Thursday, August 04, 2005

8-bit microcontroller families are ROHS-compliant

"The lead-free Versa microcontroller family includes the VRS1xxx series, the VRS5xx series, the VRS700, and the VRS900, all available in PLCC-44, QFP-44, and DIP-40 packages. The VRS1xxx series includes 64 or 128 kbytes of flash memory, 1 kbyte of RAM, and in-system/in-application programming capabilities. The VRS5xx series comes with 4, 8, 16, 64 kbytes of flash memory and 128 bytes, 256 bytes, 1 kbyte, or 4 kbytes of RAM, and the VRS700 comes with 64 kbytes of flash and 4 kbytes of RAM. The VRS900 mixed-signal unit comes with 8 kbytes of flash; 256 bytes of RAM; a four-channel, 8-bit ADC; and a 14-segment LCD driver. All the vendor’s flash 8051-based microcontrollers comply with ROHS (reduction-of-hazardous-substances) standards." Source: edn.com