MCHC908GR8AVFAE

Embedded - Microcontrollers

MCHC908GR8AVFAE is a 8-bit microcontroller family from Freescale Semiconductor. It includes a wide range of features and is well suited to a range of embedded applications, such as industrial automation, automotive, medical or consumer electronics. The microcontroller family has a wide range of choices of memory and packages, simplifying board design.

Features

The MCHC908GR8AVFAE microcontroller family features advanced features such as an industry-leading system integration of up to 16 general I/O, up to 8 serial communication channels and up to four PWM timers. The microcontroller also includes a high-performance 16-bit timers, two interrupt controllers, two capture/compare modules, low-power real-time clock (RTC) and a DMA controller. The microcontroller uses internal Flash memory and SRAM which makes code executions faster. It also supports external 32K bytes of Flash memory, which gives it higher code memory storage, and up to 8K SRAM.

Working principle

The MCHC908GR8AVFAE microcontroller uses a Harvard architecture. This architecture is composed of separate memories, instructions and data buses. Each bus is responsible for a critical aspect of the operation of the microcontroller. The instruction bus handles instructions while the data bus is responsible for data exchange. The Harvard architecture allows a microcontroller to fetch multiple instructions at once, allowing a higher operating frequency.

The MCHC908GR8AVFAE microcontroller also uses a \'plug-and-play\' approach. This approach enables devices to work together effortlessly. The microcontroller includes sets of USB devices such as transceivers, power management, identification and enumeration features, simplifying board-level design and makes development process faster.

Applications

The MCHC908GR8AVFAE microcontroller family is suitable for a range of embedded applications. It can be used for industrial automation, automotive, medical or consumer electronics. Due to its wide range of features, the microcontroller can be used for applications such as motor control, automotive in-vehicle networking, medical monitoring, home appliances and access control. It can be used in applications such as smart metering, home automation, motor control, security systems and many more.

The MCHC908GR8AVFAE microcontroller family has a high degree of integration, support for external memory and its plug-and-play feature, makes it suitable for a range of embedded applications.