NXP Unveils LPC1200 Industrial Control Series

NXP Semiconductors N.V. has announced its LPC1200 Industrial Control Series featuring the ARM Cortex-M0 processor. The LPC1200 extends NXP’s 32-bit ARM microcontroller continuum and targets a wide range of industrial applications in the areas of factory and home automation, such as white goods, motor control, power conversion and power supplies. It also expands NXP’s Cortex-M0 microcontroller offering with a wide range of Flash memory sizes, ranging from 32KB to 128KB in increments of 8KB.

"We are pleased to team up with NXP in defining specifications for the LPC1200,” said Stefano Frattesi, Innovation for Design manager at Indesit Company, a leading manufacturer of energy efficient smart appliances. “The Cortex-M0 32-bit performance and the new features of the LPC1200 microcontroller will enable an innovative future-proof platform for next generation white goods, while continuously improving robustness and reliability.”

"The LPC1200 is a compelling solution for Industrial Control system designs,” said Geoff Lees, vice president and general manager, microcontroller product line, NXP Semiconductors. “The combination of Cortex-M0 processor with configurable peripherals cannot be matched by any legacy 8-bit systems.”

For high volume applications, the LPC1200 platform can provide rapid delivery of application-specific solutions (ASSP) for a wide range of industrial control requirements, through flexible interconnections between the interrupt controller, DMA sub system, on-chip peripherals and GPIO. By recognizing external and internal events and carrying out pre-defined tasks without CPU intervention, the CPU load is dramatically reduced, allowing the CPU to remain in power down longer.

The NXP LPC1200 offers over 50 Flash and SRAM memory combinations, in addition, the small 512 Byte erase sector of the Flash memory brings multiple design benefits. The LPC1200 has up to 50 percent higher code density compared to common 8/16-bit microcontrollers performing typical tasks.

The LPC1200 extends NXP’s Cortex-M0 microcontrollers portfolio with up to 55 GPIOs, multiple timers/serial channels, and new onboard peripherals including RTC, DMA, CRC and 1 percent internal oscillator, which provides the required accuracy for Baud rate generation. Upcoming LPC1200 derivatives will also include additional features, such as an integrated 40x4 segment display driver.