NEC Electronics Introduces V850E/RS1 Microcontroller
NEC Electronics Corp. (Japan) announced its new V850E/RS1™ 32-bit microcontroller for the automotive market, which offers a 40 MHz V850E™ controller core; a 10-bit, 16-channel, analog-to-digital converter with auto discharge and diagnostic functionality; a buffered clocked serial interface; and flash memory with hardware in-circuit error correction coding. The V850E/RS1 controller is suited for real-time, safety-critical, automotive applications such as restraint control modules.
The V850E/RS1 controller core can operate at 40 MHz and delivers 54 million instructions per second. The controller's use of flash memory with hardware error correction coding greatly reduces the possibility of system error. Two versions of the microcontroller will be available, one with 256 KB of flash memory and 16 KB of random access memory (RAM), and the second with 128 KB of flash memory and 10 KB of RAM.
The V850E/RS1 microcontroller is packaged in a 100-pin, low quad flat package (LQFP). Pricing for the controller with 256 KB flash memory and 16 KB RAM is expected to be $13 per unit in 100,000-unit quantities. Pricing for the controller with 128 KB flash memory and 10 KB RAM is expected to be $10 per unit in 100,000-unit quantities. Engineering samples of the V850E/RS1 are scheduled to be available in July 2004 with mass production scheduled for third-quarter 2005 at a production volume of 200,000 units per month.
