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TI's New Microcontroller Families Offer Twice the Performance and Battery Life

Posted on Tuesday, December 18, 2007 7:37:06 AM       Sign Up to receive Daily News Alerts in your E-mail Inbox                            Digg This Article   Add to Delicious

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    Enabling Ultra-Low Power Applications

    Provides MSP430 Customers with Faster and More Power-Efficient MCUs

    DALLAS, (Dec. 10, 2007) - Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) today announced the availability of five new families of MSP430F2xx high-performance microcontrollers, the industry's lowest-power 16-bit general purpose microcontrollers (MCUs). The new microcontrollers provide a direct upgrade path for corresponding devices in TI's popular MSP430F1xx generation of ultra-low-power MCUs, easing development and offering complete software and pin compatibility while delivering twice the performance, twice the battery life, and increased memory. MSP430F2xx MCUs enable developers of meters, sensors, industrial control systems, handheld instruments and a host of other embedded systems to extend the performance and lifetime of their products with minimal redesign (see www.ti.com/msp430f2xx-pr for more information).

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