IQonIC Works IQMC510x RISC-V MCU Platform featured in Electronics Online

Introduction

IQonIC Works has been featured by Electronics Online for the IQMC510x, a 32-bit microcontroller platform built around a sovereign RISC-V CPU core. The platform is designed for high-performance embedded applications across industrial automation, smart sensing and IoT systems.

Key highlights

• 32-bit MCU platform based on a RISC-V CPU architecture
• CPU performance exceeding 230 MHz
• Designed for industrial, IoT and real-time control applications
• Integrated Ethernet MAC and multiple CAN-FD interfaces
• On-chip ADC, DMA, PWM and quadrature encoder support
• Hardware crypto acceleration including AES and SHA-2

Original press release

Australian IC design company IQonIC Works, an ASTC Company, is set to launch its 32-bit microcontroller platform, the IQMC510x, featuring a sovereign RISC-V CPU core operating at a frequency exceeding 230 MHz. Designed to meet the performance and flexibility requirements of smart sensing, industrial automation, motor and machine control, IoT and AI-driven applications, the platform supports vector and custom instructions, enabling high-efficiency execution and flexibility for domain-specific tasks.

Engineered for demanding environments, such as industrial and smart sensing applications, the platform integrates a range of high-performance communication and signal processing capabilities, including 10/100 Mbps Ethernet MAC and six CAN-FD bus controllers for robust, high-throughput industrial networking.

An integrated 12-bit, 500 ksps SAR ADC also enables precise analog signal acquisition in monitoring and control applications. The platform also features flexible serial I/O and rich memory storage.

To accommodate diverse system needs, the MCU platform offers rich peripheral interfaces and flexible memory configurations, including up to 96 programmable GPIOs, plus 4 UARTs, SPI and I2C interfaces. Embedded memory options include 1 MB Flash and up to 512 kB RAM, with 32 kB ROM for first-stage bootloader and flash utilities.

The microcontroller platform also comes with 32 kB instruction TCM (tightly coupled memory) and 32 kB data TCM, both with parity protection, to enable fast code/data access. An integrated QSPI controller also facilitates external flash expansion, supporting storage-heavy applications.

To meet the demands of time-sensitive industrial control, the IQMC510x features a RISC-V CLIC (Core-Local Interrupt Controller) for fast and configurable interrupt handling, multiple timers and a DMA controller for efficient real-time task execution, and PWM control and QEI (quadrature encoding input) with capture/compare functionality for motor control and automation systems.

The platform addresses cybersecurity concerns with AES and SHA-2 crypto accelerators, for strong data protection without compromising system performance.

The IQMC510x platform offers the processing power, flexibility and reliability required for real-time, secure and intelligent embedded systems.

Source

This article references a product announcement published by Electronics Online.

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