The first device to include the LEA module is the MSP430FR5994 device. This is the latest in a long line of 16-bit low-power microcontrollers, featuring 256 KB of FRAM, 8-KB of shared SRAM, a breadth of analog peripherals, and the LEA vector math accelerator. Offering low active power consumption of around 120 µA/MHz and RTC modes below 500 nA’s, the LEA is a perfect peripheral for bringing an increase in processing performance, without the usual corresponding increase in energy consumption. For those engineers who are unfamiliar with FRAM technology, (Ferroelectric Random Access Memory) is a non-volatile memory that may be used for application, constants, variables, and stack. FRAM allows the user to scale the application size as required based on its needs. There are many benefits that are offered by the FRAM technology, being a native 1.5 V technology there is no programming or erase charge pump needed, this alone saves a lot of time and energy compared to conventional EEPROM or FLASH memories which use a charge pump to clear the bit cell prior to being reprogrammed. It is also flexible, in the case of this device with 256 KB of FRAM, the programmer can decide how to partition the memory between program and data This makes it ideal for data logging as it offers the flexibility to provide a large, low power non volatile data memory array and also a high number of re-write cycles up to 10 ^ 15 times, far higher than conventional non volatile memory technologies. The devices also includes a 12-bit 200 K sample ADC, 6-channel ADC, hardware AES accelerator for encryption and decryption, up to 8 serial ports in a combination of UART, SPI and I2C, a real time clock with alarms and calendar. The devices are offered in a 64 and 80 pin LQFP, 48 pin QFN and an 87 pin Ball Grid Array package.