Asynchronous state machine offered in GreenPAKs

The devices have been designed to make adding new features to highly integrated systems relatively easy with integrated, programmable analogue and digital components, such as look-up tables, D-flip flops, counters, delays, analogue comparators, and more.

Also included in these devices are the Asynchronous State Machine and I²C blocks. These two features add more flexibility, functionality, and ease of design to the GreenPAK family of devices.

With the addition of the Asynchronous State Machine, designers can implement up to eight states with zero code, zero static power, and fail-safe operation. GreenPAK I²C enables designers to change device configuration, such as analogue comparator thresholds, quickly, and allows designers to act as a GPIO expander, writing digital signals to component inputs.

Like other devices in the GreenPAK family, creating mixed-signal projects is made simple using the GreenPAK development hardware and simple GUI interface of GreenPAK Designer, allowing engineers to quickly and easily implement new designs and respond to changing design requirements. Additionally, with these devices, designers can now perform on-board emulation and in-system debug, using I²C.

Senior Product Marketing Engineer Sean Carty commented: “These six new devices allow us to offer even more value in a smaller area.”

Carty added: “We believe the amount of flexibility and features these devices provide in just 4.4 mm² is phenomenal. Silego continues to add new and exciting products, bringing more solutions to our customers to facilitate differentiation in their products using minimal additional board space and power.”

Silego has been developing five different generations of CMIX silicon and design tools since the beginning and each generation has brought something further.