TI expands MSP430 microcontroller portfolio

BANGALORE, INDIA: Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) today announced the launch of MSP430AFE2xx series of metrology analog front end (AFE) ultra-low-power 16-bit microcontrollers, offers programmable single-phase metrology devices supported with multiple communication interfaces.

The microcontrollers enable system partitioning in metering applications, such as electricity meters, home automation, sub-metering and energy saving systems, which allows flexible, stand-alone, high-quality measurement, said a press release.

The MSP430AFE series is based on a 16-bit RISC architecture with a system frequency of 12MHz, offering 3X the system speed over competing parts to drive increased functionality.

The microcontroller achieves less than 0.1 per cent error in energy accuracy over a wide dynamic range of 2400:1, enabled by three independent 24-bit sigma-delta converters supporting anti-tamper, added the release.

The MSP430AFE2xx series is also supported by multiple tools, demos and EVMs to provide several options for developers to begin evaluation and move quickly to production.