Renesas’ New Low-pin Count R8C/Tiny Series MCUs Offer Specialized On-chip Features for Electroni

Renesas' New Low-pin Count R8C/Tiny Series MCUs Offer Specialized On-chip Features for Electronic Ballast, Handheld Power Tools and Motor Control Applications

Renesas Technology America, Inc. has announced 30 new products in seven groups, a major expansion of the R8C/Tiny series of compact, high-performance 16-bit microcontrollers (MCUs) with on-chip flash memory. Designed for applications such as electronic ballast, handheld power tools, and motor control, the devices in the R8C/2E, 2F, 2G, 2H, 2J, 2K and 2L groups raise the total number of products in the R8C/Tiny series to 268 in 33 groups.

− Addition of products for specific fields with high market demand extends lineup still further and allows selection of optimally suited devices to match the system configuration −

The seven new groups of MCUs have the following main features.

• R8C/2K and /2L groups have a 32-pin package and provide timer functions that are ideal for motor control — Their on-chip 3-channel 16-bit timer modules have advanced waveform generation capabilities as well as standard input-capture/output-compare functions.
• R8C/2E and /2F groups are the first 32-pin R8C devices with D/A converter and comparator functions —Their rich set of analog peripheral functions — 8-bit 2-channel D/A converter, 2-channel comparator, and 10-bit 12-channel A/D converter — is tightly coupled and can be configured at runtime for different tasks, making them ideal for applications such as electronic ballast control that require quick and accurate analog processing.
• R8C/2G, /2H, and /2J groups have simpler functionality to reduce cost for applications that don't require certain built-in peripherals — These 20- and 32-pin devices are designed for cost sensitive applications where MCU-based electronics replace electromechanical/discrete designs.