Infineon and NavSemi Deliver Innovative Next-Generation Solar Charge Controllers For India Market
Infineon and NavSemi have announced the availability of Sun Flower solar charge controller based on Infineon's low-power, 8-bit XC800 MCU, which supports multiple serial interfaces including I2C, UART, SPI and SSP. The Energy Maximizer architecture provides up to 97 percent system efficient power extraction in solar photovoltaic PV applications and 25 percent improvement in battery charge
Tweet-- At the Electronica India 2010 tradeshow in Bangalore (Sep 7 - 10, 2010), Infineon Technologies and NavSemi announced the availability of Sun Flower - a solar charge controller with an Energy Maximizer architecture delivering up to 97 percent system efficient power extraction in solar photovoltaic (PV) applications and improving battery charge by up to 25 percent. The Sun Flower solar charge controller incorporates Infineon's state of the art XC800 real-time microcontroller (MCU), voltage regulators, and CoolMOS™ and NavSemi's patent pending MCPTTM (Maximum Current Point Tracking) algorithm. Targeted solar photovoltaic (PV) applications are for example solar battery charge controllers and micro-converters
NavSemi's highly flexible Energy Maximizer solution is based on Infineon's low-power, 8-bit XC800 MCU, which supports multiple serial interfaces including I2C, UART, SPI and SSP. The XC800 features hardware functions needed in PV applications, including voltage and current measurement, as well as panel parameter configuration, with the ability to send an output signal to control external switching. To further simplify development and maximize system efficiency, the XC800 is available with its Digital Application Virtual Engineer (DAVE) software with auto-configure settings for MCU with a simple GUI. The XC800 ADC gives high accuracy over the full temperature range from -40 °C to 150 °C with a conversion time of <1.5us. The XC800 offers up to 64 KB of flash memory for application software, as well as flash Code Read Protection (CRP) to safeguard user-developed code.
"NavSemi is focusing on intelligent and precision control to improve energy harvesting and conversion efficiency. The Sun Flower in addition provides options for remote communication and control for reporting and managing the system offering intelligent solutions for application areas such as Home and Street lighting," said Mr. Babu Jain, founder and CEO for NavSemi.
"Microcontrollers are essential in providing the functionalities and performance with real-time embedded control algorithms while further improving system safety and reliability.The XC800 is supported by development tools from Keil, Tasking and In-fineon Eclipse base free tool chain. Infineon also offers an easy-to-use, comprehen-sive development tool kit." said Mr. Andy Wong, Regional Marketing for Industrial Microcontrollers at Infineon Technologies Asia. "Infineon MCU and power devices have well fitted roadmaps for India's rapid development in energy efficient industry."
Infineon holds the global number-one market position in semiconductor discrete and modules for power electronics, and according to IMS Research's 2009 report, Infineon enjoys a 10.2 percent share of a total market worth around 13.96 billion US dollars.
Further information
Infineon presents the NavSemi's Sun Flower Charge Controller at its booth (hall 2, Lower Level, booth 2310) at the Electronica India 2010, Sep 7-10, in Bangalore, India. NavSemi's Sun Flower is available in the Indian market for Home and Street lighting supporting 80W panels.
Further information about the XC800 family of microcontrollers can be found at www.infineon.com/XC800.
To find out more about Infineon's portfolio in energy efficiency, please see www.infineon.com/ap_energyefficiency
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About Infineon
Infineon Technologies AG, Neubiberg, Germany, offers semiconductor and system solutions addressing three central challenges to modern society: energy efficiency, mobility, and security. In the 2009 fiscal year (ending September), the company reported sales of Euro 3.03 billion with approximately 25,650 employees world-wide. With a global presence, Infineon operates through its subsidiaries in the U.S. from Milpitas, CA, in the Asia-Pacific region from Singapore, and in Japan from Tokyo.
Infineon is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: IFX) and in the USA on the over-the-counter market OTCQX International Premier (ticker symbol: IFNNY).
Further information is available at www.infineon.com