A Dual Core Low Power Microcontroller with openMSP430 Architecture for High Reliability Lockstep Applications Using a 180 nm High Voltage Technology Node

Abstract

System and physical design of a dual core low power microcontroller based on an openMSP430 architecture is reported in this work. The system includes an on-chip program and data memory and a timer and a GPIO as peripherals. A top-down design flow has been followed using a digital standard cell library. The design has been manufactured on a commercial 180 nanometer high voltage technology node. The results of the followed design steps and simulation performance are given.