Toshiba to sample ARM microcontroller for printers

In March, Toshiba starts sampling an ARM Cortex-M0-based microcontroller for printers called TMPM036FWFG.

Printer microcontrollers need to communicate with the main control unit and on-board peripherals units. They also need to have a timer function that can output pulses to control stepping motors and DC motors. As the first step to developing more fully featured MFPs and printers an increased number of communication channels is required.

The chip’s ARM Cortex-M0 core operates at a maximum frequency of 20 MHz across a voltage range of 2.3 to 3.6V. System development cost-efficiency is improved by allowing use of the same development environment system as for the current ARM Cortex-M-based TX03/TX04 series.

The chip incorporates an 8-channel communication interface (6-channel SIO/UART; 2-channel I2C), two channels more than the predecessor IC, and a 14-channel 16-bit timer, compared to the 10 channels in the TMPM037FWUG. Developers can select their optimum microcontroller according to the system scale or usage from these two products.

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