Product Info
NanoCore12TM is an ideal low-cost platform that brings the advanced features of the 9S12C microcontroller family within easy reach of engineers, students, and hobbyists. The flexible design accommodates all aspects of training, evaluation, development, prototyping-- and even volume production. 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 primitive 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.
Module Features:
- based on the 9S12C32 MCU
- includes 8 Mhz crystal
- 24 MHz bus speed (via PLL)
- local 5 Volt low-dropout 100 mA regulator
- TTL-level signals for RX and TX
- compatible with USB2NCT module for use with USB
- has on-chip Serial Monitor (CodeWarrior-compatible)
- includes CAN transceiver circuit
- has on-chip Serial Monitor
- supports standalone operation
- 32K Bytes Flash
- 2K Bytes Ram
- 40-pin DIP form-factor
- low-cost gold-plated 0.025" square pins
- pinout is super-set of competing 24-pin modules on the market
What you get:
- this product ships with hardcopy data sheet and schematic diagram
- data sheets, manuals, and all other resources for this product can be found by clicking on the Resources tab.
Product Details
Ease-of-Use Features:
- supports programming in C, BASIC, Forth, assembler, etc.
- no special Flash programming voltage or switch required
- fast in-circuit programming
- small footprint on-chip bootloader/monitor and free uBug12 GUI for quick loading/debugging of user programs on a Windows platform
- Run/Load switch for choice of Standalone or Monitor operation following reset
- compatible with virtually all 9S12 development tools on the market
Flash-based code development using on-chip debug/monitor
With a 2K Flash-resident debug/monitor program, you'll be able to load your program into the remaining 30K Flash via the serial port using nqBASIC, CodeWarrior, or the free uBug12 user interface for Windows. The entire 30K Flash can be programmed in about 3 seconds! To use the monitor for debugging or code-loading, just set the switch to LOAD. To run your standalone program thereafter, leave the switch at RUN. Your code runs from Flash, and interrupts are supported (via Flash-based pseudo vectors, since the monitor resides in the vector space of the MCU). A program you load into Flash this way will run every time you apply power or reset the board in Run Mode.Flash-based code development using a BDM pod
If you want to take advantage of a more advanced development tool (such as MicroBDM12LX), the entire 32K Flash can be used, because the Flash-resident bootloader is no longer needed (therefore pseudo-vectors aren't required either). You'll also need to use this method if you are using a non-Windows development platform.Additional Features:
- implements PLL loop filter circuit, supporting up to 48MHz operation (24 MHz bus speed)
- capable of 3-Volt operation (Note: CAN transceiver will not work at 3V)
- standard 6-pin BDM connector for full debugging capabilities (with an optional BDM pod)
- ECLK signal is user-accessible (via pad on circuit board)
- 40-pin DIP form-factor
- up to 31 digital I/O lines, including Port M, Port T, and Port E
- pinout is superset of BASICStamp2®
- access to eight 10-bit analog input or digital I/O port lines (Port AD)
- access to eight digital I/O port lines (Port T)
- up to six PWM timer channels (PT0 - PT4, PP5)
- up to eight Input Capture/Output Compare pins (Port T)
- serial peripheral interface (SPI)
- serial communications interface (SCI)
- controller area network (CAN 2.0) (on-board transceiver circui)
- key wake-up interrupt pin (PP5)
- internal programmable pullup and pulldown resistors on most pins
- pinout is super-set of competing 24-pin modules currently on the market
- user access to MCU reset signal
- sturdy gold-plated square pins plug into standard dual-leaf DIP sockets or solderless breadboard
