While there are several DIP-format MCU modules on the market, none of them comes
close to the power and value of NanoCore12! Others are based on RISC processors–
some relying on serial program memory, and have limited or no hardware subsystems
on-chip. NanoCore12 is the only complete family of DIP modules based on a high-speed
CISC device. Since RISC processors only possess primitve instructions, their high
speed is necessary, in order to produce acceptable computing power. With a CISC
processor running at the same speed, the overall performance is vastly improved–
and performance improvement is in orders of magnitude for certain types of operations.
The HCS12 instruction set includes powerful DSP-like instructions, 16-bit arithmetic,
and the architecture implements memory-to-memory moves, and many powerful addressing
modes. These features are way beyond what any PIC, AVR, or 8051 processor offers
today.
For many years, HC11 and HC12 users have wished there were something similar in price
and size to the ever-popular BASIC Stamp®– but with their favourite Motorola/Freescale
MCU on it instead. ......Well, sometimes wishes do come true! Technological Arts
has come to the rescue with the NanoCore12 family! Priced lower than the BASIC Stamp
and its clones (that's right– starting at only US$45), it's the lowest-priced full-featured
DIP MCU module on the market– and certainly the best value. What's more, it is fully
code-compatible with the immensely popular 68HC11. If you are familiar with 68HC11
(or 68HC12), you'll feel right at home with NanoCore12. Whatever the case, you can
get going fast with your choice of BASIC or C.
Top 10 Reasons to Choose NanoCore12
1• Hardware Pulse-Width Modulation (up to 4 channels) for motor control and audio
output applications
2• Hardware UART (up to 115Kbaud) for fast serial communications
3• Hardware timer system (measure pulse widths & generate multiple waveforms simultaneously):
ideal
for interfacing sonar/IR distance-measuring sensors, hobby servo motors
4• Built-in analog-to-digital converters (8 channels, with 10-bit resolution and
7us sample time for
interfacing multiple sensors: temperature, humidity, pressure, light, etc.)
5• Built-in real-time interrupt (easy to implement multi-tasking Operating System
kernel)
6• Advanced Complex Instruction Set (CISC) 16-bit CPU
7• Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) for easy interface to LCDs, memory cards, MP3
chips, DACs,
clock/calendar chips, serial EEPROM, etc.
8• 32K+ program memory (for fast "execute-in-place" program execution)
9• 2K+ user RAM (for variables and data)
10•Programmable in Assembler, BASIC, and C
