NXP (distributed in Australia by Future Electronics) claims its LPC1700 series is the industry’s highest performance Cortex-M3 microcontroller, based on results from the Embedded Microprocessor Benchmark Consortium (EEMBC). The EEMBC results show that the LPC1700 executes application code on average 35 percent faster than competitors when running at the same clock speeds.
The series is targeted to operate high-bandwidth communications peripherals such as Ethernet, USB On-The-Go/Host/Device and CAN. It is designed for use in a wide variety of applications, including eMetering, lighting, industrial networking, alarm systems, white goods and motor control.
Other features include:
- High bandwidth Ethernet;
- Wide choice of USB options;
- Quadrature encoder interface and motor control Pulse Width Modulator (PWM);
- Two CAN interfaces;
- 12-bit analogue-to-digital converter (ADC) and 10-bit digital-to-analogue converter (DAC);
- Real-Time Clock operating at less than 1 uA;
- Revision 2 Cortex-M3 core with enhanced power down capabilities, including wake-up interrupt controller;
- Pin compatibility with the NXP LPC2300 ARM7 microcontrollers series.
