Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. (Toshiba) has unveiled a new microcontroller (MCU) sample software package, aimed at enhancing the development capabilities of the SEGGER Embedded Studio user community. This software release bolsters the offerings for Toshiba’s M4K group of MCUs, enabling compatibility with Arm Keil MDK, IAR Embedded Workbench® for Arm, and now SEGGER Embedded Studio.
The M4K MCUs, designed around the Arm Cortex-M4 core with a floating-point unit, provide a processing capacity of up to 160MHz. These MCUs are available in various configurations, offering code flash storage ranging from 128KB to 256KB, 32KB data flash with a remarkable 100K write-cycles endurance, 24KB SRAM, and package options spanning from 64-pin to 100-pin.
This newly introduced software package equips developers with essential drivers and sample code, simplifying interactions with MCU peripherals. It facilitates a swift project initiation and expedites project completion by incorporating low-level drivers with a well-defined API, coupled with practical examples for all on-chip peripherals. Among these functionalities are configurations for the analog-to-digital converter (ADC) for voltage measurements, control mechanisms for communication interfaces such as UART, SPI, and I2C, memory management for code and data flash, and the oversight of other peripherals including the digital noise filter, watchdog timer, oscillator-frequency detection, trimming, and cyclic redundancy check (CRC) function.
These MCUs from the M4K group come fortified with special attributes tailored for motor-control applications. This includes a high-resolution encoder input, three advanced programmable motor control circuits, and Toshiba’s advanced vector engine plus (A-VE+). These features position the MCUs as an ideal choice for applications requiring both sensored and sensorless operations, particularly for advanced Field Oriented Control (FOC) implementations. Access to these capabilities is made available through Toshiba’s dedicated environment, MCU Motor Studio, comprising a PC-based development platform and firmware for implementing popular motor control techniques and fault protection mechanisms.
The M4K group peripheral sample software package is readily accessible for download via Toshiba’s official website. Notably, this software is distributed as fully developed and rigorously tested source code, further emphasizing Toshiba’s commitment to providing developers with dependable and readily usable tools for microcontroller development.
Toshiba’s latest contribution to the MCU development ecosystem aligns with the company’s ongoing efforts to empower engineers and developers with the resources necessary to create innovative solutions in an ever-evolving technological landscape.
