Product Info

Overview:

NanoCore12^TM is an ideal low-cost platform that brings the advanced features of the 9S12C microcontroller family within easy reach of engineers, students, and hobbyists. The flexible design accommodates all facets of training, evaluation, development, prototyping-- and even volume production.

While there are several DIP-format MCU modules on the market, none of them comes close to the power and value of NanoCore12! Others are based on RISC processors-- some relying on serial program memory, and have limited or no hardware subsystems on-chip. NanoCore12 is the only complete family of DIP modules based on a high-speed CISC device. Since RISC processors only possess primitive instructions, their high speed is necessary, in order to produce acceptable computing power. With a CISC processor running at the same speed, the overall performance is vastly improved-- and performance improvement is in orders of magnitude for certain types of operations. The HCS12 instruction set includes powerful DSP-like instructions, 16-bit arithmetic, and the architecture implements memory-to-memory moves, and many powerful addressing modes. These features are way beyond what any PIC, AVR, or 8051 processor offers today.

Module Features:

• based on the 9S12C32 MCU (48-pin LQFP version)
• includes 8 Mhz crystal
• 24 MHz bus speed (via PLL)
• local 5 Volt low-dropout 100 mA regulator
• includes RS232 transceiver circuit
• has on-chip Serial Monitor
• supports standalone operation
• 32K Bytes Flash
• 2K Bytes Ram
• 32-pin DIP form-factor
• pinout is super-set of competing 24-pin modules on the market

Kit Contents:

• NanoCore12DXC32 low-cost 32-pin module (#NC12DXC32S)
• School Board (solderless breadboard platform) (#NC12SB)
• serial cable (#CX09B06)
• power supply (North American) (#DC9V)
• product CD with documentation and software (assembler, BASIC, C compilers, etc.)
• Metrowerks CodeWarrior Special Edition C Compiler with Windows IDE (32K C code limit). Note: we have very limited quantities of this CD, and it will only be included upon request, when available. However, a downloadable version is available from Freescale (click on the blue Resources tab, above).