NXP Semiconductors unveils ARM7 MCUs

MUMBAI

OCTOBER 4, 2006

NXP Semiconductors, an independent semiconductor company founded by Philips,
has announced the industry's first ARM7-based microcontroller (MCU) series with
dual high-speed buses for simultaneous communications operations.

The NXP LPC2300 and LPC2400 are the only ARM7 MCUs with two ARM high-speed
buses (AHB) enabling simultaneous operation of high-bandwidth peripherals such
as Ethernet, USB On-The-Go (OTG), USB Host, CAN, SDRAM and on-chip Flash. The
NXP LPC2400 is also the only ARM7 MCU with two-port USB Host capability
permitting new advances for multiple communications applications.

"The explosive growth of Ethernet in the industrial networking and
infotainment markets has created tremendous demand for high-performance 32-bit
MCUs with Ethernet and other high-bandwidth communications peripherals,"
said Geoff Lees, General Manager, Microcontroller Product Line, NXP
Semiconductors. "NXP is the first to fulfill this need with the only
ARM7-based microcontroller series that can perform multiple high-speed
communications operations simultaneously. The NXP LPC2300 and LPC2400 will allow
designers more freedom for innovation in industrial networking
environments."

The dual AHB buses and three independent direct memory access engines allow
multiple high-bandwidth peripherals to operate at the same time without
overwhelming the bus and improve the worst case by over 50 percent. This makes
the NXP LPC2300 and LPC2400 ideal for a wide range of high-performance
communications applications such as industrial networking, infotainment,
consumer and medical devices, and point-of-sale equipment.

The NXP LPC2300 and LPC2400 are also the first ARM7 MCUs with a real-time
clock (RTC) with 2KB of battery back-up SRAM, which allows the RTC to continue
running even when the chip's power is shut down.

The large array of peripherals available on both the NXP LPC2300 and LPC2400
include two AHB buses, Ethernet, two CAN controllers, four UARTs, SPI, SSP,
three I²C buses, I2S, RTC, ADC/DAC and SD/MMC Card interface. The NXP LPC2400
also includes USB OTG integrated with two-port host capability, and external
interfaces to SDRAM and NOR Flash. These two microcontrollers further strengthen
NXP's comprehensive portfolio of best-in-class ARM-based microcontrollers,
making it the most comprehensive collection in the industry.