Hercules™ safety microcontrollers are based on Texas Instrument's 20+ years of safety-critical system expertise, industry collaboration and proven hardware for the automotive market. The platform consists of three ARM® Cortex™-based microcontroller families (RM4, TMS570 and TMS470M) that deliver scalable performance, connectivity, memory and safety features. Unlike many microcontrollers that rely heavily on software for safety capabilities, Hercules™ microcontrollers implement safety in hardware to maximize performance and reduce software overhead.

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RM4 ARM Cortex-R4F

The Hercules™ RM4x Safety MCU family enables customers to easily develop safety critical industrial and medical applications. Developed to meet the requirements the IEC 61508 SIL-3 safety standard, the ARM® Cortex™-R4F based RM48x offers up to 220MHz of floating point performance providing more than 350 DMIPS. With integrated safety features, advanced connectivity options, and flexible real-time control peripherals, the RM4x family is an ideal solution for industrial and medical applications with specific safety requirements.

Key Applications:

  • Industrial Automation
  • Safe PLC's (Programmable Logic Controllers)
  • Power Generation & Distribution
  • Turbines & Windmills
  • Ventilators & Defibrillators
  • Infusion & Insulin pumps
  • Radiation therapy

Kits:

DigiKey P/N Manufacturer P/N Description  
296-29385-ND TMDXRM48USB KIT USB MCU HERCULES 296-29385-ND Product Page
296-29383-ND TMDXRM48HDK KIT DEV MCU HERCULES 296-29383-ND Product Page

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TMS570LS ARM Cortex-R4F

The Hercules™ TMS570LS Safety MCU family enables customers to easily develop safety-critical products for transportation applications. Developed to meet the requirements of the ISO 26262 ASIL-D and IEC 61508 SIL-3 safety standards and qualified to the AEC-Q100 automotive specification this ARM® Cortex™-R4F based family offers several options of performance, memory and connectivity. Dual core lockstep CPU architecture, hardware BIST, MPU, ECC and on-chip clock and voltage monitoring are some of the key functional safety features available to meet the needs of automotive, railway and aerospace applications.

Key Applications:

  • Braking systems (ABS and ESC)
  • Electric power steering (EPS)
  • HEV/EV inverter systems
  • Battery management systems
  • Active driver assistance systems
  • Aerospace and avionics
  • Railway communications
  • Off road vehicles

Kits:

DigiKey P/N Manufacturer P/N Description  
296-29384-ND TMDX570LS31USB KIT USB MCU HERCULES 296-29384-ND Product Page
296-29382-ND TMDX570LS31HDK KIT DEV MCU HERCULES 296-29382-ND Product Page
296-27531-ND TMDX570LS20SUSB KIT EVAL FOR TMDX570 296-27531-ND Product Page

Devices:

DigiKey P/N Manufacturer P/N Description  
TMX5703134BPGEQQ1-ND TMX5703137BPGEQQ1 IC ARM CORTEX MCU 3MB 144LQFP TMX5703134BPGEQQ1-ND Product Page
TMX5703137BZWTQQ1-ND TMX5703137BZWTQQ1 IC ARM CORTEX MCU 3MB 337NFBGA TMX5703137BZWTQQ1-ND Product Page
TMX5702125BPGEQQ1-ND TMX5702125BPGEQQ1 IC MCU 16/32BIT 144LQFP TMX5702125BPGEQQ1-ND Product Page
S5LS20206ASPGEQQ1-ND S5LS20206ASPGEQQ1 IC ARM CORTEX MCU 2MB 144LQFP S5LS20206ASPGEQQ1-ND Product Page
296-27256-ND S5LS20216ASPGEQQ1 IC ARM CORTEX MCU 160KB 144LQFP 296-27256-ND Product Page

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TMS470M ARM Cortex-M3 Series

The Hercules™ TMS470M microcontroller family enables developers to easily create safety-related applications for the transportation industry. The TMS470M value-line microcontrollers use the ARM® Cortex™-M3 CPU running at 80MHz and offer Flash memory options ranging from 256KB to 640KB (including up to 128KB EEPROM emulation capability) and RAM memory ranging from 16KB to 64KB. With built-in safety features like CPU and RAM self test (BIST) engines, error correction code (ECC) and parity-checking, the devices are a great extension to the Hercules Safety MCU platform.

Key Applications:

  • Electric power steering (EPS)
  • Braking systems (ABS and ESC)
  • Safety-related automotive
  • Automotive Infrastructure
  • Commercial Vehicles
  • Off-road vehicles
  • Airbags, electric park brake, safe communication, parking assist

Kits:

DigiKey P/N Manufacturer P/N Description  
296-29386-ND TMDX470MF066HDK KIT DEV MCU HERCULES 296-29386-ND Product Page
296-29392-ND TMDX470MF066USB KIT EVAL USB MCU TMS470M 296-29392-ND Product Page

Devices:

DigiKey P/N Manufacturer P/N Description  
S4MF03107SPZQQ1-ND S4MF03107SPZQQ1 IC MCU 16/32B 320KB FLSH 100LQFP S4MF03107SPZQQ1-ND Product Page
S4MF04207SPZQQ1-ND S4MF04207SPZQQ1 IC MCU 16/32B 320KB FLSH 100LQFP S4MF04207SPZQQ1-ND Product Page
296-29463-ND S4MF06607BSPZQQ1 IC MCU 16/32BIT 640KB 100LQFP 296-29463-ND Product Page

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USB Stick Kit Features

  • USB Powered
  • On Board USB XDS100v2 JTAG Debug
  • On Board SCI to PC Serial Communication
  • Access to Select Signal Pin Test Points
  • LEDs, Temp Sensor & Light Sensor
  • CAN transceiver

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Hercules Development Kit Features

  • On Board USB XDS100v2 JTAG Debug
  • On Board SCI to PC Serial Communication
  • External high speed emulation via JTAG
  • Access to Signal Pin Test Points
  • LEDs, Temp Sensor & Light Sensor
  • 2 CAN Transceivers
  • MIPI connector for 32bit ETM Trace (RM48 & TMS570)
  • RJ45 10/100 Ethernet Interface (RM48 & TMS570)
  • USB-A Host Interface (RM48)
  • USB-B Device Interface (RM48)

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