Fujitsu Adds Low Pin Count Series to 8-bit Microcontrollers

Fujitsu Microelectronics Asia Pte Ltd (FMAL) has added three series featuring low pin count (LPC), with 20 pins or less, to its F2MC-8FX family of 8-bit microcontrollers with embedded flash memory. The sample shipments of the microcontrollers are known as the MB95200H series, MB95210H series, and MB95220H series, and will be phased in starting on September 2008. The three series have been added to the existing product line in response to the rapid rise in demand for LPC microcontrollers for use in home appliances and other consumer electronics in the Asian market. The three new series also employ a 1-line on-chip debug that uses only one pin on the microcontroller, thereby minimizing the number of pins used for debugging in product development. The series use the F2MC-8FX CISC CPU, which offers class performance of 8-bit microcontrollers in the industry, with a maximum operating frequency of 16.25 MHz and a minimum instruction time of 61.5 nanoseconds, thus enabling more instructions to be executed per cycle compared to other vendors’ microcontrollers. As the required processing performance can be delivered using a lower frequency, the series also contribute to enabling the customers’ products to consume less power.