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4 - Architecture of the ST7 core
4 ARCHITECTURE OF THE ST7 CORE
4.1 POSITION OF THE ST7 WITHIN THE ST MCU FAMILY
The STMicroelectronics range of microcontrollers is very wide, from proprietary architectures
like ST6 to ST10 to second-source products like microprocessors for PCs and Digital Signal
Processors.
The proprietary range can be summarized as follows:
As the table shows, the ST7 is positioned towards the low-end. It provides an economical
trade-off between speed and price and is suitable where moderate computational power is
needed together with a low-consumption device, like in TV remote control transmitters.
Alhough it is a low-end product, because the ST7 combines the world's best-selling 8-bit in-
struction set with a host of added functions from a range of smart peripheral blocks, it is re-
markably versatile for a microcontroller of its class. It has a wide choice of versions in order to
minimize the component count of each specific application.
Type
Word size
Main features
Typical applications
ST6
8 bits
Very low power consumption, 1.2 to 8
KB ROM,
timer, ADC, watchdog timer and more
depending on the subtype.
Appliances, home automation (suitable
for direct power line supply)
ST7
8 bits
Industry-standard instruction set, 256 to
3K bytes RAM, 4 to 60 KB ROM, ADC,
SPI, 16-bit timer, and more depending
on the subtype.
TV remote control, car radio control,
RDS decoder, etc.
ST9
8/16 bits
250 ns instructions (on a 16-bit word),
many internal registers, powerful ad-
dressing modes, interrupt priority con-
troller, DMA controller, plus a whole
range of peripherals capable of complex
processing. 16 to 128 KB ROM, more
than 256 bytes RAM.
Automotive body applications and car
radio.
ST10
16 bits
100 ns instructions (on a 16-bit word), 72
KB Flash EPROM, 10+ KB RAM, ADC,
16-bit timer, USART, and more.
Engine management systems, air bags,
etc.
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