Freescale has developed a scalable portfolio of low-power microcontroller solutions blending leadingedge battery saving technology with a range of performance and peripheral options.

Smart Metering Low-Power Solutions
The number of embedded devices running on battery power or parasitic power continues to grow. Design portability now equates to product profitability. Freescale's low power strategy is long term; expect an ongoing investment in the development ecosystem as well as additional low-power devices to help you accelerate your time to market.

ColdFire 32-bit MCUs
The ColdFire QE family—the upper half of the Flexis 8/32-bit low-power solutions offering a pathway to higher performance while sharing the same peripheral, package and development tools as its smaller S08QE cousin.

RS08 and S08 8-bit MCUs
An evolutionary step up from the popular HC08 architecture with higher bus speeds and lower operating voltages. Operating from 1.8–3.6V, the S08QE family blends the latest ultra-low-power technology with a rich set of communications, analog and timer peripherals. The S08LL and S08QB combine the same battery-saving capabilities with a segment LCD controller and cost-reduced peripheral set. For ultra-small pin count requirements, the RS08 architecture offers compelling low-power performance from 1.8 to 5V.

Easy-to-Use Development Tools
A range of cost-effective demo boards and a wealth of other development resources. The result—a reduction in hardware and software design cycle. The advantage—faster time to market and a reduction in product development costs.

Low-Power Technology
The Freescale low-power portfolio extends from ultra-low-cost, small-footprint, 8-bit MCUs with 1KB of flash, to high-performance 32-bit MCUs with up to 128 KB of flash. Lowpower features include clock gating, multiple low-power operating modes and a 32 kHz oscillator that consumes less than 1 μA. The newest members include low-power segment LCD functionality for applications such as handheld health care diagnostic instruments, utility metering and portable consumer devices.

Low-Power Development Resources
Integrated Development Environment
CodeWarrior™ Development Studio for Microcontrollers 6.2

• Single, integrated tool suite for RS08, S08 and V1 ColdFire MCUs
• Complimentary Special Edition for S08 up to 32 KB code, for MCF51 up to 64 KB code
• Full-chip simulation and flash programming
• Assembler, linker and source-level debugger
• Highly optimized ANSI C compiler
• Device initialization/Processor Expert GUI-based automatic C code generator for peripheral
initialization and configuration

Battery Calculator

Test drive your application on one of our MCUs using the Web-based Low-Power Battery Calculator.
• Determines the average current the MCU is consuming and estimate the resulting battery life
• Results are derived from user-entered application system variables: V, Hz, °C, % of time in in MCU operating modes (run, wait, stop3, stop2 and stop1), periodic wakeup interval
• User can select from a variety of standard battery sizes and types or enter battery characteristics directly

Ultra-Low-Power 8-bit S08LL16/8 MCU
Features

• Integrated LCD driver supports both standard 3V and 5V LCD glass
• Configurable display for 8 x 24 or 4 x 28 segment display
• Analog-to-digital converter (ADC)— 8-channel, 12-bit resolution
• 38 general purpose input/output (GPIO), two output-only pins
• Single-wire background debug interface

Core

• Up to 20 MHZ HCS08 CPU from 1.8V to 3.6V and across a temperature range of -40°C to +85°C

Memory

• 2K RAM
• 16K flash/dual 8K arrays

Communications

• SCI, SPI, I2C with broadcast mode Packages
• 64 LQFP, 48 QFN, 48 LQFP

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