Freescale Delivers Its Highest Level of 8-Bit On-Chip Integration for the Price; MC9S08QG8/QG4 Microcontrollers Provide a Strong Combination of Functionality and Packaging for Cost-Sensitive Applications
AUSTIN, Texas—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Oct. 24, 2005—
Designers of consumer electronics and industrial control
applications can now take advantage of 8-bit microcontroller solutions
that feature an attractive combination of performance, low power and
price. Freescale Semiconductor (NYSE: FSL) (NYSE:FSL.B) is introducing
the S08QG family of highly integrated, cost-effective 8-bit
microcontrollers (MCUs).
To deliver increased on-chip integration, the MC9S08QG8/QG4 MCUs
add an enhanced 8-channel, 10-bit analog-to-digital converter (ADC)
designed for better resolution, speed of conversion and low-power. The
onboard analog integration allows customers to easily interface to
analog inputs with minimal external glue logic. The inclusion of a
serial communications interface (SCI), a serial peripheral interface
(SPI) module and inter-integrated circuit (IIC) bus modules maximizes
the customer's options for external components to interface with and
enables increased design flexibility.
Reducing system costs
Flexible timer options allow for greater software flexibility with
the 8-bit modulo timer module (MTIM), as well as motion control
capabilities with the 2-channel Timer/PWM module (TPM). The
combination of these components on a single chip reduces the need for
external system components and can help decrease the overall system
costs.
"By offering tightly integrated 8-bit MCUs that combine
flexibility and competitive price points, Freescale is giving
designers wide latitude in choosing the right devices for their
systems," said Eddie Sinnott, 8-bit MCU operations manager for
Freescale. "The 9S08QG8/QG4 MCUs provide designers with the necessary
functionality at a very competitive suggested resale price to enable
even the most demanding and cost-sensitive application."
The 9S08QG8/QG4 also offers on-chip integration without
compromising the low power consumption demands of many 8-bit
applications by offering a series of clock source options. The
internal clock source (ICS) module provides an accurate, low power
internal clock generator, eliminating the need for and cost of an
external crystal or oscillator. The 9S08QG8/QG4 MCUs are capable of
supporting external clock source inputs from 32 kHz up to 20 MHz.
"Indesign places a great deal of strategic value in our
partnership with Freescale," said Jerry Gotway, president of Indesign.
"The 9S08QG8/QG4's high level of on-chip integration at this price
point creates a great foundation for the design of new products. In
addition to strong product innovation and aggressive pricing,
Freescale provides us with the tools, reference designs and support we
need to go to market quickly with a sustainable competitive
advantage."
Speeding system development
Freescale provides an out-of-the-box development experience with
cost-effective boards, production-worthy code via software libraries
and the award-winning CodeWarrior(TM) development environment to help
customers bring products to market easily and quickly.
-- The 9S08QG8/QG4 devices include a background debugging system
and on-chip in-circuit emulation (ICE) with real-time bus
capture, to eliminate the need for expensive emulation tools
-- Virtual lab allows customers a hands-on experience prior to
purchasing, visit http://www.embeddedlearningcenter.com
MC9S08QG8/QG4 product features
-- Based on the HCS08 core
-- Up to 20MHz (10MHz bus) at greater than 2.1V operation for
100ns minimum instruction time and 16MHz (8MHz bus) frequency
at less than 2.1V
-- 8K and 4K reprogrammable flash options
-- Synchronous and asynchronous serial peripherals (SPI, IIC,
SCI)
-- 8-channel, 10-bit Analog to Digital Converter (ADC) with
temperature sensor
-- Analog comparator module (ACMP)
-- 2-channel Timer/PWM module (TPM) and 8-bit modulo timer module
(MTIM)
-- 8-pin keyboard interrupt (KBI) module with software selectable
polarity on edge or edge/level modes
-- Internal clock source (ICS) module containing a
frequency-locked loop (FLL)
-- External oscillator to support external clock sources
-- System protection features, such as low voltage detect (LVD),
power on reset (POR), and computer operating properly (COP)
counter with independent oscillator
-- Background debugging system and on-chip in-circuit emulation
(ICE) with real-time bus capabilities
Price and availability
The 8-bit microcontrollers are available for the suggested resale
price of $0.89 (USD) for the MC9S08QG4 and $0.99 for the MC9S08QG8 for
1K unit MSRP on the least expensive package. For more information
about these products and available services and support, visit
http://www.freescale.com/files/pr/MC9S08QG.html.
About Freescale Semiconductor
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. (NYSE:FSL) (NYSE:FSL.B) is a global
leader in the design and manufacture of embedded semiconductors for
the automotive, consumer, industrial, networking and wireless markets.
Freescale became a publicly traded company in July 2004 after more
than 50 years as part of Motorola, Inc. The company is based in
Austin, Texas, and has design, research and development, manufacturing
or sales operations in more than 30 countries. Freescale, a member of
the S&P 500(R), is one of the world's largest semiconductor companies
with 2004 sales of $5.7 billion (USD). www.freescale.com
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Freescale Semiconductor
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Freescale(TM) and the Freescale logo are trademarks of Freescale
Semiconductor, Inc. All other product or service names are the
property of their respective owners. The HCS08 products incorporate
SuperFlash(R) technology licensed from SST. (C) Freescale
Semiconductor, Inc. 2005.
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