What happened? Texas Instruments have made a significant jump in the field of microelectronic with the unveiling of the world’s smallest microcontroller unit, MSPM0C1104. This reduced device measures only 1.38 mm measures about the size of a black pepper.
Since consumers rapidly demand more features in small equipment, the need for compact components like this MCU has become paramount. This trend is particularly pronounced in medical and consumer electronics areas, where wearbals and smart home devices are gaining popularity.
MSPM0C1104 MCU is part of the Arm Cortex-M0+ MSPM0 MCU portfolio of Texas Instruments and takes advantage of the benefits of the Wafer-Level Chip-Skele Package Technology, which makes 38 percent smaller than competitive devices. This technological progress allows engineers to maintain high computing performance without an increase in board size, which is important for equipment such as earbuds and medical examination. MCU compatible with standard communication interfaces like 12-bit analog-to-digital converter (ADC), six general-outdown input/output pin, and Uart, SPI and I2C with three channels.
Extended ARM Cortex-M 0+, MSPM0C1104 operates on frequencies up to 24 MHz. This includes embedded flash memory and up to 16 KB up to 1 KB SRAM. It also includes a high-speed on-chap oscillator with an accuracy of -2 percent to +1.2 percent, eliminating the requirement of external crystals.
Other notable characteristics include a single-channel DMA, a CRC-16 accelerator, and a variety of high-demonstration analog peripherals such as on—temperature sensors. The device also offers intelligent digital peripherals including a 16-bit advanced timer, two 16-bit general-extended timer and a window watchdog timer.
MSPM0C1104 operates within a wide temperature range of MCU -40 ° C to 125 ° C and supports the supply voltage from 1.62V to 3.6V. Its strength efficiency is notable, when only 87μA/MHz is consumed in 5μA in standby mode with active and SRAM retention. This efficiency and compact size makes it particularly suitable for battery -powered devices where extended battery life is necessary.
The MSPM0 MCU portfolio of Texas Instruments exceeds 100 MCU with PIN-to-Pin compatible package options, starting at $ 0.16 per unit in a volume of 1,000. The ecosystem is supported by tools such as a software development kit, hardware development kit, reference design, sub -records, and zero code studios, allowing users to configure and develop MCU apps without comprehensive coding.
In addition, MSPM0C1104 MCU is supported by online collateral, training with MSP Academy, and online support through TI E2E support forums. The Texas Instruments provides a launchpad development kit for the Texas Instruments MSPM0C1104, including an onboard debug for programming and debugging.
