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ST6
8-bit microcontrollers for automotive



The ST6 product family has stood at the beginning of the long and successful story of STMicroelectronics’ 8-bit microcontrollers in automotive applications.

These products are a safe and popular choice for simple and robust cost-sensitive applications. Housed in 16- to 28-pin packages, the ST6 devices integrate 1 to 4 Kbytes of OTP (one-time programmable) or ROM memory. Versions with embedded EEPROM are available.
 

Features
 

Memories

  • Up to 4 Kbytes of OTP/ROM program memory
  • Up to 128 bytes of RAM
  • On-chip EEPROM (optional)
  • Readout protection (ROP) on program memory

Clock, reset and power supply

  • Power supply operating range: 3.0 V to 6 V
  • Maximum external frequency: 8 MHz
  • Oscillator safeguard (OSG) and backup oscillator (LFAO)
  • Low-voltage detector (LVD)
  • 2 power saving modes: WAIT and STOP

Interrupts

  • 4 interrupt vectors plus NMI and RESET
  • Software programmable for each I/O

I/O ports

  • Up to 20 I/O lines
  • Multifunctional, bidirectional I/O pins
  • Up to 4 high-current capability I/O lines

Peripherals

  • Watchdog timer
  • 8-bit timer
  • ADC (optional)

Instruction set

  • 8-bit accumulator-based architecture
  • 40 instructions
  • 9 addressing modes

 
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Applications

Microcontrollers from the ST6 family are being used in sensor applications, universal motor control, and as secondary microcontrollers in all kinds of body, powertrain and safety applications.

Tools
STMicroelectronics offers a full range of development and programming tools for the ST6 family, designed to deliver competitive advantages in terms of productivity and time-to-market. This offer is complemented by a variety of third party development tools. For more information, please contact your local sales representative.