TI’s first C2000™ Delfino™ LaunchPad development kit makes high-performance digital control design affordable

HOUSTON (June 22, 2015) – Today, on the fifth anniversary of its first LaunchPad development kit, Texas Instruments (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) announced the low-cost C2000™ Delfino™ F28377S microcontroller (MCU) LaunchPad development kit, the first LaunchPad for the Delfino line of MCU. Based on TI’s C2000 Delfino F28377S MCU, the LaunchPad offers 200 MHz of 32-bit floating-point performance, newly integrated accelerators, as well as high-integrity analog and control peripherals for $29.99. The LaunchPad is compatible with the Digital Power BoosterPack and Motor Drive BoosterPack and offers a variety of software support to further ease development. The Delfino LaunchPad dramatically reduces the barriers of entry for development of high-performance control systems in digital power, solar, motor control and industrial drives applications.

Delfino LaunchPad packed with integration for only $29.99

The C2000 Delfino F28377S MCU LaunchPad is based on TI’s 32-bit TMS320F28377S MCU, which brings a new level of performance to TI’s LaunchPad ecosystem. The new LaunchPad provides higher performance levels than existing C2000 LaunchPads with the powerful combination of the C28x core and CLA real-time co-processor, providing 400 MIPS of floating-point performance. The MCU is further accelerated by the trigonometric math unit (TMU), which enables the chip to quickly execute trigonometric-based algorithms used in transform and control functions, and a Viterbi Complex Unit (VCU II), which accelerates power line communications algorithms and complex math operations. The MCU also integrates sophisticated analog and control peripherals, including a more flexible PWM architecture, two ADCs supported in 12-bit mode on the LaunchPad, six delta-sigma sinc filters, four windowed comparators and many other control and communications peripherals.

Ease motor control and digital power development

The C2000 Delfino F28377S MCU LaunchPad pairs with the Digital Power BoosterPack and the Motor Drive BoosterPack to help designers jump start digital power and motor control development with the F28377S MCU. The LaunchPad is supported by powerSUITE in the controlSUITE™ software tool, which provides centralized software development with examples, header files, application files and more. Designers also have access to a complimentary download of Code Composer Studio™ Integrated Development Environment (IDE), an intuitive programming interface and debugging tool and TI-RTOS, which supports development of multitasking applications. Altair’s model-based simulation tool provides further support for TI’s C2000 F28377S MCU in the VisSim software tool.

Pricing and availability

Quickly and easily begin developing your next industrial control design with the C2000 Delfino F28377S MCU LaunchPad (LAUNCHXL-F28377S), available today for MSRP $29.99 USD. The compatible Digital Power BoosterPack (BOOSTXL-BUCKCONV) is available for MSRP $59, and the Motor Drive BoosterPack (BOOSTXL-DRV8301) is available for MSRP $49. These boards are available through the TI Store and authorized distributors. Alternatively, customers can purchase the LaunchPad bundled with the Digital Power BoosterPack (LAUNCH-XS-BUCKCONV) for MSRP $83.99, or the LaunchPad bundled with the Motor Drive BoosterPack (LAUNCH-XS-DRV8301) for MSRP $78.99 from the TI Store. To further ease development, customers can accesscontrolSUITE, Energia, TI-RTOS and Code Composer Studio IDE free from ti.com. TI’s C2000 Delfino F28377S MCU is now sampling. TI will also provide designers with more variants in this generation with different memory and peripheral mixes in the TMS32028376S,TMS320F28375S and TMS320F28374S configurations, which will start at $11.34 USD in 1K unit orders.

Innovation is at the core of TI MCUs

Beginning with the foundation of leading process technology and adding unique system architecture, intellectual property and real-world system expertise, TI continues its 20+ years of MCU innovation with low-power and performance MCUs. With unique products for ultra-low power, low-power performance and security communications, to real-time control, control and automation, and safety, designers can accelerate time to market with TI’s ecosystem of tools, software, wireless connectivity solutions, extensive Design Network offerings and technical support.

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