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Page 71 Microchip Adds Two Embedded Controller Families
Chandler, AZ — The MEC17xx and MEC14xx fam- ilies of embedded controllers with enhanced serial peripheral interface (eSPI), the host interface sup- ported by the latest PC computing chip sets, are now available from Microchip Technology. Both families support the eSPI bus technology that is required for new, upcoming computing applica- tions.
The MEC17xx family is based on an ARM®
Cortex®-M4F core and has advanced hardware- accelerated cryptography algorithms to effi- ciently support the secure boot of a computer. The family offers several additional features, such as two UARTS and an extended industrial operating temperature range that make it suit- able for industrial computing. Microchip’s popular MIPS-based MEC 14xx
family has been expanded to include functionali- ty to support the new eSPI slave attached flash (SAF) feature, which allows the embedded con- troller to be directly connected to an SPI Flash memory using an onboard master controller. These new embedded controllers
are part of an expanded family of devices that have been a force behind the the computing industry’s transition from LPC to eSPI. The MEC17xx adds security through cryptography func- tionality to advance secure boot, a secu- rity feature developed to ensure that a system boots only from software that is trusted by the manufacturer. The addi- tion of two UARTS and support for industrial temperature is necessary for industrial computing applications. The latest members of the
MEC14xx family add a new level of design functionality for computing engineers by adding SAF, which is an
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additional features and add more flexibility to their designs. Both families retain eSPI master attached flash (MAF) capability. All of the company’s comput- ing embedded controllers are supported by a variety of development and debug tools and evaluation boards, plus datasheets and other documentation. The eSPI interface has numerous benefits,
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