Toshiba Launches Microcontrollers Realizing Highly Accurate Mechanical Control

Incorporates Toshiba Original Coprocessor, “PSC”.

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO:6502) today announced that it will launch new ARM Cortex™-M3-core-based TX03 series microcontrollers, “TMPM343F10XBG”, “TMPM343FEXBG” and “TMPM343FDXBG”, which realize highly accurate mechanical control. Sample shipments will start in November this year.

Some applications, such as controlling the lens of a digital camera, require two simultaneous control operations: high speed, low noise servo control of multiple mechanisms, such as motors and actuators¹; along with sensor control to ensure accurate position, which requires multiple microcontrollers, dedicated motor driver ICs, and so on.

The new microcontrollers integrate Toshiba’s original coprocessor, the “PSC”², motor driver units that can directly connect to and control motor drives, and amplifier circuits to control sensors. This enables highly accurate, simultaneous control of multiple mechanisms by a single microcontroller and also contributes to materials and PCB size reductions.

The product line-up offers three different memory sizes, allowing selection to meet system requirements.

Applications:
Attitude control of radio-controlled air planes and robots; motion sensory control for video games; and applications in servo controls, such as encoding of industrial servo motors

Specifications:
Part Number		TMPM343F10XBG	TMPM343FEXBG	TMPM343FDXBG
Sample Price (Tax Included)		1400 yen	1200 yen	1000 yen
Main Specification	CPU	ARM® Cortex^TM-M3
	Maximum operating frequency	50MHz
	On-chip memory	Flash 1024K bytes SRAM 96K bytes	Flash 768K bytes SRAM 96K bytes	Flash 512K bytes SRAM 80K bytes
	PSC	4 units
	High-Resolution Timer	8 channels (Max 200MHz)
	2-Phase Pulse Counter	3 channels (2 channels associated with ADC)
	Communication I/F	TSPI 4 channels, UART 1 channel, SIO/UART 1 channel, I^2 C 1 channel
	DMA	3 units
	16-bit Timer	16 channels
	12-bit Successive-Approximation type ADC	16 channels
	10-bit DAC	6 channels
	Op Amp	6 channels
	Variable Gain Amplifier	4 channels
	H-SW Bridge Driver	8 channels
	Constant Current Power Supply for Hall Sensor	2 channels
	2-Phase Hysteresis Comparator	2 units
	Nch SW for Optical Encoder Bias	3 channels
	Supply Voltage	2.7V to 3.3V (digital source and analog power supply) 2.5V to 5.5V (motor drive unit power supply)
	Package	VFBGA162 (7.0mm × 7.0mm, 0.5mm pitch)
Note		DMA: Direct Memory Access 1 Kbyte is calculated as 1024 bytes.

Notes:
[1]: A mechanism to convert input energy into physical movement.
[2]: Programmable Servo/Sequence Controller. Toshiba’s original coprocessor for servo and sequence control.
*ARM and Cortex are trademarks or registered trademarks of ARM Limited in the EU and other countries.

For more information about the products, please visit:
http://www.semicon.toshiba.co.jp/eng/product/new_products/micro/1326232_37659.html

For more information about Toshiba ARM core-based microcontrollers, please visit:
http://www.semicon.toshiba.co.jp/eng/product/micro/lineup/1273886_39415.html

Customer Inquiries:
Mixed Signal IC Sales and Marketing Department
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