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Dedicated Ultra-Low Power Microcontroller for RF Communication     Neuchâtel, Switzerland and Mountain View, CA January 15, 2002       XEMICS S.A., specializing in short-range wireless connectivity products, today announced the release of the XE88LC06, a new device for smart radio applications. The XE88LC06 in combination with the XE1200 transceiver series provides a solution for radio application with a short time to market. This miniature system benefits from being both low power and low cost. Radio applications specific priorities rank from low system cost, miniaturization, battery longevity and time to market. The XE88LC06 system on a chip uses low power and efficient processing features, focusing them on smart radio needs. ''The XE88LC06 is ready for radio communication together with any of the XE1200 chips. All necessary tools and documentation is available and we have experienced engineers to help our customers to build their products'' said Michel Chevroulet, Product Line Manager for the XE8000 series. ''This is the fastest path toward low-power wireless systems.'' Applications that profit from the XE88LC06 include wireless sensors, wireless monitoring, remote metering, smart toys, wireless tracking, voice over RF. Any application that relies on batteries for its supply or transmit data over RF can use the XE88LC06 capabilities. The XE88LC06 operates 2.4 to 5.5 V with a constant current requirement (300 uA/MIPS). It includes an 8-22 bits microcontroller with 1 clock cycle multiplication, 22k bytes of MTP Flash memory, 520 bytes of RAM, counters, UART, numerous IO, and PWM. In addition, 4 low-power comparators are available for detecting external signal or doing simple analog to digital conversions. Asynchronous digital communication can be made via the integrated 115 kbaud UART or using synchronous protocol using software drivers available from XEMICS web site. The XE88LC06 operates with less than 2 uA in low-speed mode, making it perfect for both monitoring and battery powered devices. The XE88LC06 directly connects to any one of the XEMICS XE1200 ultra low-power radio transceiver series. Complete development tools as well as application and software examples are available from XEMICS. The XE88LC06 is available January 2002. Price in 1k for the XE88LC06 in TQFP32 package is $3.64. A complete toolset is available from XEMICS and third parties for the XE8000 series, including CoolRIDE (C-compiler, assembler, editor, linker, debugger and simulator) and the ProStart (combined programmer and starter-kit). An In Circuit Emulator is available from Phyton, USA and RIDE and In Socket Debuggers are available from Raisonance, France.