STMicro¡¯s ST7Lite MCUs include enhanced timer and interface peripherals

STMicroelectronics has announced a series of 8-bit Flash microcontrollers within its low-cost ST7Lite family. The ST7FLITE3 MCUs introduce an enhanced 12-bit auto-reload timer and a master/slave LINSCI asynchronous interface into the 20-pin package, and mark a significant step forward in communication and control functionality for real-time, industrial, consumer and motor control applications. The 12-bit timer offers four independent PWM output channels with programmable Dead Time generation, intended for use in half-bridge driving mode in motor control applications where PWM signals must not be allowed to overlap; a 2kHz to 4MHz frequency range; programmable duty cycles; polarity control; and programmable output modes.

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