Silicon Labs EFM32GG11 Giant Gecko Series 1 microcontrollers

Silicon Labs has released the EFM32GG11 Giant Gecko Series 1 microcontrollers. Part of the energy-friendly EFM32 Gecko portfolio, the industrial-strength microcontrollers deliver high performance, several features and low power. The range targets the Internet of Things (IoT), wearable tech, smart metering, asset tracking, industrial and building automation, and personal medical applications.

The microcontrollers combine peak 72 MHz processing performance, large memory options, peripherals and hardware accelerators, and comprehensive software tools. They are based on a 32-bit Arm Cortex-M4 core with up to 2048 KB of flash program memory and up to 512 KB of RAM data memory to support performance-intensive applications.

The family provides a safe, secure platform for building applications with high-quality cryptography. The microcontrollers feature a high-performance, energy-efficient security accelerator, a security management unit (SMU) supporting fine-grained security for peripheral access and a NIST-certified true random number generator (TRNG) for higher security randomisation. The cryptographic hardware engine also supports AES, ECC and SHA security encryption.

The microcontrollers offer a variety of features, including an octal/quad-SPI memory controller, SD/MMC/SDIO controller and dual CAN bus controllers. Developers can also take advantage of the microcontrollers’ graphics engine, robust capacitive touch sensing capabilities and 10/100 Ethernet MAC for IP-based industrial control.

The microcontrollers are software compatible across the entire EFM32 MCU and EFR32 Wireless Gecko SoC portfolio, enabling developers to reduce design time. Additionally, the company’s Simplicity Studio development tools support the microcontrollers, giving developers one-click access to everything needed to complete projects in a unified Eclipse-based environment.