100 new low power Cortex-M3 EFM32 microcontrollers with up to 1 MB Flash memory introduced Energy Micro has announced the introduction of a further 100 EFM32 Gecko energy friendly microcontrollers. Pin and code compatible with the existing Gecko and Tiny Gecko products, the new ARM® Cortex™-M3 based Leopard Gecko and Giant Gecko microcontrollers are available now and bring memory configurations up to 1MB, more package choice and additional energy saving, connectivity and display driving options. The Leopard Gecko product family is composed of 60 MCUs, providing 32KB RAM as standard and Flash of either 64KB, 128KB and 256KB. At the top end of the Energy Micro product portfolio, the 40 MCU Giant Gecko family provides Flash configurations of either 512KB or 1024KB with 128KB of RAM. An extended range of package options comprises QFN64, QFP100, BGA112 and new QFP64 and 7mmx7mm small form factor BGA120 packages. The latest low power Geckos also take CPU operating speeds up to 48MHz.