Lapis develops Nanoampere MCU to serve sensors

Published:2012/6/8 4:17:00 Author:Ecco From:SeekIC

Lapis Semiconductor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan) is changed from a Rohm Group company which is known for Oki Semiconductor. Now, it has developed a low-power microcontroller which is designed to serve as a sensor hub and potentially as a host for sensor-fusion software.

The ML610Q792 includes 64-kbytes flash ROM, with on-board writing supported. The ML610Q792 microcontroller can lower power consumption with its "halt" mode to reduce to 600-nanoamperes. The microcontroller uses the proprietary U8 8-bit RISC core and a 16-bit math coprocessor, which is designed to be a low-power microcontroller making it possible to deploy cloud-based features and services in smartphones. It can support wireless communications in compact products such as pedometers and smartphone accessories with recording environmental data.

The chip uses dual interfaces to allow it make connections to a sensor, or sensor bus, and to the host application processor. It is available in a 48-pin package measuring 3.1-mm by 3.0-mm.

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