SAF-C164SM Infineon Technologies, SAF-C164SM Datasheet - Page 10

• Manufacturer Part Number: SAF-C164SM
• Description: 16-Bit CMOS Microcontroller
• Manufacturer: Infineon Technologies

C164CM/C164SM
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Introduction
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Introduction
The rapidly growing area of embedded control applications is representing one of the
most time-critical operating environments for today’s microcontrollers. Complex control
algorithms have to be processed based on a large number of digital as well as analog
input signals, and the appropriate output signals must be generated within a defined
maximum response time. Embedded control applications also are often sensitive to
board space, power consumption, and overall system cost.
Embedded control applications therefore require microcontrollers, which:
• offer a high level of system integration
• eliminate the need for additional peripheral devices and the associated software
overhead
• provide system security and fail-safe mechanisms
• provide effective means to control (and reduce) the device’s power consumption
The increasing complexity of embedded control applications requires microcontrollers
for new high-end embedded control systems to possess a significant increase in CPU
performance and peripheral functionality over conventional 8-bit controllers. To achieve
this high performance goal Infineon has decided to develop its family of 16-bit CMOS
microcontrollers without the constraints of backward compatibility.
Nonetheless the architecture of the 16-bit microcontroller family pursues successful
hardware and software concepts, which have been established in Infineon’s popular
8-bit controller families.
User’s Manual
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V1.0, 2002-02