Cypress Microcontroller
PRODUCT SELECTOR GUIDE
Consumer and Industrial MCU Core Roadmap
ARM
Cortex-R5
300MIPS
ARM
Next Core
200MIPS
ARM
Cortex-M4
100MIPS
32bit MCU
FR60
FR60Lite
ARM
Cortex-M0+
F
2
MC-16LX
FR80S
ARM
Cortex-M3
16bit MCU
20MIPS
8bit MCU
10MIPS
F
2
MC-8FX
8FX
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
Year
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Consumer and Industrial MCU Family
FM4 FAMILY
Cypress ARM
®
Cortex
®
-M4F microcontroller family is a high range line providing maximum CPU frequency of 200MHz, a high speed flash
memory with DSP and FPU hardware instructions. Customers can select the best fitting device from a range of products, coming in packages from
48 pin to 216 pin and flash memory densities between 256KB and 2MB. The wide operation supply voltage range up to 5.5V which improves
the signal to noise ratio, results in a robust design and is unique among Cortex-M4F microcontroller families. The MCUs are designed for applica-
tions that require advanced, high-speed computing performance such as general-purpose inverters, servomotors, PLCs and other industrial equip-
ment, as well as inverter-based home appliances such as washing machines and air conditioners.
FM3 FAMILY
Cypress ARM Cortex-M3 microcontroller family is a scalable platform for many industrial applications. Customers can select the best fitting device
from a range of products, coming in packages from 32 pin to 176 pin and flash memory densities between 32KB and 1MB. With a maximum
CPU frequency of 144MHz and high speed flash memory, FM3 supports the fastest ARM Cortex-M3 devices on the market. The wide opera-
tion supply voltage range up to 5.5V, which improves the signal to noise ratio, results in a robust design and is quite unique among Cortex-M3
microcontroller families. The FM3 MCU family is split into four groups: high performance, basic, low power and ultra low leakage groups. The
main differences between the groups are CPU operation frequency and supply voltage. All products are based on the same architecture (software
compatible), use the same peripherals and are pin compatible in most cases. The ultra low leakage line products are based on an optimized low
leakage process technology. Development tools and evaluation boards are offered from different vendors and Cypress.
FM0+ FAMILY
The Cypress FM0+ family, which is based on the ARM Cortex-M0+ core, is designed for low power and cost-sensitive applications such as white
goods, sensors, meters, HMI systems, power tools and Internet of Things (IoT) battery powered or energy harvesting wearable devices. These
microcontrollers can be easily embedded into systems adopting 8-, 16- or 32-bit MCUs, accelerating product development and reducing devel-
opment costs. The FM0+ family includes two groups for ultra-low-power and cost-effective applications. The devices in the ultra-low-power group
have an operating voltage range of 1.65V to 3.6V, and a maximum CPU clock frequency of 40MHz, a RUN mode current of 70 μA/MHz, an
RTC mode current of 0.7 μA and wake-up time of approximately 40 μs.
8FX FAMILY
Cypress 8FX MCU family is a high-performance 8-bit microcontroller utilizing a different embedded flash memory size. This series uses the F2MC-
8FX CISC CPU, which offers industry leading class performance of an 8-bit microcontroller unit enabling more instructions to be executed per
cycle. On top of delivering industry class performance MCUs, the 8FX family also delivers low power efficient MCU products for the customer’s
usage. This series also features a variety of on-chip timers, A/D converters, analog and digital peripheral and communication interfaces such as
LIN-UART (Local Interconnect Network Universal Asynchronous Receiver-Transmitter), CAN (controller area network) and I2C (Inter-Integrated Circuit)
interface for various application usages. For easy development, the 8FX family also employs a 1-line on-chip debug that uses only one pin on the
microcontroller, thereby minimizing the number of pins used for debugging in product development. Cypress also provides easy to use and cost
competitive development starter kits and development environments for this MCU series.
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Automotive MCU Core Roadmap
Traveo
™
Cortex-R5 [32bit ARM]
FCR4
Cortex-R4 [32bit ARM]
Performance
FR81S
[32bit Proprietary core]
FR60/FR60Lite
[32bit Proprietary core]
F
2
MC-16FX
[16bit Proprietary core]
F
2
MC-16LX
[16bit Proprietary core]
2009
2011
2013
2015
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Automotive MCU Family
TRAVEO FAMILY
The Cypress Traveo
™
family expands the company’s automotive application coverage,
scalability and high performance into one line-up and at the same time adds new features
to fulfill the latest requirements of the automotive industry. Based on the powerful ARM
®
Cortex
®
-R5 and R5F core in single and dual core operations, it offers state-of-the-art real-
time performance, safety and security features.
The family supports the latest in-car networks and offers high performance graphics
engines optimized for a minimum memory footprint and embeds dedicated features to
increase data security in the car.
FCR4 FAMILY
The FCR4 family has been specifically designed to offer an innovative, scalable solution
for hybrid instrument clusters, which combine traditional meters and graphical displays.
The devices offer a powerful architecture based on the ARM Cortex-R4 core and Cy-
press’s 2D graphics engine.
High-level FCR4 Features
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ARM Cortex-R4 core
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Embedded 2D graphics engine
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2MB flash, 64KB E2Flash
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Up to 208KB RAM
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Features including real-time clock/auto calibration, sound generator and I2S
High-level Traveo Features
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ARM Cortex-R5 core
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Dual core
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Embedded twin-motor control with internal R/D converter
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Embedded 2D and 3D graphics engines
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High performance embedded flash memory
•
Cypress HyperBus
™
: High speed serial interfaces to connect external memory
•
Qualified for automotive use (AEC-Q100)
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Software support for Autosar, graphics drivers and more
F2MC-16FX FAMILY
Cypress 16-bit flexible microcontroller series offers a scalable family concept approach to
a variety of automotive and industrial applications. The scalable flash/ROM/RAM sizes
with different mixtures of peripherals saves development time and costs. CAN and LIN
support, on-chip LCD controller, SMC (stepper motor controller), I
2
C bus interface, analog
input channels, external bus interface, selectable port levels for CMOS, TTL and Automo-
tive Levels are some of the enhanced features. A security feature is incorporated, prevent-
ing unauthorized reading of the contents of the flash memory.
FR FAMILY
Cypress 32bit MCU families have been designed in close co-operation with major au-
tomotive customers worldwide and inherit the high-performance core of Cypress’s propri-
etary FR MCU architecture. They support communication interfaces such as CAN, FlexRay
and LIN as well as up to 2MB on-chip memory capacity. The latest members (MB915xx)
also include a single precision Floating Point Unit (FPU) providing additional computing
power required by complex control algorithms.
This high computing performance combined with powerful peripheral functions such as on-
chip graphics controller and motor control macros, offers a higher grade of flexibility and
lower cost for automotive as well as industrial applications.
Many devices offer an external bus interface which can be connected to Cypress’s stand
alone FlexRay controller or to the latest generation of graphics controllers in order to build
full-featured dashboards, driver information systems or advanced body systems.
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