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Chandler, AZ — The MEC17xx and MEC14xx fami- lies 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 applications. The MEC17xx family is based on an ARM®


Cortex®-M4F core and has advanced hardware-accel- erated cryptography algorithms to efficiently support the secure boot of a computer. The family offers sev- eral additional features, such as two UARTS and an extended industrial operating temperature range that make it suitable for industrial computing. Microchip’s popular MIPS-based MEC 14xx


family has been expanded to include functionality to support the new eSPI slave attached flash (SAF) fea- ture, which allows the embedded controller to be directly connected to an SPI Flash memory using an onboard master con- troller. These new embedded con- trollers 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 optimal solution for USB Type-C power delivery. The latest MEC1428 devices are pin and register compatible


WAGO Adds Automated Cutting to Label Printer


Germantown, WI — The new WAGO smartCUTTER automates the cut- ting of marking material on the com- pany’s smartPRINTER. WAGO’s thermal transfer printer, a fast ter- minal block labeling system, is now made even faster by automatic cut- ting. The compact smartPRINTER (version 1.1) prints and cuts a wide range of marking materials for ter- minal blocks, cables or conductors, and devices. WAGO offers its proprietary CAGE CLAMP® spring pressure con-


MEC17xx secure embedded controller.


with the MEC140x and MEC141x families, which allows designers to easily add eSPI and additional features and add more flexibility to their designs.


Page 79 Microchip Adds Two Embedded Controller Families


Both families retain eSPI master attached flash (MAF) capability. All of the company’s computing 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, such


as enabling multiple input/output signals to be con- figured to support either 3.3 or 1.8V, which reduces the system cost by eliminating the need for external voltage translators. These features allow for seam- less migration of IP across multiple x86 computing platforms, including those based on Intel’s Atom™ processors, Intel’s iCore™ processors and AMD’s


Ryzen™ processors. Contact: Microchip Technology, Inc., 2355 West Chandler Boulevard, Chandler, AZ 85224


E-mail: sarah.broome@microchip.com % 480-792-4386 Web: www.microchip.com


WAGO automatic marking material cutter.


nection technology and an extensive range of interconnect, interface and automation solutions, such as the fieldbus-independent WAGO-I/O- SYSTEM.


Contact: WAGO Corp., N120 W19129 Freistadt Road,


Germantown, WI 53022 % 800-346-7245 fax: 262-255-3232 E-mail: info.us@wago.com Web: www.wago.us


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