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MindMotion Launches High-performance MM32F5 Series MCU

2022-04-12 18:00:39

MindMotion High-performance MM32F5 series MCU product introduction


12th April, MindMotion and Arm China today co-launched the high-performance MM32F5series MCU with STAR-MC1 as the core. Multiple innovations have been made inthe architecture and peripheral of this product to meet the high-endapplication market needs.


Built by thelocal team of Arm China, STAR-MC1 processor core is superior to Cortex M3/M4 inperformance and its Coremark benchmark is 4.02, the best among Armarchitecture-based MCUs. The MM32F5 series MCU can provide higher multi-concurrencyat system level through higher-performance memory architecture (such as independentCache and TCM) in terms of system architecture. As Arm's software and hardware ecology is wellaccepted, the MM32F5 based on the STAR-MC1 core, is also applicable to allkinds of existing compilation tools. Therefore, it is possible for softwaredevelopers to quickly migrate from Arm architecture-based development toSTAR-MC1-based development. For MindMotion, MM32 products are already in use bytens of thousands users, as a result of which platform-based and easy-to-usecompilation tools are also essential. From this point, F5 series can be taken asan option for MindMotion’s both new and old customers to upgrade theirproducts. Finally, how to keep the supply chain independent and secure is alsoa concern against the changeable international background. To our relief, STAR-MC1can meet our needs. Speaking of the supply chain security, the security ofMindMotion’s MM32 series products can be guaranteed by the core itself, FABfactories, assembly and test factories, etc.


With theimprovement of core and memory architecture performance, the MM32F5 seriesplatform based on Arm China’s STAR-MC1 core is about 50% higher than CortexM3/M4 products in overall performance, and has been improved significantly inchip’s system-level performance.

- Rich communication interface: MM32F5 integratesENET, USB, FlexCAN interface and up to 14 groups of serial communicationinterfaces, making it particularly suitable for industrial and automotiverelated applications.

- Large capacity memory: MM32F provides Flash optionsfrom 256KB to 2MB and adopts dual-partition configuration to improve thestability of system operation.

- In the analog function, the configuration of SARADC and timer has been upgraded. The ADC with 3 Msps sampling rate and 256times oversampling, and the timer supporting 8-channel complementary PWMoutput, bring a full play to MindMotion’s professional motor controltechnology.

- MindMotion’s R&D team has added several originaland professional function modules to MM32F5 series, such as MindSwitch, amechanism to achieve independent interconnection between any peripheral andGPIO. Combined with the multiplexed combinational logic processing unit CLU, itis able to accomplish more interconnection functions without CPU interventionand processing.


Three seriescan be found in MM32F5 platform: MM32F52 series with 120MHz "star"processor and mainstream upgrade, MM32F53 series with 150MHz "star"processor and extended capacity as well as MM32F55 series with 200MHz"star" processor and extended application. These three series are forthe increasingly smarter embedded system and they are the main products forMindMotion’s high-performance platform in the future.


MindMotion willlaunch two MM32F52 series products in this quarter, namely MM32F5270 andMM32F5280. The main difference is in storage capacity and configuration of someperipherals. These two products are the same in the core, advancedcommunication interface, etc.



MindMotion releasednew supporting hardware and software platform simultaneously for such a brand-newhigh-performance MCU series. For the development and evaluation board, MindMotionalso launched the Plus Board for MM32F series to provide users with morecomprehensive evaluation and development experience. Major interface functionscan be evaluated on one development board, such as Ethernet, USB, FlexCAN, SDcard, optional LCD color display, servo interface, sensor module, etc.


With regard tothe software, MindMotion newly launched MindSDK development kit, includingdrivers, functional components, sample projects and demo tools. In MindSDK, youcan find specialized software drivers based on HAL or operation system as wellas corresponding sample projects and rich integrated reference design inaddition to CMSIS-Core and CMSIS-DSP compatible architecture. In the softwaredriver case library, samples are also provided for interrupt or DMA methods,etc. apart from the basic calls. As demands for intelligence increase and thedesign of electronic system is increasingly complicated, the functionality andcomplexity of the software will be greater. The MindSDK development kit from MindMotioncan be a solution to the above problems and meet the development needs ofhigh-performance systems.


MM32F5 is ageneral-purpose and high-performance MCU platform, on which customers canchoose their required function interface for different application scenariosand project needs. At the same time, MindMotion offers different package typessuch as 64, 100 and 144 pin as well as -40~105℃ extended industrial product options for customer to choose.