Against the backdrop of the transformation and upgrading of the manufacturing industry, the robotics industry is ushering in a new opportunity for development, entering a fast track of growth. Recently, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, in conjunction with the National Development and Reform Commission and other fifteen ministries, jointly issued the “14th Five-Year Plan for the Development of the Robotics Industry,” which clearly states that by 2025, China will become a global source of innovation in robot technology, a hub for high-end manufacturing, and a new high ground for integrated applications. As a core control component of industrial robots, MCUs and other control chips are bound to benefit from the rapid growth of the industrial robot market.
Currently, the industrial robot market in China is largely occupied by foreign robot brands. However, with the rise of domestic robot brands, the market share of domestic MCU chips is gradually expanding. Apart from some high-end markets, domestic chips can now compete comprehensively with foreign chips, even having advantages in terms of product cost-performance ratio and localized services. The market development space for domestic MCUs as robot control chips is enormous.
Robots have become more complex, precise, and intelligent in terms of position, speed, and action sequence control, which poses new challenges for the functionality, performance, and interfaces of robot controllers. High-performance and highly integrated MCUs have become the mainstream solution for robot main control chips. Currently, 40nm has become a mature process for MCUs, and future designs of MCUs using more advanced processes and higher performance cores will significantly enhance performance while hardware-accelerating some core control algorithms and integrating higher precision ADCs, improving the control response speed and accuracy of robots while also reducing system costs.
As a leading domestic MCU manufacturer, Guomin Technology has long been involved in the field of robot control applications. Guomin Technology’s industrial enhanced MCUs feature excellent motor control algorithm technology and powerful processing performance, along with a rich array of high-speed analog devices and digital communication interfaces, enabling customers to easily complete innovative product designs and develop more powerful and intelligent robot products.
The advantages of Guomin Technology’s MCUs in robot applications include:
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High Performance
The chip is based on the Cortex-M4F core, with a main frequency of 144MHz and processing performance of up to 180 DMIPS, supporting FPU floating-point operations, with built-in Cache and prefetch modules, allowing for fast instruction execution to meet the high computing power demands of various motion algorithms and intelligent control.
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High Integration
Supports four independent multi-channel 5Msps high-speed 12-bit ADCs for rapid sampling of analog signals such as voltage/current/Hall from robot devices, enabling real-time calculation and monitoring of servo motor operating status;
The multi-channel PWM outputs provided by the chip can meet the precise control requirements for six-axis motors;
The high integration of peripheral resources includes multiple UART/I2C/SPI expansion interfaces, providing strong system expandability.
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Safety
Provides high security through the chip’s built-in cryptographic algorithm hardware acceleration engine, protecting core code security.
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Diverse Packaging
Offers various packaging forms, with LQFP100 packaging meeting the application needs for multiple pins in complex functional designs.
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High Reliability
The entire series is designed for industrial-grade applications, ensuring high reliability and stable operation of robot systems within a temperature range of -40℃ to 105℃.
Currently, Guomin Technology’s 32-bit industrial enhanced MCUs, such as the N32G45X, N32G43X, and N32G030 series, have been widely applied in robotic arms, robotic skeletons, stepper motors, and servo motors. The N32G455, N32G435, and N32L4x series of MCUs, with their high-performance ARM Cortex-M4F core and high main frequency, as well as industry-leading specifications such as 5Msps high-speed 12-bit ADCs, are suitable for the laser navigation modules of mobile robots and can also serve as main control chips for various mobile robots, having been successfully applied in the products of several industry benchmark customers, including robot vacuum cleaners and delivery service robots.
To meet the demands of the high-end market, Guomin Technology will subsequently launch higher-performance high-speed motion control main control chips based on the ARM Cortex M7 core, assisting customers in achieving more innovative applications.
About Guomin Technology
Guomin Technology Co., Ltd. was established in 2000 as part of the national “909” integrated circuit special project and was listed on the Growth Enterprise Market in 2010 (stock code: 300077). It is a leading enterprise in China’s security chips and general MCUs, as well as a national high-tech enterprise, possessing the first independent security chip attack and defense technology laboratory in the country and a post-doctoral research workstation. Headquartered in Shenzhen, it has branches in Beijing, Shanghai, Wuhan, Xi’an, Hong Kong, Singapore, and other locations. Its main products include: security chips, general MCUs, trusted computing chips, smart card chips, contactless read-write chips, Bluetooth chips, RCC innovative products, etc., widely used in network security certification, electronic banking, electronic certificates, mobile payment and mobile security, IoT, industrial networking and industrial control, smart appliances and smart home IoT terminals, consumer electronics, motor drives, battery and energy management, smart metering, medical electronics, automotive electronics, security, biometrics, communications, sensors, and machine automation applications. Official website: www.nationstech.com
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