NEC Electronics, represented by Soanar in Australia, developed nine new 32-bit Flash microcontrollers (MCUs) with built-in Ethernet interface and embedded Flash memory.
The MCUs can create networked products in such fields as industrial Ethernet applications, I/O converters and modules, industrial routers and hubs, test and measurement equipment, security control panels, utility meters, and connected industrial motor drives.
Designed for remote and supervisory control of industrial devices and building-management systems, the processors include six 128-pin variants and three 144-pin variants.
The new products feature an integrated Ethernet media access controller (MAC) channel, which eliminates the need for an external Ethernet controller and a high-performance CPU core, enabling the V850ES/Jx3 family of MCUs to execute 103 Dhrystone million instructions per second (MIPS) at a clock speeds of 50 MHz.
They also include up to 512 kilobytes of Flash memory and 124 KB of RAM, making it possible to run network software using on-chip memory alone.
Their peripheral functions include full speed USB 2.0 interface and CAN interface.