Product category:
Microprocessors, Microcontrollers and DSPs
News Release from: Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe | Subject: MB91F465X
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 18 October 2006
Microcontroller advances FlexRay
programme
New FlexRay MCU will complement standard automotive buses, including the Controller Area Network and Local Interconnect Network.
Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe (FME) has introduced a new FlexRay controller, the MB91F465X The new Fujitsu controller will be available in engineering samples during the first quarter of 2007 in 100-pin QFP packaging
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 11 Jan 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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FlexRay MCU targets automotive applications
32bit microcontroller is Fujitsu's first to feature an embedded FlexRay interface.
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32bit controller enables implementation of the FlexRay protocol without the need for companion devices
Designed for driver assistance applications, the controller is built around a Fujitsu high-speed FR 32bit CPU, 544Kbyte Flash and 32Kbyte RAM, with an internal clock speed of 100MHz and voltage range of 3.0 to 5.5V.
A multichip module version is available now for earlier development.
The new FlexRay MCU will complement standard automotive buses, including the Controller Area Network (CAN) and Local Interconnect Network (LIN).
FlexRay-based technology provides time-triggered communication at rates 10 times the throughput of CAN, and is expected to gradually replace CAN as automotive manufacturers and their suppliers adopt x-by-wire solutions.
The initial use of FlexRay will be in non-safety-critical applications in chassis and body control such as automatic transmission, electrical power steering, lane-changing and parking management assistance, and vehicle stability.
Future applications will be in safety-critical systems.
"Our FlexRay Made Easy programme includes the hardware, driver and operating systems software, application software, development tools, and support required for application development", said Dr Gerhard Roos, Director of the Automotive Business Unit, Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe.
"This new FlexRay MCU represents the latest step forward in our programme to deliver complete FlexRay solutions as this important new communications standard emerges in the automotive market".
Fujitsu has been a member of the FlexRay consortium since 2002, and is also a member of AUTOSAR and JasPar, the standardisation organisations for the automotive industry.
Through these organisations, FlexRay-related product development is being accelerated.
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