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San
Jose, CA -- June 21, 2004 --
Summit Microelectronics has
announced availability of the
SMS46
and
SMS48
four-channel supervisory
controllers with precision
monitoring in 5mV increments of
any voltage between 0.6 and 5.6V.
Up to four independent reset
signals can be programmed to
respond to under or over voltage
on any of the four supervised
channels as well as to watchdog
or user push button
conditions.
Each device utilizes four
independent nonvolatile DACs for
user programming of the over
voltage and under voltage set
points on the monitored
channels.
Both the SMS46 and SMS48 can be
accessed by the popular I2C bus
to exercise complete control of
the controllers' characteristics.
This can be done during
production, or each time that the
board is booted up, or during
normal operation "on the
fly."
DESIGN SOFTWARE AND PROGRAMMER
FOR PROTOTYPE DEVELOPMENT
To speed user product
development using the SMS46 and
SMS48, Summit offers customers
the SMX3200
programming
system.
This is a complete development
tool that lets designers easily
manipulate the characteristics of
their system. The SMX3200 design
kit includes menu-driven
Microsoft Windows" graphic user
interface (GUI) software to
automate programming tasks and
also includes all necessary
hardware to interface to the
parallel port of a laptop or PC.
This system has seen widespread
acceptance by users since it was
introduced four years ago
Once a user completes design and
prototyping, SMX3200
automatically generates a HEX
data file that can be transmitted
to Summit for review and
approval. Summit then assigns a
unique customer identification
code to the HEX file and programs
the customer's production devices
prior to final electrical test
operations. This ensures that the
device will operate properly in
the end application. The design
kit software can be downloaded
today from Summit's website
(www.summitmicro.com).
DESIGN KIT FOR AUTOMATED
PROTOTYPE DEVELOPMENT
An evaluation card containing the
SMS46 or SMS48 controller, all
required associated circuitry,
and a port for "plug and play"
programming via the SMX3200
dongle interface is
available.
PRICING AND
AVAILABILITY
Available in volume quantities
today, the SMS46 and SMS48 come
in a 16-lead SSOP package. The
SMS46, with 4 kilobits of user
memory, is priced at $2.25 in
10,000 unit quantities. The
SMS48, without user memory, is
priced at $1.63 in 10,000 unit
quantities.
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ABOUT
SUMMIT MICROELECTRONICS
Summit Microelectronics supplies
semiconductors that manage power
functions in
networking/communications,
storage/computing, industrial,
military and consumer products.
Customers can very rapidly tailor
Summit's programmable analog
technology to multiple
applications by programming the
same part.
Founded in 1997, Summit is
headquartered in San Jose,
California. The Company is ISO
9001 certified.
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