With the introduction of two new 32-bit V850/JJ3 microcontrollers NEC Electronics' high end range now boasts up to 1MB of embedded Flash memory. Combined with the introduction of 14 new 16-bit 78K0R/Kx3 microcontrollers announced earlier this year, NEC Electronics now has 208 All Flash microcontrollers available and over 1000 microcontrollers in total.

Adding to the 16-bit and 32-bit microcontroller line V850 J Series microcontrollers all boast large Flash memory sizes to meet the needs of ever increasing software footprint for 32-bit industrial applications. In addition J-series microcontrollers include an abundance of peripherals. The latest 78K0R/Kx3 microcontrollers boast a class leading power/performance ratio removing the need for customers to compromise power consumption for performance.

Unified Tools for All Flash microcontrollers
With this wide range of microcontrollers now available it is important that developers can easily mix and match a variety of different controllers to meet the complexity now demanded of industrial products. The MINICUBE2 on-chip debug and flash programming tool enables developers to use multiple variants of 8-bit, 16-bit, and 32-bit microcontrollers without worrying about acquiring a number of debug tools. A single MINICUBE2 now supports on-chip debug features for the entire range of 208 All Flash microcontrollers. Users only need flick a switch and the MINICUBE2 will support a different All Flash microcontroller. NEC has extended their unified tool strategy to ICE tools as well in the fully featured IECUBE tools that include more extensive debug options.

Start development now with easy to use starter kits
Earlier this year NEC Electronics launched the V850 All Flash Starter Kit, a low cost kit designed to introduce developers to the power of V850 32-bit microcontrollers. In addition a new 78K0R starter kit is now available allowing developers to become familiar with the latest line of 16-bit high performance, low power microcontrollers from NEC Electronics. The 78K0R starter kit, COOL-IT, includes several demonstration programs. It even includes the possibility to run the device from a capacitor to demonstrate the low power efficiency of 78K0R devices. The COOL-IT 78K0R starter kit is priced at 30 Euros to allow easy entry and will be available in January 2007. 78K0R devices are sampling now.