Freescale Paves the Way for Autonomous Vehicles with Industry's First 32-Bit Flash-Based Microcontroller with FlexRay(TM); Inte
May 21 2006 - 10:00PM
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Freescale Semiconductor (NYSE:FSL) (NYSE:FSL.B) continues to steer
the automotive industry toward safer, more reliable cars with the
industry's first 32-bit microcontroller (MCU) based on the
PowerPC(R) core with embedded flash and integrated FlexRay(TM)
protocol. This combination of features on a single chip supports
advanced automotive control systems' demand for higher data
transmission rates and fault tolerance. "FlexRay is gaining
international support within the automotive industry and will be
used by vehicle makers to enable exciting new safety-critical and
performance features, as well as making on-board networking of
existing electronics systems more robust," said Chris Webber, vice
president of the Automotive Practice at Strategy Analytics.
"Freescale's latest PowerPC innovation integrating a 32-bit core,
2MB of embedded flash and a FlexRay controller is important in
giving designers the opportunity to increase performance and
functionality while reducing cost and board space." The MPC5567
enables fault-tolerant communication at high bandwidth rates of
10Mbit/sec, reducing system cost by integrating maximum
functionality on the chip. The MCU is expected to be used in
high-end integrated chassis applications, as well as engine
management and control for maximum performance and efficiency. The
MCU coordinates and controls communication and activities between
various systems in the vehicle. For example, the MPC5567's
integrated FlexRay functionality is designed to enable the
integrated chassis control module to communicate in a quick,
deterministic and dependable manner with other electronic modules
based on the FlexRay protocol in the car. This helps provide
increased performance and safety in braking, stability and
suspension systems. "Freescale is the first supplier to offer this
32-bit integrated solution," said Mike McCourt, vice president and
general manager of Freescale's microcontroller division. "We are
ahead of the curve and anticipate automotive system suppliers
needing more integrated solutions such as these in the future. The
PowerPC core provides an ideal platform for system-on-a-chip
designs." The MPC5567 expands on Freescale's MPC55XX families of
MCUs. Pin-compatibility throughout the entire flashed-based family
gives engineers the ability to migrate their efforts from one
design to another, reducing development costs and improving time to
market. The MPC55XX portfolio is expected to grow with devices that
proliferate with derivatives that will offer expanded sets of
memory, connectivity and performance options. Features -- 40 -
132MHz PowerPC ISA e200z6 Core +variable length encoding -- Binary
user mode compatible with RCPU (MPC500) and e200z6/3 -- 2Mbyte RWW
flash with ECC, 64k SRAM, 8k cache -- 56 timed I/O channels - 32
channel ETPU, 24 channel EMIOS with unified channels --
Dual-channel FlexRay device (10Mbit/sec) -- Fast Ethernet
Controller, MMI interface -- 5 x FlexCAN - compatible with TouCAN,
64 buffers each -- 2 x eSCI -- 3 x DSPI 16 bits wide up to 6 chip
selects each -- Standard serial peripheral interface (SPI) with
continuous mode and DMA support -- Pin serialization (similar to
PPM) -- 40 channel dual ADC - up to 12 bit and up to 1.25
microsecond conversions, six queues with triggering and DMA support
Product Availability The MPC5567 is available now in sample
quantities. The MPC5567EVB evaluation board is available now in
sample quantities. For more information about these products and
support available, visit: www.freescale.com/files/pr/mpc5567.html.
For MPC5567 graphics, go to
http://www.freescale.com/files/pr/graphicslibrary.html. About the
FlexRay Consortium FlexRay founders Freescale, Philips, BMW and
DaimlerChrysler have been working together since 2000 to help speed
the adoption of FlexRay, a communications protocol designed to
handle the growing number of digital elements that make up a 21st
century automobile. Over the past two years, additional automotive
companies, such as Bosch, General Motors, Ford, Volkswagen, Audi
and Siemens VDO, have joined these leaders in an effort to make
FlexRay the de facto standard for advanced applications in the
automotive industry. Today, more than 80 companies from the
automotive, semiconductor and software industries support the
FlexRay standard. FlexRay-enabled vehicles are expected to hit the
market in 2006. For more information about the FlexRay Consortium,
visit http://www.flexray.com. About Freescale Semiconductor
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. (NYSE:FSL) (NYSE:FSL.B) is a global
leader in the design and manufacture of embedded semiconductors for
the automotive, consumer, industrial, networking and wireless
markets. Freescale became a publicly traded company in July 2004
after more than 50 years as part of Motorola, Inc. The company is
based in Austin, Texas, and has design, research and development,
manufacturing or sales operations in more than 30 countries.
Freescale, a member of the S&P 500(R), is one of the world's
largest semiconductor companies with 2005 sales of $5.8 billion
(USD). www.freescale.com. Freescale Technology Forum The Freescale
Technology Forum (FTF) is fast becoming the embedded semiconductor
industry's premier developer conference. A global program, FTF
events feature visionary keynote speakers, in-depth technical
training, and interactive demonstrations from Freescale and leading
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