STMicroelectronics has extended its ongoing longevity program for its SPC58 automotive microcontrollers (MCUs) from 15 years to 20 years, ensuring the availability of its general-purpose and high-performance product lines until at least 2038. In addition, the general-purpose SPC58 H series with up to 10 MB non-volatile memory (NVM) for code and data storage will be available until at least 2041.
This will enable system designers to start new designs with the SPC58 automotive microcontrollers and continue to leverage their investments in device validations, software, and tooling, ST said. These automotive MCUs are used in communication gateway, powertrain, chassis, and body applications.
(Source: STMicroelectronics)
The complete portfolio comprises five general-purpose lines that target smart gateways and body applications such as lighting and door locking, with communication, analog, and security peripherals. The portfolio ranges from SPC58 2B devices in the compact 10 × 10-mm eTQFP64 to SPC58 H MCUs in a 19 × 19-mm FPBGA386 package. It also includes high-performance SPC58 E and SPC58 N lines that are used in powertrain-electrification and chassis-safety use cases.
The SPC58 family offers a range of features. These include MCUs with up to three e200z4 32-bit Power Architecture cores and from 1 MB to 10 MB on-chip NVM, manufactured on ST’s 40-nm embedded flash process. They also offer extensive support for popular communication protocols including multiple ISO CAN-FD compliant modular controller area network (MCAN) modules that support multi-drop connectivity.
The lineup also features an IEEE 802.3 10/100 Ethernet controller that supports IEEE 802.1Q virtual LAN for traffic management and segmentation and a hardware security module (HSM) with independent core and memory to isolate security-sensitive processes and data, enabling users to build EVITA-compliant systems. In addition, the SPC58 E and SPC58 N MCUs support ASIL-D automotive systems.
ST previously extended its longevity commitment for the SPC56 family of general-purpose and performance automotive microcontrollers in 2021.
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