Date: 13/10/2011

Dual-core 32-bit MCU for designing direct injection, turbo-charging and full drive by wire systems

Freescale Semiconductor has announced its new multicore Qorivva 32-bit MPC5676R automotive-MCU supporting direct injection, turbo-charging and full drives by wire systems into a single controller.

"Freescale understands the key role technology plays in helping automakers produce greener, more fuel-efficient vehicles, and we have a long history of working with the automotive industry to develop the solutions they need for their latest-generation designs," said Ray Cornyn, vice president of Freescale's Automotive MCU business. "For powertrain, our goal is to produce the most powerful and flexible MCUs that can simultaneously manage all the complex control of a modern engine, while giving designers the tools and software platforms they need to reduce system complexity."

As per Freescale, the 90-nanometer, dual-core MPC5676R MCU is equipped with:
6 MB of on-chip flash memory
384 KB of on-chip RAM
Three high-performance enhanced timing processor units (eTPU)
64-channel 12-bit analog-to-digital converter.
CAN and FlexRay communications systems
On-chip hardware for knock detection processing.
two parallel 180 MHz 32 Bit Power Architecture processors for maximum throughput and software flexibility.

Freescale suggests that due to the adaptability and capability of the MPC5676R makes it suitable for a variety of powertrain control applications, including diesel, gasoline and natural gas engines and hybrid electric and plug-in electric vehicles.

Each Qorivva MCU comes with AUTOSAR MCAL driver suites and AUTOSAR real-time operating system for single-core and multicore MCUs.

Availability: Freescale plans to offer evaluation kits and samples of the MPC5676R MCU in January 2012