Analog Devices NanoPower Board First Look Video

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With the proliferation of portable devices and user demand for longer battery life, designers need to take advantage of power savings everywhere they can be found, while simultaneously adding better performance and more functionality. Analog Devices’ nanoPower technology and DARWIN microcontrollers deliver the longest battery life and pack more features into the smallest packages, and Analog Devices’ nanoPower Board demonstrates their combined benefits.

The board is a simple DMM that operates from a single button cell battery. It’s based on the MAX32660, an ultra-low-power DARWIN Generation U MCU with an Arm Cortex-M4 processor and floating point unit. The MAX32660 is optimized for complex sensor processing, has large memories, and has very low current consumption in active and low-power modes. The nanoPower board features the MCU in a 4mm x 4mm TQFN-EP, but it’s also offered in packages as small as a 1.6mm x 1.6mm 16-bump WLP.