NEC Electronics announced the availability of twelve new 16-bit All Flash MCUs with built-in USB 2.0 function and low power consumption. The new offering includes six 48-pin MCUs (78K0R/KC3-L) and six 64-pin MCUs (78K0R/KE3-L). The MCUs achieve a low standby power consumption of 0.37 µA and enables low active power consumption of 6.4 mA at 20 MHz during CPU operation realizing longer battery life for the portable handsets with USB connectivity. The devices are equipped with fast on-chip USB function controller to facilitate the connection between peripheral systems, complicated consumer electronics devices and healthcare appliances.
NEC Electronics offers USB-function drivers to handle the device-specific functionality and other related tasks. Starter kits with USB evaluation boards, development environments and sample software are scheduled to be available in Q1 2010. The 48-pin MCUs and the 64-pin MCUs are all equipped in TQFP package.



