9.03.2007

CYAN TECHNOLOGY Introduces Low-power, High-performance eCOG1X 16-bit Microcontrollers

Cambridge-based Cyan Technology, available from GLYN High-Tech Distribution, is now shipping its latest family of low-power, feature-rich 16-bit microcontrollers, the eCOG1X range. eCOG1X offers 42 MIPS processing performance – tripling that of current eCOG devices, and has been designed to address an array of demanding applications, including: ePOS, telematics, security, access control, pay phones, consumer, motor control and networking.

The 70MHz devices are highly configurable, with options for USB 2.0 OTG, 10/100 Ethernet MAC and Analogue I/O. Each combination is also available with different onboard memory options, including up to 512Kbytes of on-chip Flash and 24Kbytes of SRAM.

All Cyan’s microcontrollers offer reconfigurable and flexible peripherals. Using CyanIDE®, the designer can set up peripherals with minimal programming effort and link them to whichever device pins suit their application. The latest release of CyanIDE, version 1.4, caters for the new eCOG1X family and can utilize the extended peripherals and improved core performance to help solve more challenging applications with less complication and at lower cost.

“The eCOG1X product family and CyanIDE development toolset deliver innovative, peripheral-rich, embedded control solutions.  This allows OEMs to benefit from significant price and performance advantages. The 16-bit eCOG1X has capabilities comparable to many 32-bit microcontrollers for embedded communications, but with the added benefit of being easier to use, requiring lower power consumption and having significantly reduced development time. The eCOG1X device also has significant USB capability. With a minimum of external components, it is able to act as a USB2.0 full-speed (12Mbs) device in host, peripheral or OTG modes - and with the addition of a low-cost external PHY, the eCOG1X is capable of high-speed (480Mbs) data rates, making the eCOG1X the only 16-bit microcontroller on the market today with this combination of USB modes and data rates,” according to Cyan Technology.

The eCOG1X also features:
• A new analogue section including two flexible 12-bit DACs with a 4µs settling time
• Dual ADCs which can simultaneously sample analogue inputs with between 6- and 12-bits resolution for motor control applications
• Dedicated 6 channel PWM output for 3-phase motors
• LCD controller with support for direct and multiplexed drive of 1 to 4 backplane lines
• eICE built in emulator that can program the internal Flash
• Fully-configurable MMU and vectored interrupt modes
• Products are available in a variety of Flash memory sizes and peripheral options in 68-pin QFN, 100-pin QFN and 208-pin BGA packages