1999-08-23 , S/IC-2075/27
Product News From Philips Semiconductors

The LPC762 is a low power, low cost system-on-a-chip solution based on 80C51 architecture

Philips Semiconductors today announced the  LPC762, based on  80C51 architecture and offering 2K bytes of OTP (One-Time Programmable) memory in a 20-pin package. This is the latest product in Philips Semiconductors'  51LPC family of low power, low cost and low pin count microcontrollers.

The LPC762 is ideal for a wide variety of applications because of its flexible design, and its high level of feature integration reduces system costs. Familiarity with the 80C51 architecture and a wide variety of available development tools enable designers to dramatically reduce the design cycle.

"The introduction of the LPC762 continues Philips Semiconductors' innovation and leadership in the 80C51 market," said Geoff Lees, director of marketing for the Microcontroller Business Line at Philips Semiconductors. "The growing 51LPC family of 8-bit microcontrollers provides our customers with low cost, system-on-a-chip solutions based on an established architecture."

Philips Semiconductors 51LPC family offers low cost system-on-a-chip solutions based on the industry standard 80C51 architecture. The chips feature brownout detection function, an on-chip user-configurable oscillator, power-on reset and a watchdog timer. The on-chip oscillator provides five user-programmable modes that allow the user to tune the performance and power consumption of the device, making it suitable for a variety of high-volume applications. Also, when using the on-chip oscillator, two additional pins can be released for use as I/Os, increasing the total I/O pin count from 16 to 18. Philips Semiconductors' 51LPC devices execute at twice the speed of existing 80C51 devices, in six clocks instead of the standard twelve, minimizing power consumption.

There is a broad range of existing 80C51 development tools that support the 51LPC family. Philips Semiconductors and emWare, Inc. have partnered to develop the LINK-51 evaluation kit. This Internet enabled evaluation kit comes with emWare's EMIT 3.0 Lite networking software and allows the 51LPC microcontrollers to be networked using a standard Internet browser. Ceibo and Philips Semiconductors have developed emulator kits, such as the EB76xSD emulator, that provide real-time emulation at a low cost. Philips Semiconductors has also developed the PDS76xSD, a low cost emulator that supports the 51LPC family. More information about 80C51 development tools can be found at the Philips Semiconductors website:  www.semiconductors.philips.com/mcu/support/80c51/

The P87LPC762BD/BN is available in 20-pin SOIC/PDIP packages and samples are available now with volume production scheduled for early September. Also available from Philips Semiconductors' distributors is the LINK-51 evaluation kit, the Ceibo emulator EB76xSD and the Philips Semiconductors emulator PDS76xSD.

Philips Semiconductors is the world's leading supplier of the most popular 8-bit architecture, the 80C51, offering more than 100 derivatives. Cahners In-Stat Group, a high-technology market research firm in Scottsdale, Arizona, reported Philips Semiconductors' 80C51 sales as US$ 416 million in 1997, a 42 percent share of the 80C51 8-bit microcontroller market. Philips Semiconductors has recently extended this successful architecture into 16-bit performance with the XA family. Now customers can preserve their software, development tools and technology investment in the 80C51 while capitalizing on the 16-bit performance requirements in a market expected to double in the next two years.

Philips Semiconductors, a division of Royal Philips Electronics, headquartered in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, is the eighth largest semiconductor supplier in the world. Philips Semiconductors' innovations in digital audio, video, and mobile technology position the company as a leader in the consumer, multimedia and wireless communications markets. Sales offices are located in all major markets around the world and are supported by systems labs. Additional information on Philips Semiconductors can be obtained by accessing its home page at http://www.semiconductors.philips.com