Toshiba Expands Lineup Of Arm® Cortex®-M4 Based Microcontrollers For Motor Control

KAWASAKI, Japan, Jan 22 (Bernama) -- Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation ("Toshiba") has introduced seven 32-bit microcontrollers equipped with the Cortex-M4 core, expanding its extensive lineup of motor control microcontrollers. Six products constitute a new group, M4K group(1)[¹], while one joins M470 group.

The maximum operating frequency of the M4K group(1) microcontrollers is 120MHz, and 160MHz for M470 group. All are equipped with two motor control functions. In addition, like current products in both M4K group and M470 group, they are equipped with encoder interfaces and programmable motor control functions, which reduce CPU loads during motor control. They also inherit the checking mechanism for flash memory, RAM, AD converter and clock, and can be used for self-diagnosis functions. Sample programs, which will be used to obtain IEC 60730 Class B functional safety certification, are also provided to contribute to developing motor driven components for consumer and industrial equipment.