Competitive Analysis

nanoWatt XLP eXtreme Low Power vs. Ultra Low Power Competitor
Energy Consumption Ultra Low Power

nanoWatt XLP

Ultra-low Power Competitor

0.02 A power down (0.025 A RAM retention) 30nA Low Power BOR 0.5A Real Time Clock & Calendar & 0.4uA WDT 195 A/MHz 1 S CPU Wake-up <50 nA pin leakage
Source: Datasheet PIC24F16KA102

0.1A power down Zero-power BOR 0.8A standby mode 250A / 1MIPS <1s clock start-up <50nA pin leakage

Source: Competitor T Roadmap Presentation

Datasheet Comparison
Competitor vs. PIC MCU
PIC16LF1827
Datasheet

PIC18LF14K22
Datasheet

PIC24F04KA201
Datasheet

MSP430F21X1 20/24 4-8 256 100 2 700 700 50 250

Pins Flash Memory (KB) EEPROM (B) RAM (B) Deep Sleep (nA) Sleep (RAM alive) (nA) CPU Wake up time (S) WDT (nA) RTC (nA) I/O Port Leakage (nA) 1MHz Run (A)

18/28 4 256 384 20 5 500 600 5 65

20 8-16 256 512 34 5 460 650 5 150

14/20 4 512 20 25 1 550 450 50 195

All numbers are typical values at minimum Vdd, taken from the datasheet. Base Sleep current included in WDT and/or RTC numbers. Datasheet not having 1MHz EC, numbers are (Typ Current/Max Freq)

Datasheet Comparison
PIC MCU vs. Competition
PIC16LF72X
Datasheet

PIC18LF46K22
Datasheet

PIC24F16KA102
Datasheet

MSP430F21X2

MSP430F22X2/4

Pins Flash Memory (KB) EEPROM (B) RAM (B) Deep Sleep (nA) Sleep (nA) RAM Retention CPU Wake Up Time (S) WDT (nA) RTC (nA) I/O Port Leakage (nA) 1MHz Run (A)

28/44 3.5-14 368 20 5 500 600 5 125

28/44 8-64 1024 3896 20 5 300 800 5 70

20/28 8-16 512 1536 20 25 1 670 450 50 195

28/32 2-8 256-512 100 3 300 700 50 250

38/40 8-32 512-1024 100 3 500 700 50 270

All numbers are typical values at minimum Vdd, taken from the datasheet. Base Sleep current included in WDT and/or RTC numbers. Datasheet not having 1MHz EC, numbers are (Typ Current/Max Freq)

Datasheet Comparison
PIC MCU vs. Competitor T
PIC18F87K22
Datasheet

PIC18F87K90
(LCD)
Datasheet

MSP430F241X/ MSP430F261X 64/80 120 256 100 2 500 1000 50 365

Pins Flash Memory (KB) EEPROM (B) RAM (B) Deep Sleep (nA) Sleep (RAM alive) (nA) CPU Wake up time (S) WDT (nA) RTC (nA) I/O Port Leakage (nA) 1MHz Run (A)

64/80 32-128 1024 4096 20 2 300 700 50 130

64/80 32-128 1024 4096 20 2 300 700 50 130

All numbers are typical values at minimum Vdd, taken from the datasheet. Base Sleep current included in WDT and/or RTC numbers. Datasheet not having 1MHz EC, numbers are (Typ Current/Max Freq)

Power Down Modes

Choice of Power Down Modes

Two Power down options available on some nanoWatt XLP devices
Sleep & Deep Sleep

Current Consumption

Two Application Scenarios: 1

Sleep most of the time Wake-up every second to process data then go back to sleep

Run

Sleep

2
Sleep most of the time Wake-up to process data once every hour, day etc.

Deep Sleep

Very likely to use SLEEP Mode

Very likely to use DEEP SLEEP mode with RTCC

Low Power Mode

Definition

Sleep vs. Deep Sleep comparison

SLEEP (RAM retained) Deep SLEEP
Core Powered Off, Some peripherals can operate, RAM retained RTCC Watch-Dog Timer Brown-out Reset Interrupt Pins Ultra-Low Power Wake Up Power-On Reset Reset Pin Peripherals Shorter (~1-5uS typical) Maintained Maintained IPD increases due to leakage Core, Peripherals and SRAM Powered-Off

Application Power Profile

RTCC Watch-Dog Timer Brown-out Reset Interrupt Pins Ultra-Low Power Wake Up Power-On Reset Reset Pin Longer (wake-up is like POR) Maintained 2 words maintained IPD does not change significantly Run

Wake-Up Sources

Current

Sleep Only

Wake Up Time Pin State RAM State

High Temperature

Deep Sleep Operation Time

PIC16LF72X-IPD PIC18LF46J11/50-IPD PIC18F46J11/50-IPD PIC24F16KA102 - IPD

20nA 54nA 3.1A

25nA

-n/a -n/a

Time to take air sample

13nA 20nA

Impact to Battery Life