Product category:
Microprocessors, Microcontrollers and DSPs
News Release from: Digi International | Subject: NS9215 and NS9210
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 17 April 2008
Microprocessors provide custom
interfaces
Flexible interface modules (FIMS) reduce product design complexity and cost by cutting the number of electronic components in a product.
Digi International has released the NS9215 and NS9210 microprocessors, which include flexible interface modules (FIMS) that provide different hardware interfaces based on the needs of the product or application FIMs reduce product design complexity and cost by cutting the number of electronic components in a product
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 9 Jul 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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"The new processor family can be customised for any set of I/O", said Joel Young, Senior Vice President of Research and Development and CTO, Digi International.
"Both processors integrate two independent high-speed controllers that are programmable as FIMs for a wide range of interfaces".
"Different FIMs can be loaded from software when needed to provide specific interface capabilities".
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Based on a ARM926EJ-S core capable of operating at speeds up to 150MHz, the NS9215 and NS9210 also provide enhanced security through an on-chip 256bit AES accelerator.
The integrated NIST-certified AES accelerator provides secure network communication with SSL/TLS and IPsec protocols.
The accelerator encrypts and decrypts data streams up to 10 times faster than a software-only solution and provides strong data privacy for any customer information stored or transmitted by the processor.
Additionally, the family features Digi Dynamic Power Control, a complete set of hardware and software features for product designs that demand low power consumption and advanced power management.
The processors can be instructed to shut down or use a power saving reduced speed mode while idle or waiting for input and restart the processor in response to incoming networking traffic.
This makes the processors ideal for mobile, battery-operated and other power-constrained devices.
The NS9215 also features 4Kbyte of I/D cache, 10/100 Ethernet MAC, four high-speed UARTs, SPI, I2C, four PWMs or 10 timers, 12bit ADC, a quadrature decoder, RTC with battery backup, up to 108 GPIOs and access to two FIMs.
FIM support is available for SD/SDIO, CAN bus, 1-Wire and additional UARTs.
FIM support for USB low-speed device, parallel bus, I2S and Wiegand interfaces is in development.
The NS9215 is available in a 265-pin (15 x 15mm) BGA package.
The NS9210 is available in a 177-pin (13 x 13mm) BGA version that offers a smaller footprint with access to a subset of the NS9215 interfaces.
It is also pin-compatible with Digi's NS7520 ARM7-based NET+ARM microprocessor.
Both products are RoHS-compliant and industrial temperature-rated.
The new NET+ARM microprocessors are used in Digi's new embedded modules, including the currently available ConnectCore 9P 9215.
The module provides access to all the new features of the NS9215 and can accelerate product design for rapid prototyping and faster time to market.
The NS9210 will be designed into the next generation of the popular Digi Connect ME embedded device server, providing improved secure networking capabilities and additional interface flexibility.
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