Jumpstart automotive and transportation designs with TI's new Hercules TMS570 ARM safety microcontrollers

The Hercules TMS570 safety microcontrollers, along with TI's first functional safety PMIC and the industry's first functional safety motor driver, form a safety motor control chipset and maximize failure detection and mitigation while minimizing software overhead. The new motor control safety chipset adheres to the SafeTI-26262 and SafeTI-61508 design packages, helping customers more easily achieve ISO 26262 and IEC 61508 certification and accelerate time to market with safety-critical automotive and transportation motor control applications.

Perfect for advanced driver assistance systems, electric power steering, hybrid and electric vehicles, rail propulsion control, aviation anti-skid control, off-road vehicles and more, the newest Hercules TMS570 safety microcontrollers expand the product line to include 36 configurations from which customers can choose to meet application-specific needs. The new Hercules TMS570LS12x/11x floating-point safety microcontrollers provide additional memory and performance configurations with expanded motor control capabilities while the Hercules TMS570LS04x/03x safety microcontrollers provide a smaller package, lower cost, entry-line solution with integrated motor control interfaces. The compatible PMIC combines multiple power supplies and safety features in a single device to reduce design time and board space. First on the market to support start/stop functionality, the motor driver integrates functional safety architecture for protection and monitoring.