Over 15 new C2000™ Piccolo real-time control MCUs providing floating-point cores, a new VCU (Viterbi Complex Math Unit), and control-oriented peripheral options

TI Korea (CEO Jaejin Kim, www.ti.com/ww/kr ) January 12, 2011 – TI is launching the new low-cost TMS320F2806x Piccolo MCU with floating-point cores, which bridges the performance gap between existing low-cost Piccolo™ MCUs and high-performance Delfino™ MCUs with floating-point cores. Based on over 25 years of technological expertise accumulated by TI in digital signal processing, this new Piccolo MCU provides an enhanced computational engine specifically designed to simplify programming and optimize performance in real-time control applications requiring integrated communication. Developers of energy-efficient motor control and renewable energy applications can now implement not only control loops but also Power Line Communication (PLC) protocols and modulation techniques at an affordable price using a single F2806x MCU. The new F2806x MCU provides optimized performance and is convenient to use by integrating various functions, as well as offering a wider range of connectivity and memory options, and allows access to TI's robust tools and free controlSUITE™ software. (For more detailed information about the product, please refer to the video at www.ti.com/f2806x-pr-pf or www.ti.com/f2806x-pr-v )

Key Features and Advantages of the F2806x Piccolo Floating-Point MCU
• Advanced architecture consisting of an 80MHz floating-point C28x™ core, a new VCU, and Control Law Accelerator (CLA) options
computing engine
• Floating-point cores make programming significantly easier, improve compatibility with meta-language tools, and fixed-point
Improves performance by up to 40% compared to
• The new VCU Composite Operation Unit uses 75 customized operation commands for communication algorithms such as those used in PLCs
Accelerate processing by up to 7 times
• Enhanced communication through USB 2.0 full-speed (host and device), CAN, and DMA (Direct Memory Access) and
Throughput achieved
• Over 15 types of MCUs with 80 and 100-pin package options and extended memory of 52–100KB RAM and 128–256KB Flash
Provide range
• Industry's highest resolution PWM (150ps), 3MSPS 12-bit analog-to-digital converter (ADC), 10-bit reference
A control-oriented peripheral device including three analog comparators
• Low-cost F2806x controlSTICK and moModulic controlCARD is TI's compatible experimental and real-world hardware
Enables convenient evaluation using application development tools
• The free controlSUITE™ software includes computational libraries containing applications and source code, as well as detailed
Since documentation is included, developers can easily and conveniently implement the features of the F2806x.
• The IQmath library is for the C2000 platform, including the low-cost Piccolo series and the high-performance Delfino floating-point series.
Provides low-code compatibility and scalability

Supply timing and price
The new Piccolo F2806x floating-point MCU starts at $4.95 for a quantity of 1,000 units, and samples are currently available. The first 1,000 customers who order the F2806x controlSTICK through TI's eStore by February 14, 2011, can purchase it for $11. The regular price for the F2806x controlSTICK is $39, and it can be ordered immediately at www.ti.com/f2806x-cs-pr-es . The F2806x Experimenter Kit is priced at $99 and can be ordered directly at www.ti.com/f2806x-ek-pr-es . Both the F2806x Experimenter Kit and the controlSTICK include the Code Composer Studio™ integrated development environment and have no limitations on compiler or memory. The price of the F2806x controlCARD is $59, and it can be ordered at www.ti.com/f2806x-cc-pr-es .

TI's diverse MCU and software portfolio
TI offers the widest range of products, from general-purpose ultra-low-power MSP430 MCUs to Stellaris® Cortex™-M3-based 32-bit MCUs and high-performance real-time control TMS320C2000™ MCUs.