NXP is focused on 32-bit ARM based microcontrollers. Adding to the existing ARM7 and ARM9 processors, NXP’s newest portfolio members are based on ARM’s Cortex-M microcontrollers. Cortex-M0 processors from NXP include the LPC1100 and LPC1200 series. These are small, low cost and low power 32-bit microcontrollers that are positioned to replace traditional 8 and 16-bit architectures. NXP’s Cortex-M3 processors are high performance microcontrollers designed for maximum bandwidth and connectivity. The LPC1300 family offers pin and software compatibility to the Cortex-M0 based LPC1100 family. The higher-performing LPC1700 series offers pin-compatible upgrades for some of NXP’s ARM7 based microcontrollers. The LPC1800 is one of the highest performing Cortex-M3 based microcontroller on the market running at 180 MHz. Designed using NXP’s low-leakage 90nm process technology, the LPC1800 family supports both high performance and low power operations. The LPC1800 is pin and upward code compatible with the LPC4300 family which is NXP’s first Cortex-M4 family. The LPC1800 and the LPC4300 families were designed in parallel, so the IP blocks and the peripherals, are almost identical for those two parts. The key advantage of the LPC4000 family is the powerful DSP extensions that are added to the microcontroller and the inclusion of the Cortex-M0 co-processor.