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News Release from: Mouser Electronics | Subject: Freescale Flexis serie
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 28 June 2007
Fast access to Freescale's Flexis MCUs
Prequalified silicon allows Mouser's engineering customers to the design and prototype stages of their new projects.
Mouser Electronics already has stock of Freescale's Flexis series prequalified silicon QE128 microcontrollers, as well as the QE128 demonstration boards The demonstration boards will initially be offered at a discounted price in limited quantities and for a limited time
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 24 May 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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The 8bit S08 MC9S08QE128 and the ColdFire V1 MCF51QE128 devices are the first products of the Freescale Flexis series.
An industry first, the Flexis QE device duo offers pin-for-pin, development tool, and peripheral set compatibility between 8 and 32bit.
The QE products include 64- and 80-pin versions of 8 and 32bit microcontrollers that make the design process quick, easy, and limitless - delivering the ultimate in migration flexibility.
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"Freescale's advanced Flexis QE128 microcontrollers offer our design engineering customers a unique scalability for their new projects", says Mike Scott, Mouser Vice President of Active Products.
"Customers can utilise the same footprint on the board for their entry-level as well as full-featured products, maximising their investments in new designs".
"Freescale's desire for Mouser to stock prototype devices (PC) validates our ability to have the newest products available for our design customers' newest designs".
The Flexis series provides the 8 to 32bit "connection point" on Freescale's Controller Continuum - the industry's only roadmap for compatible 8- and 32bit architectures.
This enables developers to migrate between low-end and high-performance embedded designs with exceptional ease, speed, cost-effectiveness, and ultra-low-power operating efficiency.
Mouser currently stocks the DEMOQE128 demonstration board, as well as the 8 and 32bit QE128 pre-qualified silicon device.
By stocking the prequalified silicon, Mouser's engineering customers can begin the design and prototype stages of their new projects.
(According to Freescale, fully qualified silicon is scheduled for release in November 2007.) The Flexis QE128 devices offer industry-leading ultra-low-power features to help minimise operating costs and extend battery life.
The MCUs can run off an external 32kHz oscillator that consumes less than 1uA of current, have an internal voltage regulator that enables fast wake up from stop modes with a typical wake-up time of 6us, and stop modes with extremely low power that offers 370nA of current in the lowest power stop mode.
Clock gating can disable clocks to unused modules, further reducing run-mode power consumption by as much as 33%.
By providing a clear migration path, the Flexis QE128 MCUs open up a wide range of possibilities in a variety of consumer and industrial applications, including health care instrumentation and monitoring, factory automation, point-of-sale equipment, fire and security systems, HVAC and building control, metering and consumer appliances.
The compatible architectures and tools make it easy to expand into new embedded markets without having to invest heavily in software rewrites and conversion to a new architecture.
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