To meet growing connectivity needs for buildings, factories and the grid, Texas Instruments (TI) introduced its newest SimpleLink wireless and wired microcontrollers (MCUs). These new devices offer industry-leading low power consumption and concurrent multi-standard and multi-band connectivity for Thread, Zigbee, Bluetooth 5 and Sub-1 GHz. With more memory and unlimited connectivity options, the expanded SimpleLink MCU platform offers designers 100 percent code reuse across TI’s Arm Cortex-M4-based MCUs to enhance and connect sensor networks to the cloud.
New SimpleLink MCUs support the following wireless connectivity options:
- Sub-1 GHz: CC1312R wireless MCU.
- Multi-band (Sub-1 GHz, Bluetooth low energy, Thread and Zigbee): CC1352R and CC1352P wireless MCUs.
- Bluetooth low energy: CC2642R wireless MCU.
- Multi-standard (Bluetooth low energy, Thread and Zigbee): CC2652R wireless MCU.
- Host MCU with up to 2MB of memory: MSP432P4
Key features and benefits of the new SimpleLink MCUs
- The lowest power: The new wireless and host MCUs consistently achieve the lowest power in the industry, more than 10 years on a coin-cell battery, and now offer a newly enhanced low-power sensor controller with current consumption as low as 1.5uA for a 100 Hz comparator reading.
- More than 10 connectivity protocols: The expanded SimpleLink MCU platform supports a variety of connectivity protocols and standards for 2.4 GHz and Sub-1 GHz bands, including the latest Thread and Zigbee standards, Bluetooth low energy, IEEE 802.15.4g, Wireless M-Bus and more.
- Option for extended range: With the multi-band CC1352P wireless MCU, developers can extend range even further for metering and building automation applications using its integrated power amplifier with high output power of +20-dBm and transmit current as low as 60 mA.
- 2 MB of flash memory: New SimpleLink MSP432P4 MCUs, with an integrated 16-bit precision ADC, give developers eight times more code space and the ability to host multiple wireless connectivity stacks and a 320-segment liquid crystal display (LCD) with extended temperature range for industrial applications.
- Enhanced security features: The CC13x2 and CC26x2 wireless MCUs offer new security hardware accelerators for the following encryption protocols: AES-128/256, SHA2-512, Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC), RSA-2048 and true random number generator (TRNG).
- Code compatibility: These new products are all supported by the SimpleLink software development kit (SDK) and provide a unified framework for platform extension through 100 percent application code reuse.
To assist in developing with the SimpleLink MCU platform, TI offers the SimpleLink Academy, a comprehensive and interactive learning experience with overviews and training tutorials on the supported industry standards and technologies.
Availability and pricing
Developers can get started immediately with SimpleLink MCU-based TI LaunchPad development kits available through the TI store and authorized distributors. The LAUNCHXL-CC26X2R1, LAUNCHXL-CC1312R1 and LAUNCHXL-CC1352R1 are available for US$39.99. The MSP-EXP432P4111 is available for US$17.99.
For more information, see www.ti.com/simplelink-pr.
| Device name | Package | Pricing in 1,000-unit quantities |
| CC1312R | 7mm2 quad flat no-lead (QFN) | $3.89 |
| CC1352R
CC1352P* |
7mm2 QFN
7mm2 QFN |
$4.73
$5.25 |
| CC2652R | 7mm2 QFN | $3.05 |
| CC2642R | 7mm2 QFN | $2.65 |
| MSP432P4x1V
MSP432P4x1Y MSP432P4x11 |
9mm2 QFN
16×16 low-profile quad flat package (LQFP) |
$4.50
$5.18 $5.99 |
* Available in 3Q 2018
