Texas Instrument’s CC430 technology platform offers a lowest power, single-chip radio-frequency (RF) system for microcontroller (MCU)-based applications.

Texas Instrument’s has combined 16bit MSP430F5xx microcontrollers and RF transceivers in the monolithic CC430 range that draws a low enough current to enable battery-operated wireless networking applications that operate without servicing for 10 years or longer.

Aimed at the metering industry and wireless sensor networks, power can also be scavenged from the environment from the sun, body temperature or vibrations in hospital tracking systems and medical personal area sensing networks.

On-chip peripherals include a 16bit ADC, comparators, and an Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) accelerator, as well as an optional LCD controller.

There will be a development kit and tools, including Code Composer Essentials (CCE) and IAR Integrated Development Environment (IDE).

More information: www.ti.com