Microprocessors Operating at below 1 volt!!

TI's MSP 430 family, we already know, is one of the lowest power consuming micro family. Now comes news of a new device that takes this to new lows! MSP430L092 operates at below 1 volt, at 0.9 v precisely. What's more remarkable is that all the analog and digital parts work at this voltage, there are no voltage boosting circuitry on chip.


The new member can work at 0.9 to 1.65 v range. The core is a 16 bit RISC working at 4 MHz and the power consumption is just 45 microA/MHz!!!! 2KB RAM and 2 KB ROM make up the memory system.  There are several timer peripherals, such as the 32-bit Watchdog timer and two 16-bit general purpose timers. This device has  11 I/Os that are also interrupt capable. There's a  Analog Pool IP has several new features.The Analog Pool, or APOOL has basic blocks such as a 256mV voltage reference, a Comparator, and an 8-bit DAC. 


Like other members of the family this too is well suited to create a highly portable instrument that lasts and lasts on batteries.