"At present, with the expansion of science and technology, popular and high-tech themes fly into people's sight, appear in front of mankind, and lead the world to the forefront of science.
Nowadays, no more than the Internet of things, smart home, wearable devices and 3D printers desired by all living beings... These are known as the "third industrial revolution" that can change the world and human social civilization!
In the "smoke of gunpowder" of this industrial revolution, major semiconductor manufacturers have gathered their spare life and pooled the technology of all parties to create an exclusive competitive product series: SOC, ZigBee and Wi-Fi.
No.1: cc2538 (cc2538 Data Book)
A strong system on a large chip (SOC) for high-performance ZigBee applications launched by Ti, an industry pioneer in the production of the first integrated circuit. It contains a powerful microcontroller (MCU) system based on ARM cortex m3. This system has up to 32K on-chip RAM and 512k on-chip flash memory, which makes it able to handle complex network stacks with security, including demanding applications and wireless downloads. It is very suitable for: Internet of things, intelligent lighting system and home LAN.
Main features and advantages:
1. The powerful security accelerator can realize fast and efficient authentication and encryption while the CPU processes application tasks
2. It includes a powerful debugging system and a comprehensive drive library
3. It can realize fast wake-up from sleep and greatly reduce the energy consumption when executing periodic tasks
Industry attention: ★★★★★
Evaluation: the dynamic properties of the Internet of things, home automation and lighting systems determine that they need high performance and flexibility to meet the manufacturers' needs for different memory, security and standard support. Cc2538 is a truly unique product in the market. It not only has high integration, but also supports ZigBee and other IP based standards such as 802.15.4 and 6LoWPAN IPv6.
No.2: cc3100 (cc3100 data manual)
Continue to be led by Ti, a product that can connect any low-cost, low-power microcontroller (MCU) to the Internet of things (i0t). Cc3100 wireless network interconnection solution is a product in the new simplelink Wi Fi series, which can greatly simplify the realization of Internet connectivity. At the same time, it becomes all protocols for Wi Fi and Internet, which minimizes the requirements for host MCU software. Ideal for: Internet of things, cloud connectivity, smart sockets.
Main features and advantages:
1. A complete platform solution that includes a variety of tools and software, sample applications, user and programming guides, reference designs, and the Ti E2E support community
2. With the built-in security protocol, it provides a robust, durable and simple security experience
3. It can be connected to any 8, 16 or 32-bit MCU through SPI or UART interface
Industry attention: ★★★★★
Evaluation: cc3100 has the lowest power consumption in the industry, and its high flexibility enables customers to easily add embedded Wi Fi and Internet functions to many household, industrial and consumer electronic products.
No.3: mpl3115a2 (mpl3115a2 Data Book)
The absolute xtrinsic intelligent pressure sensor launched by Freescale, a manufacturer focusing on embedded processing solutions, can provide very accurate pressure and altitude data, has the ability of adjustable sampling frequency, and has very low power consumption. It is extremely suitable for wearable intelligent devices, high-precision height measurement and inertial navigation.
Main features and advantages:
1. With compensation, direct reading (without software)
2. Intelligent functions include digital output, two interrupts for Automatic wake-up, minimum / maximum threshold detection and automatic data acquisition
3. The sensor data can be processed locally, which reduces the communication requirements with the main processor, so as to control the use of MCU
Industry attention: ★★★★★
Evaluation: mpl3115a2 has a variety of intelligent functions and does not need mobile devices, medical and security applications for data processing, which is undoubtedly an urgent need for donkey friends to implant wearable devices.
NO.4: at86rf232 (at86rf232 data manual)
A 2.4GHz low-power RF transceiver for ZigBee, IEEE 802.15.4, 6LoWPAN, RF4CE and ISM launched by ATMEL, the industry microcontroller / processor leader, is a real SPI to antenna solution. All RF components, except antenna, crystal and decoupling capacitor, are integrated in the chip. The receiver sensitivity is - 100dbm and the programmable output power is from - 17dbm to + 3dbm. It is very suitable for ZigBee solution, RF4CE and ISM applications.
Main features and advantages:
1. Ultra low working voltage 1.8v-3.6v (with voltage regulator inside)
2. The sleep mode current is 0.4ua, and the power consumption at the maximum transmission power is 13.8Ma
3. AES 128 bit hardware accelerator, fully integrated, quickly establish PLL, and support frequency hopping
Industry attention: ★★★★
Evaluation: the power of at86rf232 transceiver is 50% lower than that of competitive products, and it has all the necessary characteristics to support the latest wireless applications in the consumer segment, including excellent radio frequency (RF) performance, lower power, high link budget and antenna diversity.
No.5: ad9644 (ad9644 Data Book)
A dual channel serial output ADC introduced by Adi, a leading manufacturer in data conversion and signal processing technology, and it is suitable for smart antenna system. It aims to provide solutions for high-performance, low-cost, small-size and multi-functional intelligent communication applications. At the same time, it is also suitable for general software radio and ultrasonic equipment
Main features and advantages:
1. The on-chip PLL allows the user to provide a single ADC sampling clock, and the data rate clock is generated by multiplying the PLL by the ADC sampling clock
2. The proprietary differential input maintains excellent signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) performance at input frequencies up to 250 MHz
3. When two ADCs share a data link, the data rate can be up to 3.2 Gbps
Industry attention: ★★★★
Evaluation: this dual channel ADC core adopts a multi-level, differential pipeline architecture and integrates output error correction logic. Each ADC has a broadband, differential sample and hold analog input amplifier to support various user selectable input ranges.
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No.6: i.mx534 (i.mx534 Data Book)
An application processor strongly launched by Freescale meets the requirements of the new generation of automotive dashboard and navigation system for advanced performance, data connection, graphical user interface and other functions. It is suitable for man-machine interface, navigation, video processing and display and audio playback of graphical rendering.
Main features and advantages:
1. It supports dual display and has a variety of display technologies, including TFT, LCD, LVDS, analog TV format (composite, component, RGB) and standard VGA
2. Hardware accelerated graphics post-processing, display quality enhancement, video and graphics combination
3. Advanced security features support highly reliable boot, encryption engine, random number generator and tamper detection
Industry attention: ★★★★
Evaluation: this processor is suitable for applications requiring high-performance user interface of 2D and 3D graphics cards, one or two high-resolution displays and high system integration, and applies advanced consumer electronics user experience and device connection functions to future vehicle systems.
No.7: cc3000 (cc3000 data manual)
Another outstanding device, and cc3100, belong to simplelink family, a Wi Fi 802.11b/g wireless network processor, which simplifies the implementation of Internet connectivity. Therefore, it becomes an ideal solution for embedded applications using any low-cost and low-power MCU. It is very suitable for networked household appliances, home automation and home security
Main features and advantages:
1. Runs with low processing million instructions per second (MIPs) and low-cost microcontrollers (MCU) with compact memory packages
2. Integrated crystal and power management
Industry attention: ★★★★
Evaluation: cc3000 has the best RF performance among similar products, which can greatly reduce development time, reduce manufacturing cost, save circuit board space, simplify the certification process, and greatly reduce the requirements for RF expertise.
No.8: r261 (r261 Data Book)
In the industry, on semiconductor, a famous high-performance manufacturer, launched a high-performance voice capture system-level chip and a complete system-level chip (SOC) solution, which provides an advanced dual microphone noise reduction capture application in voice. The chip maintains greater speech naturalness even when the speaker is farther away from or without speech intelligibility and microphone, providing unparalleled optimal freedom. It is suitable for any portable audio application with speech
Main features and advantages:
1. The ability to customize a variety of voice shooting modes and adjust the unique needs of the algorithm
2. Advanced dual microphone noise reduction algorithm, 360 degree voice collection effect in conference mode
3. Complete system on chip (SOC), ultra-low power consumption and ultra-small shape
Industry attention: ★★★★
Evaluation: r261 provides a simple choice and enjoys clear and comfortable voice communication anywhere. This product uses advanced noise reduction technology, so that manufacturers of various portable consumer electronics products can greatly improve voice quality and customer satisfaction.
No.9: mag3110 (mag3110 data manual)
A Freescale's first xtrinsic high-precision 3D magnetic sensor represents Freescale's further expansion of consumer sensor products. Mag3110 is a small, low-power, digital 3-axis magnetometer with wide dynamic range. It can run in printed circuit board (PCB) with external magnetic field. It is suitable for 3D motion control and direction, wireless mouse and pointing equipment, navigation and positioning services
Main features and advantages:
1. Configure GPS equipment to realize directional positioning service
2. Combined with acceleration sensor, it provides full tilt compensation electronic compass function
3. Improve the rich product portfolio of inertial, pressure and touch sensors
Industry attention: ★★★★
Evaluation: mag3110 has the characteristics of high resolution, low noise and ultra small size. The magnetic field measured by the magnetometer, that is, the magnetic field generated by the geomagnetic field and circuit board devices, as well as the combined local magnetic field, can obtain accurate compass heading information independent of direction when used in combination with the 3-axis acceleration sensor.
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