AEC-Q100 qualified 16-bit MCU for automotive and industrial control
It runs the MSP430 CPU16 core at up to 16 MHz, with 512 bytes of Flash program memory and 128 bytes of RAM. The device integrates a brown-out detect/reset, POR, PWM, and watchdog timer, and provides 10 general-purpose I/O lines. This part is intended for cost-sensitive automotive body electronics, sensor interfaces, and low-power control modules where the AEC-Q100 qualification is a BOM requirement.
512 bytes of Flash and 128 bytes of RAM — sizing the firmware budget
With 512 bytes of Flash (512 x 8) and 128 bytes of RAM (128 x 8), this MCU targets single-function control loops and state machines — think a window-lift controller, a seat-position sensor, or a simple PWM fan driver. The Flash is field-reprogrammable, but the firmware image must fit within that half-kilobyte boundary. The 128-byte SRAM limits stack depth and data buffers; a design that needs more than a few bytes of working memory should step up to a higher-density MSP430G2 variant.
