Thanks to the Help of NEC – Gleichmann Goes for Gold
The over 20 years of constant and successful co-operation between Gleichmann
and NEC Electronics point to further success, and we are pleased to inform, that
Gleichmann’s Pan-European Franchise with NEC has been extended to include
Switzerland and all eastern european countries from april 1st 2006.
The subsidiaries e.g. Gleichmann Electronics Schweiz AG and Gleichmann
Electronics CZ s.r.o had been established end of last year and will put it’s
focus in particular on “System LSI“ products of NEC (Microcontroller, ASICs,
power MosFETs and opto coupler) and TFTs business.
The customers in the „new“ countries are able to access, beside NEC components,
all products of the Gleichmann Linecard (www.msc-ge.com). With the attached and
regular appearing Gleichmann- Newsletter we will show to you, in co-operation
with NEC, an overview of the latest products and present in parallel
continuously the innovations of NEC:
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 E.G.: Worldwide smallest housing WCSP (1.9 x 2.2
mm)
32-bit V850 completely in Flash
8,4g TFT line and trans- flective models
ASSPs for engine control, ASICs and SoC Lite+ We are
glad to offer you the latest overview „NEC MCU Scout“ with all derivatives and
the display-. yer „Field of Vision“. Please contact your regional Gleichmann/MSC
sale office to get your copy.
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8-bit Microcontroller Family for Body Control Applications
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78K0F Series microcontrollers, based on a 0.15 µm flash process, are
available in four different packages (44-pin to 80-pin) and 13 different memory
options with up to 128 Kbytes (see 78K0/Fx2 features on page 2).
To comply with the European RoHS directive allcontrollers have lead-free
packages with NiPdAu plating. They tolerate operating temperatures up to 125° C
to cope with the harsh automotive environment conditions.
While the feature mix of 78K0F Series microcontrollers has been tailored to body
control applications, the versatile and powerful peripherals of the devices also
make them a good choice for chassis control and industrial applications that
require a CAN-bus interface.
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78K0 core now at 20 MHz!
The new 0.15 ìm flash process has significantly improved the speed of the
78K0 core. 78K0F Series microcontrollers operate at clock rates of up to 20 MHz
resulting in a minimum instruction cycle time of 100 ns. While speed has
increased, current consumption hasn’t: the typical supply current of an 80-pin
FF2 controller with 128 K of memory is just 5.4 mA.
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Sophisticated clock system
Four different clock units are implemented:
Main clock unit driven by a standard crystal or
ceramic resonatort
32 kHz subclock unit (can be used to form a
real-time-clock using the on-chip watch timer)
High-speed 8 MHz onchipring oscillator
Low-speed 240 kHz onchipring oscillator
Just 20 µs after release of an internal reset the controller starts operating
using the internal 8 MHz clock. The internal low-speed ring oscillator (240
kHztyp.) cannot be used as CPU clock, but the window watchdog timer and one
8-bit timer can be operated from this clock. The window watchdog timer is thus
independent of the external mainclock and consequently continues to operate if
the crystal fails. This lowers the system cost because no external watchdog is
needed even if a high level of safety is required (see block diagram). The 78K0
F Series also has a power-on clear (POC) and a low-voltage indicator (LVI) unit
allowing further reduction of system cost.
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Hardware multiplier on board
In addition to the multiply and divide instructions supported by the 78K0 CPU
core, F Series microcontrollers provide a hardware unit that performs 16 x
16-bit multiplications and 32 x 16-bit divisions. It takes just 0.8 ìs for a
multiplication and 1.6 ìs for a division. This makes the 78K0 F Series an
excellent choice for applications that require fast arithmetic capability that
usually calls for a 16-bit controller.
Plenty of timers
Apart from watch timer and window watchdog timer, up to four 16-bit and four
8-bit timers are provided. All 16-bit timers can cope with a maximum input clock
of 20 MHz. In other words, a resolution of 50 ns can be achieved. This is
particular important if a PWM frequency outside the audible range, say greater
than 20 kHz, needs to be generated. There are two kinds of 8-bit timer. The TMH
timers operate in output compare mode only, for instance as interval timers or
in PWM output mode. The TM50/51 timers additionally provide an event count mode.
The TM50 timer can be concatenated with TMH0 to form another 16-bit timer.
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Series in automotive networking
Networking is nowadays a major topic in automotive applications. Apart from
the established CAN standard, the demand for a low-cost network with reduced
‘protocol overhead’ and related hardware resulted in a UART-based LIN bus (Local
Interconnect Network bus). Usually the LIN bus is a sub-network in a CAN
environment and some kind of gateway to CAN is required. NEC Electronics has
taken the trend of CAN to LIN gateway applications into account by implementing
state-of-theart CAN and LIN interface units in the 78K0 F Series.
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F Series development tools
NEC Electronics provides off-the-shelf development tools such as software
tools, in-circuit-emulators, . ash programmers and lowbudget tools like starter
kits and on-chip debug emulators. The software development tools are based on
IAR’s proven Embedded Workbench for 78K. To get acquainted with the F Series,
NEC Electronics offers the ‘CAN it!’ demonstration kit. This demonstration kit
includes a code-size-limited (4 Kbytes) version of the IAR Embedded Workbench.
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New Voltage Starter Kit for Motor Control
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NEC Electronics will be announcing the release of its new starter kit for low
voltage motor control applications (MC-LVKIT) this summer, a comprehensive and
easy to use starter kit designed to support NEC’s exciting range of 8- and
32-bit motor control speci. c microcontrollers. Targeted speci. cally at motor
control applications the MC-LVKIT is a complete evaluation kit which allows
designers to demonstrate and evaluate the CPU and motor control functions of
µPD78F0714 and V850ES/IK1 microcontrollers. Scalability guaranteed with the
ability to add other microcontroller boards in the future including V850/KJ1+,
V850E/IA4 and µPD78F0712. The hardware platform consists of a 12 V brushless DC
motor; Low voltage inverter module, I/O board and a microcontroller board. The
complete system can be connected to a PC via a serial interface or operated in
stand alone mode. It is also capable of being connected to NEC’s software
development tools for evaluation and debugging purposes.
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Low voltage inverter module
The low voltage inverter module can be used for low voltage motor
applications that require drive capability for motors up to 24 V. It can be used
for evaluating 3-phase asynchronous or synchronous motor control applications.
Input/output board
The I/O board has on-board user interface hardware for operational control
and signal conditioning between the MCU and the low voltage inverter module.
With this modular approach, a user can easily evaluate NEC Electronics’ 8- and
32-bit motor control MCUs. Other features of the I/O board include:
Potentiometer (to control the speed of the motor)
Pushbutton switches that can be reprogrammed by the
user (Start/stop, mode, forward, reverse)
Four-digit, seven-segment LED display (used to
display motor speed in RPM and other status information)
RS-232 transceiver and optional DB9 connector
(connected to a UART of the selected CPU)
User prototype area
Microcontroller board
The 8-bit micro-board is designed for demonstration as well as in-depth
evaluation of the CPU and on-chip peripheral functions of NEC Electronics’
ìPD78F0714 microcontroller. This micro-board can be operated in stand-alone mode
to evaluate the main features of the MCU or it can be connected through two
100-pin connectors to the I/O board to evaluate the MCU’s dedicated 3-phase
motor control peripherals.
Likewise, the 32-bit micro-board can be used to manipulate the functions of the
ìPD70F3329 microcontroller.
The 8-bit micro-board benefits from a 20 MHz main clock and MCU I/O port
connector that provides all I/O pins of the µPD78F0714. The micro-boards debug
features allow access to Flash programming and standard debug functionality such
as code execution, software breakpoints and memory manipulation by connecting
the micro-board to our low-cost MINICUBE emulator (sold separately).
The 32-bit micro-board uses the IECUBE emulator for similar functions.
GUI software
In addition to offering both in-depth evaluation and demonstration
capabilities, the MC-LVKIT’s impressive hardware is coupled with a specially
featured software package (with sample code) allowing a user to run a low
voltage motor and tuning the code by changing the controller parameters from the
PC graphical user interface software. The kit can also benefit from running in
standalone mode from the PC GUI software.
Applications
Targeted applications for the starter kit include development of many
consumer appliances such as cordless power tools, electric toothbrushes,
shavers, trimmers, fans and other low power motor control applications.
Flexibility
Since all parts of the starter kit can be used either individually or
collectively, users benefit from this and have the option to purchase complete
kits or separate hardware components. Secure your low voltage starter kit by
contacting your local NEC Electronics motor control sales representative now!
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ERTEC – Integrated Intelligent Switching
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NEC Electronics Europe have released two high speed Ethernet controllers that
support the PROFINET Isochronous Real Time protocol (IRT). Designed for
time-critical motion control applications the two ERTEC (Enhanced Real Time
Ethernet Controller) devices provide the highest degree of intelligence in the
smallest space with an integrated intelligent switch combined with a powerful
ARM946E-S processor. The ERTEC 400 is an Ethernet controller with integrated
4-port switch and PCI interface tailored to the power requirements of motion
control systems, while the ERTEC 200 is a lower cost controller with integrated
2-port switch and integrated Ethernet PHYs designed primarily for PROFINET IO
devices such as drive or sensor interfaces. Data through-put is guaranteed as
the performance matrix for the realtime communication allows control for up to
150 axis at a cycle time of 1 ms, with 6 megabytes per second of simultaneously
transferable standard TCP/IP data. Based on the IEEE 802.3 transmission
standard, the ERTEC devices support the PROFINET fieldbus protocol and time
stamping according to IEEE 1588.
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Flexible
PROFINET is fully compatible with Ethernet TCP/IP standards, so it can easily
integrate with IT systems or any fieldbus protocol through proxies, and not just
PROFIBUS. PROFINET can handle data at three levels. The open TCP/IP channel
enables 100 ms cycle times, the Real Time channel enables 5 – 10 ms cycle times
and the Isochronous Real Time (IRT) channel enables cycle times below 1 ms.
Isochronous real time support
Isochronous means that the information delivered by an Ethernet frame to each
network component occurs at precisely the same time in each cycle. This requires
accurate synchronisation and very precise control of multiple synchronised data
streams. The IRT channels exist side by side with the open TCP/IP channel by
sharing the bandwidth and by marking the IRT frames with a special ‘Ethertype’
field. Using a time-slice system the IRT channel is divided into fixed time
slots, each representing an end device. IRT time-slice techniques cannot be
supported by standard Ethernet switches, so it requires dedicated hardware
support which is provided by ERTEC’s embedded IRT switch. ERTEC devices can far
outperform standard Ethernet switches and guarantee data throughput for hard
real-time critical motion control devices and still leave 50% of the bandwidth
for IT communication.
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Deterministic
The switch uses cut-through and store/forward Ethernet switching methods to
move data around the network. When data arrives it is determined to be real-time
or non real-time (using the Ethertype identifier part of the PROFINET frame) the
device stores non real-time data for forwarding later and allows realtime data
to cut through and exit ahead of non-real time data. This provides a secure
method for priority passing of real-time data. Latency issues are also overcome
by the switch as it allows connected devices to measure the latency between
themselves and devices sending real-time data. The system becomes
self-compensating and remembers latency figures and adds it to any real-time
data received.
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ERTEC versatility
Beside their unique IRT switch architecture ERTEC 200/400 offer a set of
popular interfaces to SDRAM, SRAM, Flash memory, static IO devices, UARTs, SPIs,
external host controllers and PCI (only ERTEC 400). A large number of GPIO pins,
. exible timers and many con. guration options help ERTEC 200/400 . t smoothly
in almost any environment.
Development kits
ERTEC development kits provide everything that is required to build up a
PROFINET IRT communicationline: An ERTEC evaluation board and an industry
standard PROFINET IRT controller communicate using a ready-to-use PROFINET IO
device stack software. The use of TORNADO, the graphical IDE for the VxWorks OS
allows customers to add their applications easily on top of the OS framework.
This configuration allows shortest development cycles and minimum engineering
resource consumption.
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Enhancing the NEC TFT Line-up for Industrial Use
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Five new LCD modules are successor to core products of our line-up for
industrial use, and each of these products realizes the improvement of
visibility and usability by achieving wider viewing angle, faster response time
and the wider operatingtemperature range than its predecessor product, even with
maintaining the compatibility with it. Sample shipping of five new amorphous
silicon thin-film-transistor (TFT) liquid crystal displays (LCDs) will begin by
the end of June 2006.
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1. NL8060BC31-41D 12.1" (31 cm diagonal)
Supporting SVGA resolution
Achieving a high visibility
- High brightness of 400 cd/m2 and high contrast ratio of 600:1
- Wide viewing angles of 160‹ hor. and 140‹ vert. (CR 10:1)
- Fast response time of 25 ms
Boasting wide operating temperature range of -20‹C
to +70‹C
Supporting LVDS interface (RGB 8 bits each/6 bits
each)
Fully compatible to the thrieving NL8060BC31- 28D
module
3. NL6448BC33-63D 10.4" (26 cm diagonal)
Supporting VGA resolution
Achieving a high visibility
- High brightness of 450 cd/m2 and high contrast ratio of 600:1
- Wide viewing angles of 160° hor. and 140° vert. (CR 10:1)
- Fast response time of 25 ms
| 2. NL8060BC31-42 12.1" (31 cm diagonal)
Supporting SVGA resolution
Achieving a high visibility
- High brightness of 400 cd/m2 and high contrast ratio of 600:1
- Wide viewing angles of 160° hor. and 140° vert. (CR 10:1)
- Fast response time of 25 ms
Boasting wide operating- temperature range of
-20°C to +70°C
Supporting CMOS interface (RGB 6 bits each)
Fully compatible to the successful NL8060BC31- 27
module
4. NL6448BC33-64 10.4" (26 cm diagonal)
Supporting VGA resolution
Achieving a high visibility
- High brightness of 450 cd/m2 and high contrast ratio of 600:1
- Wide viewing angles of 160° hor. and 140° vert. (CR 10:1)
- Fast response time of 25 ms
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Screens realizing high levels of visibility that enable clear display of a
variety of information and facilitating ease of reading, are highly required in
the industrial sector.
In addition, they are required to display the screen accurately even in severe
environment such as high temperature and/or low temperature.
These kinds of requirements have been escalating in recent years rapidly due to
the diversity of installation locations and environments where appliances are
used.
These new products respond to such requirements even with maintaining high
compatibility with predecessor products enabling to replace and/or upgrade to
the latest high-performance products.
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It’s a Black and White decision! Go COLOUR
with CSTN Displays
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Truly Semiconductor Ltd. and Gleichmann & CO. Electronics GmbH have been
working together since 1997 on LCD solutions. During our last audit of the Truly
factory in Shanwei (China) we saw that Truly are again expanding their resources
for Colour Super Twisted Nematic (CSTN) Displays. Also, by developing “Ultra
Thin CSTN Display Module” that utilises 0.4 mm glass and a special white LED
Backlight unit, Truly have been able to reduce their small CSTN Displays to a
thickness of 2.2 mm (about 30-45% thinner than last year).
| 1.47" CSTN
Structure: LCD+IC+FPC+B/L
Resolution: 128 x 128 Dots
Display Mode: transmissive
Outline Dimension: 40 mm x 33,80 mm
Viewing Area: 29,90 mm x 29,30 mm
Active Area: 26,87 mm x 26,10 mm
Controller: S6B33B6X01-BOCY
Colour: 65 K
Interface type: parallel
Backlight: white LED Backlight
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Structure: LCD+IC+FPC+B/L
Resolution: 128 x 128 Dots
Display Mode: transmissive
Outline Dimension: 41,64 mm x 33,35 mm
Viewing Area: 30,17 mm x 28,30 mm
Active Area: 28,15 mm x 26,10 mm
Controller: S6B33B6X01-BOCY
Colour: 65 K
Interface type: parallel
Backlight: white LED Backlight
| 1.72" CSTN
Structure: LCD+IC+FPC+B/L
Resolution: 128 x 160 Dots
Display Mode: transmissive
Outline Dimension: 46,70 mm x 34,70 mm
Viewing Area: 36,04 mm x 30,54 mm
Active Area: 34,07 mm x 227,25 mm
Controller: S6B33B9X01-BOCY
Colour: 65 K
Interface type: parallel
Backlight: white LED Backlight
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Minimal self-discharge and 40% less weight
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Lithium ion-manganese battery packs with capacities from 600 mAh up to 200 Ah
are now extending the distribution portfolio of Gleichmann Electronics. The
battery packs are developed and manufactured by Batterien-Montage- Zentrum (BMZ)
and feature approximately 40% less weight compared to nickel cadmium or nickel
metal hybrid battery packs. For example: a 14,4V-battery pack with 3 Ah of
capacity has a weight of only 540 gram. Another advantage of the lithium ion
manganese battery packs is that their full capacity remains available over 1000
charge and discharge cycles. Even after 1 year without usage these battery packs
keeps nearly the full capacity; to discharge it without usage takes as long as 4
to 5 years.
The specific energy of the lithium ion manganese battery packs of 90 Wh/kg to
120 Wh/kg is twice as high as the speci. c energy of nickel cadmium battery
packs with a comparable capacity. These newly developed battery packs provide a
nearly constant output voltage over the entire discharge period which extends
the nominal voltage of 3,6V per battery pack.
The environment-friendly lithium ion manganese battery packs are usable in
the temperature range from -20°C to +70°C.
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New High Temperature Optocoupler
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NEC Electronics Europe have introduced a new transistor optocoupler with
guaranteed operation up to 110° C ambient temperature.
The PS2561B-1 series come in a plastic DIP package with a high isolation voltage
of 5000 Vrms and is available as a through-hole version or a surface mount
version. The extended temperature range makes it ideal for applications such as
switched mode power supplies and factory equipment, and all applications where
components are packed densely.
CTR values are specified for 1 mA and 5 mA operating current.
Output collector to emitter voltages up to 80 V can be applied and maximum
current of 50 mA can be obtained.
Available with full RoHS compliance and with the common international safety
certificates UL, CSA, BSI, SEMKO, NEMKO, DEMKO, FIMKO and VDE.
The new PS2561B-1, transistor optocoupler is available now.
For price and delivery details please contact your Gleichmann sales team.
Additional releases in smaller SOP and SSOP packages are scheduled for mid of
year 2006 and will complete NEC’s high temperature transistor optocoupler
line-up.
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Personal Profile of Thomas de Laar – NEC Senior FSE for
Gleichmann
 | 1996 - 2000
NEC EE - Technical Marketing SRAM
2000 - 2004
NEC EE - Marketing Microcontroller, 32-bit MCU and 64-bit MPU
2003/2004
NEC Leader Work Group - Introduction of Flash-only Micros in European Market
2005 - 2006
Elpida Memory - Sales & Marketing Low Power
DRAM for Mobile Phone customers
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Back to NEC Senior FSE for Gleichmann
Design Creation
Targets with Gleichmann
Support Gleichmann as a "team member" to increase
number of design wins to secure future billings
Show close cooperation between NEC/Gleichmann in
front of the customer
Represent Gleichmann inside NEC
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Almost 40 years old (Oct 1966)
Married
3 Kids / Triplets (Gregory, Audrey & Anthony)
Hobbies
Managing our triplets
Sport: Weight Lifting/ Jogging
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Spotlights
Low Pin Count web forum
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Visit our dedicated Low Pin Count web forum to discuss and access further
information on LPC devices and tools. To celebrate the launch of this exciting
forum we are giving you the chance to win 1 of 25 LPC DO-IT starter kits when
you register (register now at
www.LowPinCount.com).
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Distributor of the Year
2005:
Gleichmann Electronics has been awarded from battery specialist BMZ as
distributor of the year 2005. Beside the fact that Gleichmann’s turnover with
BMZ products doubled again from 2004 to 2005, Gleichmann’s absolute focus on
design-in activities lead to the 2005 decision and finally to that fantastic
award, Gleichmann MD Thomas Klein pointed out.
Gleichmann Electronics and Truly - your
display partners for:
LCD Panels
TN, HTN, STN, FSTN, CSTN Technology
normal and wide temperature range
LED Backlights: - white
- blue
- red
- amber
- yellow-green
Connection methods:
- zebra
- metalpin
- heatseal
| Charactermodules
16 x 1 up to 40 x 4 characters x line/s
STN, FSTN Technology
COB, COG Module
Normal and wide temperature range
LED Backlights:
- yellow-green
- white
- blue
- red
| Mono and colour STN modules
120 x 32 up to 320 x 240 Dots
STN, FSTN, CSTN Technology
COB, COG, TAB, COF Modules
White LED or CCFL Backlight
Backlight: white LED Backlight
TFT-Displays
128 x 128 Dots up to 320x240 Dots
COG Modules
white LED
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