Friends working in the electronics industry must have often heard of the term MCU chip, but many people are not very familiar with it. What chip does MCU chip refer to? This article will take you to understand.
1、 What is an MCU chip
In fact, MCU chip refers to a microcontroller, which means Microcontroller Unit in English. We can understand it as a simplified version of the CPU. It has some universal interfaces, such as AD conversion, IIC, SPI, UART, USB, and so on. It depends on the model, and not every mcu model has these peripheral functions.
2、 Application of MCU chips
The application of MCU chips can be said to be very extensive, and they are widely used in daily life. Mainly aimed at electronic products with simple calculation and control, such as household appliances, toys, industry, medical treatment, intelligent instruments and meters, and modular applications of large electrical appliances. More high-end MCU can be seen in both military and aviation fields.
3、 List of MCU chip brands
1. NXP (NXP): In the Netherlands region, we mainly provide 16 bit and 32 bit microcontrollers, mainly used in automotive electronics, medical industry, lighting industry, multimedia, motor control, power control, and so on.
2. Cypress: In the United States region, it mainly provides 8-bit, 16-bit, and 32-bit microcontrollers, mainly used in aviation and defense, medical, communication, buildings, measurement instruments, security, and more.
3. Infineon: In the German region, it mainly provides 16 bit and 32 bit microcontrollers, mainly used in automotive electronics. For example, many tire pressure monitoring sensors are made using Infineon chips.
4. ST (Italian French Semiconductor): In the Italian/French region, I believe everyone is familiar with this. STM32 is produced by this company. In addition to STM32, there are also STM8 and other products, mainly used in motor control, lighting industry, medical industry, multimedia, home appliances, power control, energy and intelligent power grid, etc.
5. TI (Texas Instruments): In the United States, TI's Bluetooth and Zigbee chips, as well as 16 bit and 32 bit microcontrollers, are mainly used in automotive electronics, wireless communication, medical, mobile devices, and more.
The above lists some foreign MCU chip manufacturers, and there are also many MCU chip brands in China, such as Zhao Yixin, National Science and Technology, Zhongying Electronics, Shanghai Huada Semiconductor, China Resources Microelectronics, Shanghai Beiling, Han Song, Huabang, Yingguang, Yilong, etc.