Toshiba adds new improved Arm Cortex-M4 MCUs for motor control
Date: 31/03/2024
Toshiba has introduced eight new products to the M4K Group of the TXZ+ Family Advanced Class 32-bit microcontrollers. These new additions come with enhanced features to meet the growing demands of motor applications supporting IoT.
Key Features:
Enhanced Memory Capacity: The new products offer a significant increase in code flash memory capacity, ranging from 512KB to 1MB, and RAM capacity from 24KB to 64KB.
Powerful Core: Equipped with an Arm Cortex-M4 core running at speeds up to 160MHz.
Integrated Memory: Includes integrated code flash and 32KB data flash memory with 100K program/erase cycle endurance.
Motor Control Options: Various interfaces and motor control options like A-PMD, A-ENC32, A-VE+, and high-speed 12-bit analog/digital converters.
Firmware Rotation: Implements a memory swap method for firmware rotation, enabling seamless updates while the microcontroller remains operational.
Communication Interfaces: UART, TSPI, and I2C integrated for general communications.
Functional Safety: Self-diagnosis functions for flash memory, RAM, ADC, and Clock to aid in achieving IEC 60730 Class B functional safety certification.
Support and Development: Documentation, sample software, driver software, evaluation boards, and development environments provided in collaboration with Arm global ecosystem partners.
