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Micro/sys
Releases Small, Low-Power, Industrial Microcontroller
Board with CAN
Montrose,
CA . . . An RoHS-compliant microcontroller board
released by Micro/sys provides a low-power solution
for systems needing a large amount of industrial
I/O in tight, remote spaces. The MCB58, part of
the Micro/sys SNAP series of microcontroller boards,
is based on the Freescale (formerly Motorola) HC(S)08
microcontroller and measures 3.55” x 2.65” x
0.5”. The MCB58 typically draws a low 300mW
while running at its fastest speeds and executes
with a 50ns instruction time. The wide assortment
of I/O on the board makes it ideal for handling
simple control requirements and for communicating
back to a host via serial or CAN.
The MCB58 includes an RS485 serial port, four isolated
digital outputs, four isolated digital inputs, and
24 additional lines of TTL-level digital I/O. There
are filters that allow four channels of PWM to act
as four independent digital-to-analog converters
(DACs). Also included are an onboard temperature
detector, a real-time clock, a control area network
(CAN) interface, and a 16K serial EEPROM. Additionally,
the MCB58 can interface with the industry-standard
PC/104 bus, which allows access to a wide range of
I/O.
The MCB58 has 60Kbytes of program/data flash and
4Kbytes of SRAM. The highly efficient Metrowerks
CodeWarrior compiler, which is included in the development
kit, combines the simplicity of drag-and-drop software
module “beans” with a powerful C compiler.
Programs can be compiled, downloaded to the onboard
flash with the provided serial cable, and then debugged
without leaving the Integrated Development Environment.
The MCB58 has a smaller companion microcontroller,
the MCB08. The MCB08 has the advantage of drawing
about the same power as a couple of LEDs, which makes
battery-operation a possibility, and also means that
no special system cooling will be required.
The MCB08’s tiny footprint of 1.7” x
1.2” x 0.85” makes it a suitable controller
for many small systems.
Single quantity pricing is $95 for the MCB58 and
$75 for the MCB08. OEM discounts are available. Contact
Technical Sales Dept., Micro/sys, Inc., 3730 Park
Place, Montrose, CA, 91020, phone (818) 244-4600,
FAX (818) 244-4246, email: info@embeddedsys.com,
URL: www.embeddedsys.com.
Micro/sys has been manufacturing OEM industrial
microcomputer products since 1976, including board-level
products and integrated computers. Micro/sys embedded
computers are specified by OEMs in semiconductor
processing, medical, mail handling, pharmaceutical,
industrial marking, process control, and many other
industries
Click
here for the MCB08 data sheet or here for
the MCB58 data sheet.
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