Parent Topic
Am186Ex Family

Topics
Overview
General Features
Applications
Marketing Collateral
Technical Documentation
Technical Features
OPNs
Hardware Kit OPNs
CodeKits
Errata, IBIS, & BSDL
Third-Party Products

Related Information
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Am186™ER/Am188™ER Microcontrollers

Overview Navigate to Topics Section

AMD's Am186™ER and Am188™ER microcontrollers are based on a high performance 16-bit 186 core with 32 Kbytes of integrated RAM and highly integrated peripherals. As a 3.3v device power consumption is lowered while the ability to interface to 5v parts is retained through 5v tolerant I/Os. This makes the Am186ER and Am188ER ideal devices for designs requiring 32 Kbytes of RAM, increased performance, serial communications, and a glueless interface to external memory systems.

General Features Navigate to Topics Section

32-Kbyte RAM integration; Glueless memory interface; Synchronous serial port

Applications Navigate to Topics Section

  • General Purpose: Automotive Instrumentation Medical Process and Industrial control
  • PC Peripherals: Disk and optical drive storage Ink jet printers Retail and consumer products Scanners Various system controls
  • Telecom And Networking Systems: Fax/Modem cards Line cards Various telecom and networkinig system controls

Marketing Collateral Navigate to Topics Section

Technical Documentation Navigate to Topics Section

Technical Features Navigate to Topics Section

Feature Description
Package Pin Count and Type 100 PQFP, 100 TQFP
Bits 16-Bit
General Purpose Bus 8-, 16-bit
Expansion Bus -
Real Time Clock No
Cache Size -
Floating Point No
Total / External Interrupts 13 / 6
DRAM Controllers -
RAM 32 KB
Counters and Timers 3
Async and Sync Serial Ports 1 / 1
Max PIO Pins 32
Watchdog Timers 1
Total / External DMA Channels 2 / 2
HDLC Controllers -
USB Controllers -
Protocols -
Chip Selects 13
PC Card Controllers/Slots -
LCD Graphics Controllers No

Ordering Part Numbers Navigate to Topics Section

OPNs Clock Speed Temp Range Package Type Leads Comment
AM188ER-25VC\W 25 C PQL 100 -
AM188ER-25KC\W 25 C PQR 100 -
AM188ER-25VI\W 25 I PQL 100 -
AM188ER-25KI\W 25 I PQR 100 -
AM186ER-25VC\W 25 C PQL 100 -
AM186ER-25KC\W 25 C PQR 100 -
AM186ER-25VI\W 25 I PQL 100 -
AM186ER-25KI\W 25 I PQR 100 -
AM188ER-33VC\W 33 C PQL 100 -
AM188ER-33KC\W 33 C PQR 100 -
AM188ER-33VI\W 33 I PQL 100 -
AM188ER-33KI\W 33 I PQR 100 -
AM186ER-33VC\W 33 C PQL 100 -
AM186ER-33KC\W 33 C PQR 100 -
AM186ER-33VI\W 33 I PQL 100 -
AM186ER-33KI\W 33 I PQR 100 -
AM188ER-40VC\W 40 C PQL 100 -
AM188ER-40KC\W 40 C PQR 100 -
AM188ER-40VI\W 40 I PQL 100 -
AM188ER-40KI\W 40 I PQR 100 -
AM186ER-40VC\W 40 C PQL 100 -
AM186ER-40KC\W 40 C PQR 100 -
AM186ER-40VI\W 40 I PQL 100 -
AM186ER-40KI\W 40 I PQR 100 -
AM188ER-50VC\W 50 C PQL 100 -
AM188ER-50KC\W 50 C PQR 100 -
AM188ER-50VI\W 50 I PQL 100 -
AM188ER-50KI\W 50 I PQR 100 -
AM186ER-50VC\W 50 C PQL 100 -
AM186ER-50KC\W 50 C PQR 100 -
AM186ER-50VI\W 50 I PQL 100 -
AM186ER-50KI\W 50 I PQR 100 -

Related AMD Hardware Kits Navigate to Topics Section

OPNs Description
AM186KT/ER1B1004 Demonstration platform for the Am186™ER microcontroller.

CodeKit Software Packages Navigate to Topics Section

  • Series 0
    • CK0009: EMON: E86MON™ software for the Am186™CC, Am186/188 Am186ES/ED/EM/ER microcontrollers.

Errata Sheets, IBIS Models, & BSDL Files Navigate to Topics Section

Third-Party Products Navigate to Topics Section

  • Companion Chips
  • Development and Debug
    • Compiler
    • ICE/ROM ICE
      • AX186 in-circuit Emulator (HITEX Development Tools): AX186 is a "real-time debug tool" using innovative technology with impressive features at affordable prices. The combination of the AX186 and HiTop98 allows working with the best efficiency.
      • FlashICE Flash Memory emulator (Grammar Engine, Inc.): True Flash memory emulation for AMD's Am29F010 and Am29F040.
      • PromICE Memory Emulator (Grammar Engine, Inc.): Memory emulation is a time-tested and reliable development solution, and is a useful as ever on today's high-performance embedded targets. Grammar Engine Inc. has developed memory emulation solutions exclusively for over a decade.
      • TRACE32-ICD (ROM - MONITOR) (Lauterbach Inc.): Universal In-Circuit Debugger ROM-Monitor for 8- to 32-bit Microcontrollers
      • TRACE32-ICE In-Circuit Emulator (Lauterbach Inc.): Universal In-Circuit Emulator for 8- to 32-bit Microcontrollers.
    • IDE
      • Nucleus EDE (Accelerated Technology, Inc.): Embedded Development Environment based on Microsoft Developer Studio.
      • Paradigm Systems (Paradigm Systems): Paradigm C++ is an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for developing 16-bit x86 embedded applications on Windows 95/98/NT. Integrated tools include an assembler, compiler, linker/locater, librarian, editor, debugger, and remote kernel.
  • Operating Systems
    • RTOS
      • C Executive (JMI Software Systems, Inc.): C EXECUTIVE is a real- time, multi- tasking, ROMable kernel for embedded systems. It provides fast context switching, small kernel size, and support for over 20 processors.
      • Nucleus PLUS (Accelerated Technology, Inc.): Nucleus PLUS is a real-time, pre-emptive, multitasking kernel designed for time-critical embedded applications.
      • On Time RTOS-32 (On Time Software): On Time's royalty free embedded operating system for x86 compatible CPUs implements a Windows NT subset in only 16k of memory. A free evaluation version is available for download.
      • PSX (JMI Software Systems, Inc.): PSX is an optional extension to C EXECUTIVE, adding 134 system calls from POSIX.1, PSX provides a mid-range soluntion for embedded systems, where Unix or Linux are too large and slow, but the system calls from POSIX are required or advantageous.
      • TronTask!® µITRON Compatible Real-Time Operating System (U S Software): TronTask! is a real-time operating system implementing the µITRON real-time kernel specification designed for consumer products and other small-scale embedded systems where memory constraints and performance are critical.
    • Windows OS
      • ROM-DOS (Datalight): Introduced in 1989, ROM-DOS is the smallest footprint, lowest cost, 100% MS-DOS® compatible operating system available. ROM-DOS can be booted from ROM, Flash, CD or hard/floppy disk drives.
  • Platform Hardware
    • Adapters
      • PressOn Adapter (HITEX Development Tools): The PressOn adapter combines the advantages of minimal space requirements on the target PCB with very reliable and robust pin contact.
  • Service Provider
  • Systems Software
    • BIOS
      • Datalight BIOS (Datalight): Datalight’s new full-featured BIOS is a complete development environment, including Borland Turbo Assembler, Paradigm DEBUG and Paradigm LOCATE. The Datalight BIOS was built specifically for OEMs using AMD components.

      • Datalight Software Development Tool Kit (Datalight): The Datalight Software Development Toolkit (SDTK) is designed to support Datalight products with a standard development environment.
      • Embedded BIOS™ 4.3 Adaptation Kit (General Software™, Inc.): Full featured pre-boot firmware and BIOS for embedded systems and consumer electronics. Includes source code, tools, and 600 page manual.
      • Embedded BIOS™ Reference Design Binary (General Software™, Inc.): BIOS for AMD reference designs, in binary format. Includes license to receive customized and rebuilt BIOS binaries.
      • Embedded BIOS™ Support Module (General Software™, Inc.): BIOS source code providing pre-engineered support for a specific set of CPUs, Chipsets, and Boards based on AMD Reference Designs.
    • Device Drivers
      • Nucleus FILE (Accelerated Technology, Inc.): Nucleus FILE is an embedded File System which provides file I/O support for Nucleus PLUS applications.
    • Miscellaneous
    • Protocol Stacks
      • Nucleus NET (Accelerated Technology, Inc.): Nucleus NET is a set of networking protocols to provide interoperability between Nucleus PLUS-based systems and other TCP/IP or UDP/IP-based systems.
      • USNET® Embedded TCP/IP Protocol Suite (U S Software): USNET is a reentrant network package that includes clients/servers, protocols, data-link layers and drivers. It provides drop-in support for many processors and tool chains and its compact implementation is ideal for real-time, embedded systems.