Flash memory controller enhances design flexibility and reduces power solutions inventory

Eggtronic has announced that its family of EPIC mixed-signal power conversion controller ICs now offers options for reprogrammable flash memory.

The new EPIC 2.0 Flash series has been created to enhance flexibility through the design process while helping OEMs lower inventory by letting the same low-power, mixed-signal IC be deployed across multiple applications.

EPIC (Eggtronic Power Integrated Controller) ICs are designed to optimise performance and low-load to full-load efficiency, minimise standby power consumption, lower component count, and form factor in high-performance power converter and wireless power transmission systems. Built around a 32-bit RISC-V core and a rich set of high-performance digital and analog peripherals, EPIC 2.0 Flash ICs feature a flexible internal structure that controls standard and proprietary power conversion architectures.

This announcement makes flash programming available to controllers for various consumer and industrial applications, including USB-PD and Qi charging, AC/DC, DC-DC power supplies, motion control, lighting and wireless power transmission at ratings up to 10kW. Using the new Epic devices, engineers can deliver up to 96% efficiencies while having the flexibility to deploy proprietary firmware, adapt firmware libraries at any stage of development, accommodate changes to industry standards and easily test various design options during prototyping.

"The new series was created to help further simplify and speed the design process and to minimise the number of ICs that OEMs needed to have in inventory," said Igor Spinella, Eggtronic's CEO and founder. "Developers can, for example, minimise risk by starting with the Flash version before a seamless transition to a cost-efficient OTP EPIC for production, while OEMs can stock a single, general-purpose part number for a variety of applications, with specific functionality being added through reprogramming of the flash, either before mounting the IC or even directly in-circuit."

The EPIC2ATxxx flash version is seamlessly compatible with all the company's firmware developed for the existing EPIC2ACxxx OTP version, so customers and OEMs can choose the memory best suited for their applications and needs. Several programming tools and detailed data sheets are available on request for evaluating and adopting its controllers.