Suggestions for new microcontroller support

[Steve-Matrix]

We are always looking to improve Flowcode and part of that is reviewing which microcontroller families it supports. Please reply to this topic if there are any devices or families you would like to see supported in Flowcode.

We cannot guarantee we'll support them, but any suggestions will be considered.

[stefan.erni]

Hi Steve

What about an App Developer for Android?
Then you could use Flowcode10 to write program for mobile phones and tablets.

regards

Stefan

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[Steve-Matrix]

Thanks, Stefan. We have a few ideas for implementing that...

[Druido]

Hi Steve, here is the summary of the previous posts
New AVR series DA & DB, the two families are very similar and very scalable and performing in the microchip landscape, low cost and many peripherals with 12-bit AD, CRCSCAN - Cyclic Redundancy Check Memory Scan, Real-Time Counter (RTC), Event System channels..............
ARM based Microcontroller: As already posted NXP seems to me an interesting choice with a vast portfolio covering both 3.3V and 5V for the toughest hardware applications.
The Sam now also of Microchip do not express myself, I do not know the house strategies on these.
Cheers

[Oscar_T]

Hello

There are many interesting devices in the following families Stm32G0 ,Stm32L0 ,Stm32L4

It would also be nice to also have access to the i2s port of the various mcu so you can turn it into a dsp (using the functions of the dsp package)

Regards

[stefan.erni]

Hi Steve

There are many different Bluetooth modules that are based on a programmable chip. As an example from Microchip, the well-known BM71 module. An IS1871 CPU is used there. It would be great if you could program the IS1871 with Flowcode.
AD converters, I2C, UART and much more can be used in these CPU.
So you can build a really low power device with low space and with a BLE connection (2-3 mA while sending) and even less power, if not sending. Ideal for batteries and IOT.
Of course, another Bluetooth module from another manufacturer would also be interesting or would be a possibility.

regards

Stefan

https://www.microchip.com/wwwproducts/en/IS1871

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[stefan.erni]

Hi Steve

Here is a very new chip from STM with Bluetooth
Ultra-low-power platform
1.71 to 3.6 V power supply
12 nA shutdown mode
610 nA Standby mode + RTC + 48 KB RAM
Active-mode MCU: 33 µA / MHz when RF and SMPS on
Radio: Rx 4.5 mA / Tx at 0 dBm 5.2 mA
Core: Arm® 32-bit Cortex®-M4 CPU with FPU, frequency up to 64 MHz, MPU, 80 DMIPS and DSP instructions
regards

Stefan

https://blog.st.com/stm32wb15-stm32wb10 ... rjOctvZDmY

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[stefan.erni]

Hi Steve


I found one more Bluetooth low energie Modul with a CPU.

The BlueNRG-2N is Bluetooth® 5.2 certified
The Bluetooth low energy stack runs on the embedded ARM Cortex-M0 core.

regards

Stefan

https://www.st.com/en/wireless-connecti ... rg-2n.html

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[SpeedPIC32]

Hi

SparkFun MicroMod Artemis Prozessor
Artikel-Nr.: DEV-16401

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[mnfisher]

Some interesting new AVR MCUs becoming available - for example the ATTiny 816 highlighted in this months PE (Practical Electronics - formerly E(veryday)PE)

Martin