Unit 1 | A Brief History of Microprocessors

Microcontrollers

A List of the Current Popular Microcontroller Manufacturers:-


	http://www.analog.com/processors/ Manufacturer of 16-bit and 32-bit DSPs with fair development tool support. Wide variety of precision analog components, as well as the MicroConverter, an 8051 microcontroller with a 12-bit A/D converter. updated 27/April/2007

	http://www.atmel.com/products/product_selector.asp 8051, AT91, AVR, AVR32 Microcontrollers Atmel manufactures the popular 8051, the AT91 (32-bit ARM7), Atmel AVR (8-bit RISC), and the AT57 (dual CPU DSP). Flash varieties of most Atmel microcontrollers are available. Wide development tools support is available for the 8051 & AT91. updated 27/April/2007

	http://www.maxim-ic.com/products/microcontrollers/ Fast Flash Microcontrollers Manufactures a line of high-performance Flash 8051 microcontrollers (50 MIPS peak at 50 MHz), as well as "secure" (tamper resistant) microcontrollers, TINI Networked Microcontrollers and MAXQ 16-bit RISC Mixed signal microcontroller. Extensive development tools support. Now a division of Maxim Integrated Products. updated 27/April/2007

	http://www.digi.com/products/embeddedsolutions/index.jsp Embedded Internet Solutions NetSilicon, a Digi International® company, is a leading provider of network-attached processors and device connectivity software. ‘Digi’ offers a range of Ethernet based products based on the ARM core specifically for embedded Internet Networking. updated 27/April/2007

	http://www.freescale.com/ Microcontrollers, Broad Range Supplier Popular manufacturer of a wide variety of analogue and digital semiconductors, including a number of microcontroller families including 8-bit, 16-bit & 32-bit. (Including the 68HC05, 68HC11, 68HC908, 68HC12, 68000, 68020, 68030, 68040, Coldfire, MCore, PowerPC, DSP56800, and lots more). Formerly known as Motorola. updated 27/April/2007

	Formerly Hitachi Semiconductor (http://www.hitachi.com/) Now known as Renesas Technology. http://eu.renesas.com/fmwk.jsp?cnt=mpumcu_category_landing.jsp&fp=/products/mpumcu/ High speed/high performance devices are catered for within the ‘SuperH’ embedded RISC engine family. Mid range/large capacity devices include the R32C, M32C, SH-Tiny, H8SX, M16C and H8S. Low power/low voltage devices are covered by the R8C/H8 and the M16/Tiny updated 27/April/2007

	http://www.infineon.com/cgi-bin/ifx/portal/ep/home.do?tabId=0 http://www.infineon.com/cgi-bin/ifx/portal/ep/channelView.do?channelId=-64396&channelPage=/ep/channel/productCategories.jsp&pageTypeId=17099 C16x, C500, TriCore. Broad Range Supplier 8-bit microcontrollers based on the 8051. They offer a broad portfolio of well established 16bit microcontroller derivatives based on the C166 architecture and now have a family of 32-bit microcontrollers for a huge variety of applications with outstanding development tool support. CAN and USB microcontrollers. A broad-range supplier of a wide variety of semiconductor products. updated 27/April/2007

	http://www.intel.com/embedded/index.htm Pentiums, High Performance Chipsets Popular manufacturer of Pentium PC microprocessors, in addition to motherboards, PC chipsets, server RAID controller, PCI bridges, Ethernet products, Flash memory, and a wide range of connectivity chips. They also had a range of 8-bit micros (MCS51/251), 16-bit micros (MCS96/296) & micros for Automotive applications (incorporating CAN bus) but these have now been discontinued by Intel. http://www.intel.com/design/embcontrol/ For a history of the Intel product evolution:- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_microprocessors

	http://www.microchip.com/stellent/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&nodeId=2551 8-bit Microcontrollers, Interface Chips PICmicro® microcontrollers (MCUs) made up from the 8-bit family - PIC10 (6 pins), PIC12 (8 pins), PIC16 (14-64 pins), PIC18 (18-100 pins) and the 16-bit family - PIC24 (28-100 pins), dsPIC30/33 (18-100 pins); analog/interface products; Serial EEPROMs; microID® RFID tags; KEELOQ® security devices; and the dsPIC® family of Digital Signal Controllers. Very good Development Tools and analogue interface products. updated 27/April/2007

	http://www.national.com/appinfo/compactrisc/architecture.html CompactRISC and COP8 Flash Microcontrollers, Manufacturers an excellent very low power 16-bit microcontroller, the CompactRISC. Besides being feature-rich, available modules include Bluetooth, USB, and CAN. updated 27/April/2007

	http://www.rabbitsemiconductor.com/products/Microprocessors/ 8/16 bit Microcontrollers Rabbit microprocessors are high performance, low EMI devices designed for embedded control, communications and Ethernet connectivity. They offer low-cost, quick-to-market solutions for a variety of networked embedded systems. updated 27/April/2007

	http://www.renesas.com/ Flash Microcontrollers; Broad-range supplier A joint merger of Hitachi and Mitsubishi product lines, Renesas boasts an impressive array of semiconductor products. A broad-range manufacturer of semiconductors including microcontrollers, discrete, Flash, SRAM. 4-bit thru 32-bit cores. The #1 supplier of microcontrollers worldwide. Good development tool support. The combined microcontroller product portfolio includes the H8, SuperH, M16C, M32R, 7600 series, and much more. updated 27/April/2007

	http://www.silabs.com/mcu/ Fast Flash 8051 Microcontroller Family from Silicon Labs. The C8051Fxxx is a family of in-system programmable, 8-bit mixed signal 8051 microcontrollers. Peripherals include A/D converters, 50MIPS peak performance JTAG based debug in each device. Formerly known as Cygnal Integrated Products. updated 27/April/2007

	http://mcu.st.com/mcu/ Broad range supplier of digital & analog components. STMicroelectronics provides a comprehensive portfolio of high-performance 32-bit ARM-based microcontrollers, as well as their 8-bit ST6 and ST7 microcontrollers, the ST9 8/16-bit mcrocontrollers, and the µPSD3200 8051-compatible microcontroller. Also manufactures a wide variety of analog, telecom, automotive, and communications semiconductors. updated 27/April/2007

	http://www.ti.com/ (then select 'microcontrollers') Worldwide leader of DSPs Besides being the reigning DSP champion, TI also produce a range from low-power 16-bit MSP430 microcontrollers and 32-bit general purpose ARM7-based TMS470 microcontrollers to high performance TMS320C2000™ digital signal controllers. They also manufacturer a wide variety of quality analog components, wireless, and telecom products. updated 30/April/2007

	http://www.zilog.com/products/businessline.asp?bl=273 or http://www.zilog.com/products/businessline.asp?bl=274 Z8 Encore!, Z8®, Z80, eZ80, Z180, Z380 Microcontrollers & SCCs Pioneers of the venerable Z80 processor, have a range of 8-bit microcontrollers focusing around their new ‘Z8 Encore!’ Flash Microcontroller and eZ80 (embedded internet) families, plus they now have a series of 16-bit flash microcontrollers. updated 30/April/2007