Texas Instruments introduces two new real-time microcontroller series:
According to the company, the C2000-MCU TMS320F28P559SJ-Q1 is the industry’s first real-time microcontroller with an integrated NPU (Neural Processing Unit), enabling highly accurate and low-latency error detection. The NPU takes over the processing of the neural network model from the main CPU. This results in five to ten times lower latency than software-based implementations and enables faster, more precise decisions. In addition, the model running on the integrated NPU can learn through training and adapt to different environments, which can help systems achieve error detection accuracy of over 99%. This enables more informed decisions to be made at the edge. TI’s complete AI toolchain, which includes models optimized and tested for specific applications, helps developers of all experience levels to easily develop AI models.
The MCU F29H859TU-Q1 presented in parallel is equipped with three 64-bit DSP cores of type C29 from TI and has an advanced architecture with integrated safety and security features.
Equipped with comprehensive diagnostic and error checking mechanisms, the MCU has been designed to comply with automotive and industrial safety standards ISO 26262 and IEC 61508, with support up to ASIL D and SIL 3 respectively. In addition, these MCUs also offer cybersecurity features with a fully isolated hardware security module that protects systems from unauthorized access and cyber threats. TI’s proprietary safety and security unit also provides protection and security at runtime without sacrificing performance. This is realized with the help of an advanced, context-oriented memory protection unit. This ensures the hardware isolation of CPU tasks, protected against faults and with self-test processes. (jr)
