Mouser Electronics, Inc., the authorized global distributor with the newest electronic components and industrial automation products, is now shipping the new MCX W series microcontrollers (MCUs) from NXP Semiconductors. The MCX W series are compact, secure, wireless MCUs designed to enable interoperable, scalable and innovative designs for the next generation of smart and secure connected devices in edge, IoT, smart home, building automation and controls, and smart energy applications.
The NXP Semiconductors MCX W series, available from Mouser, is based on the Arm® Cortex®-M33 core, offering a unified range of pin-compatible multiprotocol wireless MCUs for Matter™, Thread®, Bluetooth®Low Energy and Zigbee®. The MCX W series includes the industry’s first wireless MCU to support the new Bluetooth Channel Sounding standard, which improves the accuracy and security of distance measurement compared to traditional Bluetooth technology for a wide range of applications, such as secure access, asset tracking and indoor wayfinding. With NXP’s Trimension® portfolio of ultra-wideband (UWB) secure radar and fine-ranging products, The MCX W series enhances a broad range of market segments and applications in ambient computing. The MCX W series supports both standalone or hosted architectures and is pin- and software-compatible, allowing developers to easily migrate to the part that best fits their use case. The MCX W series is supported by the MCUXpresso Developer Experience.
Also available from Mouser is the NXP FRDM-MCXW71 development board. The FRDM-MCXW71 is a compact and scalable multiprotocol board for rapid prototyping and easy evaluation of the MCXW71 wireless MCU, with wireless support for Bluetooth LE, Zigbee, Thread, and Matter. This board includes an onboard MCU-Link debugger, industry-standard headers for easy access to the MCU’s I/Os, an accelerometer, a light sensor, and external SPI flash memory.
NXP recognized Mouser in 2024 as the Outstanding Online Distributor for the MCX New Product Introduction in EMEA.
To learn more about the MCX W MCU, visit https://www.mouser.com/new/nxp-semiconductors/nxp-mcx-w-mcus/. To learn more about the FRDM-MCXW71 dev board, visit https://www.mouser.com/new/nxp-semiconductors/nxp-frdm-mcxw71-dev-board/.
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