Development of Industry’s Lowest Power Flash Microcontroller By Oki Semiconductor
Oki Semiconductor has introduced Industry’s lowest power 8 bit flash microcontroller. The ML61Q400 series of 8-bit microcontrollers are capable of operating from 1.1V, as well as the current consumption of only 0.5uA during clock OFF. The 3-stage pipeline architecture on these microcontroller enables performance that is equivalent to a conventional 16 bit microcontroller. This high performance CMOS 8 bit microcontroller is equipped with eight bit CPU nX-U8/100 as its core. Being equipped with LCD driver, two kinds of A/D converter plus on chip debugging function makes the ML61Q400 series an ideal solution for compact and portable tools that are equipped with LCD display function such as wristwatch, the pedometer, heart rate monitors and thermostats. Furthermore, the new controller is available for industrial devices such as data loggers used for the temperature management for foods, etc, due to their enhanced operating temperature of -40 to 85 degrees Celsius.
