Texas Instruments MSP430FR59xx cuts power consumption by 50%

TI's new FRAM-based MSP430FR59xx microcontrollers based on Wolverine technology enable developers to add flexibility, performance and battery life to a variety of applications and anticipated applications include wireless sensing, energy harvesting, consumer, industrial, smart grid, building automation, security. MSP430FR59xx microcontrollers offer a rich feature set in support of these applications: Up to 64kB embedded FRAM, DME (direct memory access( engine, 12-bit analog-to-digital converter (ADC), analog comparator, capacitive touch IOs and UART, SPI and I2C serial interfaces. Developers can also add hardware, AES encryption, memory protection and hardware accelerated DRNG (random number generator) to their designs without the need for more CPU (central processing unit ) performance, memory or power. Power is more than just one number Typical battery-powered applications operate in a variety of modes to extend battery life. Most of these applications spend a majority of their life in standby modes, leveraging ADC (analog-to-digital converters ) to measure real-world signals, recording data to non-volatile memory for later use and active CPU (central processor unit) processing for communications, decision making and simple math. Having ultra-low power in each of these modes is critical to enable maximum battery life, as power is more than just one number. MSP430FR59xx microcontrollers offer the "Wolverine" platform's ultra-low-power features in each of these modes, including 360 nA in real-time clock mode, less than 100 μA/MHz in active power consumption, fast wakeup time of 6.5μs and high precision peripherals, as internal power management and 12-bit ADC at 75μA. The new devices also feature embedded FRAM, the world's first integrated unified memory technology and industry's lowest power non-volatile memory architecture, consuming 250x less energy per bit and writing more than 100 times faster compared to Flash- and EEPROM-based microcontrollers. Jumpstart development MSP430FR59xx samples and development kits are available and are fully compatible with all code and software resources developed for the MSP microcontroller platform. Resources include 1,000+ code examples, a ULP Advisor, Grace graphic initialisation software and MSP430Ware with MSP430 microcontroller peripheral libraries.   FRAM series Texas Instruments