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Microprocessors, Microcontrollers and DSPs
News Release from: Texas Instruments (April 2001-March 2006)
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 23 January 2006
MCUs and digital controllers scoop
magazine awards
MSP430 ultra-low-power microcontrollers and TMS320C2000 digital signal controllers have received awards from five leading electronics industry publications.
MSP430 ultra-low-power microcontrollers and TMS320C2000 digital signal controllers have received awards from five leading electronics industry publications, Control Engineering, Electronic Products, analogZone, EE Product News and ECN Magazine TMS320F280x controllers have been awarded Control Engineering's prestigious 2005 Editors' Choice Award as well as being named analogZone's 2005 best Green Power Convertor/Controller, and MSP430F20xx MCUs were named as one of Electronic Products' 2005 Products of the Year and recognised for technical innovation in EE Product News' 2005 Product Review and Outlook Semiconductor Review
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 17 Feb 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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Recognised as one of the most significant controller innovations in 2005, Control Engineering editors evaluated TMS320F2801, F2806 and F2808 digital signal controllers against hundreds of nominees based on service to the industry, technological advancement and market impact.
The Editors at analogZone also recognised F280x controllers as in their 2005 Product of the Year Awards in the Best Green Power Convertor/Controller category, describing the devices "a superb combination of performance and functionality".
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Based on TI's digital signal processing (DSP) technology, TMS320F280x controllers feature a highly integrated peripheral mix that includes a patent pending pulse width modulator (PWM) with 64 times higher resolution than the nearest competitor for faster control loops, quicker system response and more accurate control systems.
Starting at less than $5 in quantity, F280x devices offer 100 MIPS of 32bit control-optimised performance, making them ideal for applications ranging from digitally controlled power supplies and laser-based air and medical sensors to high performance, vector-based motor control.
Demonstrating excellence across TI's embedded controller portfolio, MSP430 MCUs have been recognised by Electronic Products, EE Product News and ECN Magazine.
Electronic Products named MSP430F20xx MCUs as a winner in the microprocessor category in the publication's 2005 Product of the Year Awards.
Editors chose the MSP430F20xx based on the product's significant advances in technology and its applications, a decided innovation in design and a substantial gain in the price-performance ratio.
These devices were also recognised in EE Product News' 2005 Product Review and Outlook Semiconductor Review as one of the best and most technically innovative products introduced in the microprocessor and related chips/SoCs category.
New MSP430F20xx MCUs are TI's first devices based on the recently announced MSP430F2xx architecture, a winner in the Integrated Circuits category of ECN's 2005 Technology Awards.
MSP430F20xx MCUs answer the low power market demands that have arisen as portable consumer and industrial applications continue to become more sophisticated and feature power requirements that outpace by far progress made in battery capacity technology.
With a cool active current of 200uA/MIPS and standby mode and self wake-up well under 1uA, new low pin count MSP430F20xx devices are the world's lowest power MCUs, providing 16MIPS of 16bit performance to advance the industry's portable power management capabilities for better battery utilisation and longer standby.
The devices' 14-pin, 4 x 4mm footprint and low standby current provide benefits in space constrained applications such as fire and motion detectors for which OEMs may choose to reduce cost and liability with factory-installed, sealed batteries that last over ten years.
MSP430F20xx MCUs enable extended battery-power operation that was not possible before in a variety of intelligent sensing applications including motion, break and fire detectors, thermostats and RF asset tracking, among others.
Pricing starts at $0.49 (100,000 units) for the MSP430F2001 MCU.
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