a single chip, enabling system manufacturers to reduce external components and trim system development costs. It also offers an extensive lineup of MCUs that differ by flash memory capacity, RAM capacity, necessity of CAN interface, number of stepping motor driver/controller channels and LCD drive/display capability.

Availability: Now in samples, Mass production to begin in October 2010

For more details visit www.necel.com