Silicon Laboratories offers low-power MCUs for smart metering and asset-tracking products
Silicon Laboratories
C8051F96x MCU and Si102x and Si103x wireless MCU lines
Silicon Laboratories has introduced the C8051F96x MCU and Si102x and Si103x wireless MCU lines, which, using patented low-power technology, are claimed to enable 40 per cent less system current draw and up to 65 per cent longer battery life than competing MCUs.
These ultra-low-power MCU ranges are suited to smart metering (water, gas and heat meters), in-home utility monitoring, wireless security, home and building automation, portable medical and asset-tracking products.
According to the company, the F96x 8-bit MCUs were designed to meet the ultra-low-power and wireless connectivity requirements of developers designing battery-powered embedded systems.
Silicon Labs claims that, to achieve the best low-power and wireless optimisations, the F96x and Si102x/3x lines offer three major system-level innovations: superior energy transfer efficiency for battery-operated systems; reduced time in active mode; and reduced power in sleep mode.
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