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Microprocessors, Microcontrollers and DSPs
News Release from: Hitachi Europe | Subject: SH7058F
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 26 September 2002
More speed and Flash for automotive MCU
Hitachi's latest SuperH 32bit single-chip RISC microcontroller features the automotive industry's fastest operating frequency of 80MHz and the largest on-chip Flash memory of 1Mbyte.
Hitachi's latest SuperH 32bit single-chip RISC microcontroller features the automotive industry's fastest operating frequency of 80MHz and the largest on-chip Flash memory of 1Mbyte The SH7058F is designed for use in power-train and chassis control, factory automation and similar industrial equipment control
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 16 Feb 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Its resulting 104MIPS high-speed operation capability and ability to store large programs for complex control makes it possible to implement sophisticated high-performance systems that require accurate and finely tuned control.
The 1Mbyte on-chip Flash memory is capable of one-cycle random access operation at 80MHz and incorporates an on-chip write/erase program.
The Flash memory has two boot modes, the conventional boot mode and a new user boot mode.
The user boot mode allows users to write their own boot operation programs (for example CANbus for data transfer) and implement original writing/erasing following powering-on of the system.
The SH7058F features a new oscillation halt detection function.
When enabled by software, this detects a stop or abnormality in the chip's oscillation, and can then initiate self-oscillation.
So, if oscillation stops or becomes abnormal, for example due to the detachment of a crystal oscillator, the abnormality is detected and processing can be continued at lower performance to bring the system to a halt in an orderly fashion, thereby improving system reliability.
The new device offers a comprehensive set of on-chip peripheral functions, including an ATU-II advanced timer unit comprising 10 free-running counters, 16 down-counters and eight PWM counters; a watchdog timer channel that can be used as an interval timer; and two compare match timer channels.
A 10bit resolution, multitrigger analogue/digital convertor can achieve a conversion precision of +/-2LSB and is provided with 32 input channels, enabling processing of a large number of analogue signals carrying sensor information.
The SH7058F features an on-chip interrupt controller with 124 interrupt sources hat speeds up interrupt response time and task switching.
It also offers a new boundary scan feature that enables a board test to be carried out via a JTAG-Interface.
The on-chip single-precision FPU (floating-point unit) is fundamental for today's automotive applications described by model based algorithms and using automatic code generation; the advanced user debugger (AUD) interface and SH7058FCC (Flash-on-chip calibration) device supports nonintrusive and real-time calibration.
Controller Area Network (CAN) support for fast and reliable data communication is provided on the device by two Hitachi Controller Area Network (HCAN-II) channels.
Each channel can use 32 message buffers (one for reception only, and 31 settable for transmission or reception) and employs an independent 16bit timer, enabling the use of a time trigger transmission function that allows communication to be carried out at high speed and with high reliability.
The SH7058F is available in a 256-pin quad flatpack (QFP), offers a wide temperature range of -40 to +125C and includes an on-chip debugging function.
Development environments available for the device include Hitachi's E10A compact emulator and the JTAG-debugging solution from Lauterbach.
The SH7058FCC EDK (evaluation development kit) will be available from October 2002.
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