What if I told you that the way you have been comparing low-power microcontrollers was wrong?
The new ULPBench benchmark from the Embedded Microprocessor Benchmark Consortium or EEMBC (the creators of the COREMARK® benchmark) focuses on application-level power. It considers system functions such as the real-time clock, power modes and integrated hardware. The ULPBench benchmark offers a true comparison of system current and energy efficiency across microcontrollers and currently ranks MCUs from TI ahead of the competition.
The true value of this benchmark is clear when you leverage the EEMBC EnergyMonitor. With the purchase of the microcontroller-agnostic hardware, developers also gain access to a software GUI that can be used to track energy consumption while the benchmark is running. (See the video below for EnergyMonitor running on the MSP430FR5969 MCU)
The ultra-low-power MSP430FR5969FRAM MCU has been available to order since mid-2014 and has been leading the competition with 30 percent higher score for the past six months. One of TI's wireless MCUs currently ranks #1, but the MSP430FR5969 still ranks better than most of the competition with a ULPBench score of 117 (the first to be officially certified by EEMBC). The value of these microcontrollers is amplified with FRAM, which provides advantages in data logging applications or applications that spend the majority of time in sleep modes.
Now, if you haven't read about TI's big announcement at embedded world - it's time to get caught up! The new device in our microcontroller portfolio will continue to showcase the low-power dominance of Texas Instruments!
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