Data Sheet 1 V1.2, 2002-05
Preliminary
TC177532-Bit Single-Chip Microcontroller
TriCore Family
• High Performance 32-bit TriCore CPU with 4-Stage Pipeline
– 25 ns Instruction Cycle Time at 40 MHz CPU Clock
• Dual Issue super-scalar implementation
– Instruction triple issue
• Circular Buffer and bit-reverse addressing modes for DSP algorithms
• Flexible multi-master interrupt system
• Very fast interrupt response time
• Hardware controlled context switch for task switch and interrupts
• 72 Kbytes of on-chip SRAM for data and time critical code
• Independent Peripheral Control Processor (PCP) for low level driver support with
20 Kbytes code/parameter memory
• Built-in calibration support
• On-chip Flexible Peripheral Interface Bus (FPI Bus) for interconnections of functional
units
• Flexible External Bus Interface Unit (EBU) used for
– Communication with external data memories and peripheral units
– Instruction fetches from external Burst Flash program memories
• On-Chip Peripheral Units
– General Purpose Timer Array (GPTA) with a powerful set of digital signal filtering
and timer functionality to realize autonomous and complex I/O management
– Multifunctional General Purpose Timer Unit (GPTU) with three 32-bit timer/counters
– Two Asynchronous/Synchronous Serial Channels (ASC0, ASC1) with baud rate
generator, parity, framing and overrun error detection
– Two High Speed Synchronous Serial Channels (SSC0, SSC1) with programmable
data length and shift direction
– TwinCAN module with two interconnected CAN nodes for high efficiency data
handling via FIFO buffering and gateway data transfer
– Serial Data Link module (SDLM) compliant to SAE Class B J1850 specification
– Two Analog-to-Digital Converter Units (ADC0, ADC1) with 8-bit, 10-bit, or 12-bit
resolution and 16 analog inputs each
– Watchdog Timer and System Timer
– Real Time Clock
• Eleven 16-bit digital I/O ports and two 16-bit analog ports
• On-chip Debug Support
• Power Management System
• Clock Generation Unit with PLL
• Ambient temperature under bias: -40 °C to +125 °C
• P-BGA-329 package