New product release | TI's new Sitara™ AM2x series redefines MCUs, with 10 times the processing power of existing devices
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Texas Instruments (TI) today introduced a new family of high-performance microcontrollers (MCUs) that advance real-time control, networking and intelligent analytics at the edge. With the new Sitara AM2x family of MCUs, engineers can access 10 times the computing power of previous flash-based MCUs . The high-performance AM2x family closes the growing performance gap between MCUs and processors, enabling designers to push performance limits in applications such as factory automation, robotics, automotive systems and sustainable energy management .
“The demands for industrial automation, next-generation vehicles, smart analytics and the Internet of Everything are driving the performance requirements for edge microcontrollers to be faster and more accurate. Providing more advanced and efficient processing capabilities for distributed systems is one of the key steps in achieving Industry 4.0.”
- Senior Research Analyst, Omdia
Chris Morris
The Sitara™ AM2x MCU product family is based on the high-performance Arm ® MCU core and includes single-core and multi-core devices running at up to 1 GHz and integrating dedicated peripherals and accelerators. Easy-to-use tools and software can simplify the customer's evaluation process, reduce overall system design complexity and cost, and easily obtain high-performance processing capabilities.
At the new product launch held this morning , Mr. Shi Ying, Director of Embedded and DLP® Application Technology, TI China, presented and introduced the features in detail . Mr. Mike Pienovi, General Manager of Sitara MCU Product Line, and Ms. Sonia Ghelani, Product Line Manager, also connected remotely to answer questions in the Q&A session .
"Designers are increasingly faced with the need for more performance at lower system cost to meet the demands for precise control, fast communications and complex analytics. In our new Sitara MCU portfolio, TI seamlessly combines industry-leading processing performance, real-time control and advanced networking capabilities to enable engineers to break performance barriers in emerging applications."
- General Manager of TI Sitara MCU Product Line
Mike Pieno
Texas Instruments (TI) China Embedded and DLP®
Mr. Shi Ying, Director of Application Technology
Sitara™ AM2x MCU new product launch event
Low-power MCUs with processor-class performance
The AM243x MCUs are the first available AM2x family devices to feature up to four Arm Cortex ® -R5F cores, each running at up to 800MHz. This high real-time processing speed is critical in factory equipment such as robots, where fast computational power combined with high-speed access to the MCU’s internal memory can help improve both the robot’s motion accuracy and speed, thereby increasing productivity. The additional processing power enables designers to further analyze functions such as predictive maintenance, thereby reducing downtime on the factory floor. In a typical application, the AM243x devices can achieve this level of performance while consuming less than 1W of active power, enabling factory operators to extend power supply life and reduce operating costs and energy consumption.
Integrated design enables real-time control and networking at the edge
Sitara AM243x MCUs integrate sensing and actuation peripherals to enable low-latency real-time processing and control for factory automation, and simplify the implementation of industrial networks through communication acceleration modules. AM243x devices expand TI 's support for multiple Gigabit Industrial Ethernet protocols and time-sensitive networking (TSN) to enable next-generation factory networks. With AM243x, engineers can meet evolving industrial communication standards with certified, TI-direct protocol stacks supporting EtherNet/IP™, EtherCAT ® , PROFINET ® and IO-Link Master. The on-chip security features of the AM243x MCUs support new encryption requirements, and the integrated functional safety mechanisms, diagnostics and auxiliary functions help system integrators achieve Safety Integrity Level (SIL) 3 requirements of the IEC 61508 standard in their industrial designs .
Simplify high-performance design with easy-to-use tools and software
To reduce the complexity of design and development, TI created the Sitara AM243x LaunchPad™ development kit to quickly evaluate high-performance MCUs. With the help of evaluation tools and the Sitara MCU+ software framework, developers can immediately start experiencing the precise real-time control and industrial networking capabilities of the AM243x MCU out of the box. Developers can also access application-specific reference examples, a powerful tool and software ecosystem, and the MCU+ Academy training website to simplify design and speed time to market.
Packaging and availability
TI is now offering pre-production versions of the AM2431, AM2432 and AM2434 in 17mm × 17mm or 11mm × 11mm packages, exclusively at TI.com. The AM243x LaunchPad development kits are also available for purchase at TI.com with multiple payment and delivery options.
For more online technical support, please visit the TI E2E Chinese support forum (e2echina.ti.com).
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