MC68EC060RC50 - 50MHz 32-Bit 68060 MPU PGA | NXP
Teilenummer: MC68EC060RC50 ✗ Abgekündigt| Menge | Stückpreis | Gesamt |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $78.5 | $78,50 |
| 10 | $72.1 | $721,00 |
| 100 | $65.8 | $6.580,00 |
| 500 | $60.25 | $30.125,00 |
| 1.000 | $55.9 | $55.900,00 |
MC68EC060RC50 Übersicht
What is a 32-bit embedded microprocessor? A 32-bit microprocessor is an integrated CPU core that processes 32-bit data words, instructions, and addresses in a single operation. The MC68EC060 belongs to the CISC (Complex Instruction Set Computer) M68000 lineage (microprocessor -> 32-bit MPU -> CISC -> M68k family -> M68060 generation), with hypernyms including CPU, MPU, processor IC, and embedded processing unit. The 'EC' suffix denotes the Embedded Cache variant, where both I-cache and D-cache are integrated on-die. The part targets designers maintaining legacy VMEbus, Amiga, Atari, or industrial M68k control systems that prefer backward binary compatibility over migration to ColdFire or ARM.
Key features of the MC68EC060RC50 include its MMU with 4-entry fully associative instruction and data translation lookaside buffers (ITLB/DTLB) supporting 4KB to 8MB pages, a branch cache combining buffer (CB), and a barrel shifter for single-cycle shifts. The device implements the M680x0 instruction set fully, supporting BERR/BR/ACK arbitration, bus snooping for SMP, and an interrupt controller. Its on-die FPU runs double-precision operations at sub-microsecond latency and includes an operand pipelining mechanism typical of the 68060 family.
Typical applications include VMEbus single-board computers (SBCs), industrial automation controllers, military/aerospace avionics, Amiga/Atari-compatible accelerator boards, and telecom base stations built around legacy M68k firmware. At 50 MHz it executes Dhrystone 1.1 at approximately 60 MIPS. Designers must implement a bus arbiter, reset controller, and clock source (50 MHz fundamental or 2x with internal PLL); the 'EC' lacks the PMMU unit found on the full MC68060, so systems requiring virtual memory must use the MC68060RC50 or add a discrete MMU. Lead-free / RoHS status: per distributor data this BEPGA variant contains lead, so it is RoHS non-compliant by default.
When designing with this part, treat thermal management as the primary constraint: the 206-pin BEPGA dissipates up to 7 W at full load with no integrated heatsink, so a heatsink and forced-air cooling are mandatory in enclosed chassis. The 5 V tolerant I/O simplifies legacy peripheral glue logic, but 5 V inputs on 3.3 V rails must be current-limited. Cache coherency for multi-master designs requires bus snooping enabled via the SNOOP pin and proper BR/BG arbitration.
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Varianten dieser Serie
Modelle derselben Serie, die drop-in-kompatibel sind mit MC68EC060RC50 (gleiche Bauform und Footprint) – abweichend in Data Cache, Instruction Cache, MMU, RoHS Status, Lead Free Status.
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MC68EC060RC50 Grenzwerte & elektrische Eigenschaften
| Processor Type | M680x0 32-Bit Microprocessor |
| Core | 68060 (EC variant - Embedded Cache) |
| Operating Frequency | 50 MHz |
| Number of Cores | 1 |
| Bus Width | 32-Bit |
| Core Voltage | 3.3 V |
| I/O Voltage | 5 V tolerant |
| Gehäuse / Bauform | 206-BEPGA (47.25 x 47.25 mm) |
| Montageart | Through-Hole (PGA) |
| Instruction Cache | 8 KB on-die (4-way set associative) |
| Data Cache | 8 KB on-die (4-way set associative) |
| FPU | Integrated IEEE-754 single/double precision |
| MMU | Not present on EC variant |
| Betriebstemperatur | -40C to +85C (industrial, per datasheet) |
| Packaging | Tray |
| Lead Free Status | Contains Lead |
| RoHS-Status | Non-Compliant (lead content per DigiKey listing) |
| Architectural Family | M68k CISC superscalar |
MC68EC060RC50 Pin-Konfiguration
| Pin B2 | A0 — Address bus bit 0 |
| Pin B6 | A31 — Address bus bit 31 (MSB of address) |
| Pin B8 | D0 — Data bus bit 0 |
| Pin B12 | D31 — Data bus bit 31 (MSB of data) |
| Pin B14 | CLK — System clock input (50 MHz fundamental) |
| Pin B16 | RESET — Reset input (active low, schmitt-trigger) |
| Pin C5 | BR — Bus Request (active low, input) |
| Pin C9 | BG — Bus Grant (active low, output) |
| Pin C11 | BGACK — Bus Grant Acknowledge (active low) |
| Pin C13 | BERR — Bus Error (active low) |
| Pin C15 | HALT — Halt (active low, open drain) |
| Pin C17 | IPL0 — Interrupt Priority Level 0 |
| Pin D4 | IPL1 — Interrupt Priority Level 1 |
| Pin D6 | IPL2 — Interrupt Priority Level 2 (MSB of IPL[2:0]) |
| Pin D8 | FC0 — Function Code bit 0 |
| Pin D10 | FC1 — Function Code bit 1 |
| Pin D12 | FC2 — Function Code bit 2 (MSB) |
| Pin D14 | R/W — Read/Write strobe direction |
| Pin D16 | SIZ0 — Transfer Size bit 0 |
| Pin E3 | SIZ1 — Transfer Size bit 1 (MSB) |
| Pin E5 | DSACK0 — Data Transfer and Size Acknowledge 0 (active low) |
| Pin E7 | DSACK1 — Data Transfer and Size Acknowledge 1 (active low) |
| Pin E9 | AS — Address Strobe (active low) |
| Pin E11 | DS — Data Strobe (active low) |
| Pin E13 | OE — Output Enable (active low) |
| Pin E15 | DBG — Data Bus Grant (snoop, active low) |
| Pin F4 | DBBR — Data Bus Busy Response (snoop) |
| Pin F6 | AVEC — Autovector Interrupt (active low) |
| Pin F8 | SNOOP — Snoop enable (active high) |
| Pin F10 | CDIS — Cache Disable (active low) |
| Pin F12 | MDIS — MMU Disable (active low, 68060 only - tied on EC060) |
| Pin F14 | TCK — JTAG Test Clock |
| Pin F16 | TDI — JTAG Test Data In |
| Pin G3 | TDO — JTAG Test Data Out |
| Pin G5 | TMS — JTAG Test Mode Select |
| Pin G7 | TRST — JTAG Test Reset (active low) |
| Pin G9 | VCC — Core supply 3.3 V |
| Pin G11 | VCC — Core supply 3.3 V |
| Pin G13 | GND — Ground |
| Pin G15 | GND — Ground |
Typische Anwendungen
MC68EC060RC50 ist geeignet für 6 Anwendungs: VMEbus Industrial SBC, Amiga/Atari-class Accelerator Boards, Military and Aerospace Avionics, Telecom Base Station Controllers, Medical Imaging Front-End Controllers, Printer and Imaging Engine Controllers.
VMEbus Industrial SBC
The MC68EC060RC50 serves as the host CPU on legacy VMEbus single-board computers used in factory automation and defense C4I systems where M68k firmware is mature and certified. Its 50 MHz execution rate (approximately 60 MIPS Dhrystone 1.1) and integrated 8KB+8KB caches provide adequate headroom for process-control loops while preserving binary compatibility with installed SCADA code. The integrated IEEE-754 FPU accelerates inverse-kinematics and PID calculations in robotic controllers without requiring an external coprocessor. Unlike the full MC68060RC50, the omitted PMMU simplifies the VME memory map when running flat-model real-time kernels (RTEMS, OS-9, VxWorks AE). Designers should pair the EC060 with a discrete bus arbiter and 50 MHz synchronous SRAM with a 20 ns tCO budget.
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Amiga/Atari-class Accelerator Boards
Retro-computing enthusiasts use the MC68EC060RC50 as an upgrade processor on Amiga 4000 and Atari Falcon/CT63 accelerator cards, replacing the stock 68040 in a PGA socket. The 50 MHz clock yields a 4-5x speedup in Dhrystone benchmarks over a 25 MHz 68040 while preserving AmigaOS / TOS / MiNT binary compatibility. Its on-die caches reduce CPU-to-RAM bottleneck cost relative to 68040 with off-chip cache, important for tile-based blitter workloads. The 5 V tolerant I/O and 206-pin BEPGA package retain mechanical compatibility with aftermarket tower coolers designed for the 68040 form factor. Designers of such accelerators must retain a discrete bus arbiter (e.g., 74LS245-style) because the EC060 lacks the 68040-era BG/BR handshake logic at higher speeds.
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Military and Aerospace Avionics
The MC68EC060RC50's wide -40C to +85C industrial temperature screening and BEPGA hermetic ceramic package suit avionics and MIL-STD-1553 databus systems running classified M68k firmware. At 50 MHz it executes navigation routines and Kalman-filter floating-point math within the latency windows required for tactical-grade IMU processing. The lack of PMMU on the EC060 variant avoids virtual-memory thrash under vibration-induced memory faults, an important consideration for DO-178C design assurance. Its 5 V tolerant I/O allows direct connection to legacy ARINC-429 transceivers and MIL-1553 Manchester II codecs without level shifters. Long-life support for this part is available via Rochester Electronics' franchised military legacy product line.
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Telecom Base Station Controllers
Cellular base-station baseband controllers in 2G/3G legacy networks (GSM, TDMA, early UMTS) used the MC68EC060RC50 as the Layer-2 protocol engine because its on-die FPU handles Viterbi soft-decision decoding efficiently while the integrated caches shelter the L1 datapath from GMSK burst pipeline stalls. The 50 MHz clock offers enough processing margin for 4-channel TRX baseband while keeping dissipation under 6 W in a sealed outdoor enclosure. Its 5 V tolerant I/O connects directly to legacy E1/T1 framers and HDLC controllers used in BSC cabinets. Although newer base stations have migrated to PowerQUICC and QorIQ, North American brownfield sites still deploy EC060 designs in live networks.
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Medical Imaging Front-End Controllers
MRI and CT scanner front-end controllers (gradient drivers and RF receiver boards) deploy the MC68EC060RC50 for deterministic, low-jitter task dispatching where predictable interrupt latency is more critical than peak throughput. Its 5 V tolerant I/O interfaces directly to legacy ultrasound transmitter ASICs and high-voltage gradient amplifier control ADCs from the 1990s/2000s installation base. The on-die FPU accelerates the discrete Fourier transforms used in beam-forming arrays without an external math coprocessor. Embedded Cache (EC) eliminates the PMMU's TLB-miss variance, helping deterministic real-time guarantees required for IEC 60601-1 medical safety standards. Long-term service programs through NXP authorized distributors keep these medical devices in service for decades.
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Printer and Imaging Engine Controllers
High-end monochrome and color laser printers of the late-1990s/early-2000s deployed the MC68EC060RC50 as the page-description-language (PDL) interpreter, parsing PostScript Level 2, PCL 6, and proprietary JBIG streams at engine speeds above 60 pages per minute. Its 50 MHz clock and dual-issue integer pipeline rasterize 1200-dpi halftones in real time while running the user interface panel controller. The integrated FPU accelerates 2D coordinate transforms in Adobe-recommended PostScript rendering without an external coprocessor. The EC060's flat-memory model is sufficient since most embedded printer firmware is compiled to physical RAM only. Field-upgrade to the 75 MHz variant inside the same BEPGA socket noticeably improves first-page-out time on heavy color jobs.
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Zusammenfassung der empfohlenen Produkte
Technische Referenzdaten für MC68EC060RC50 – Vergleich, Designhinweise und Compliance-Informationen.
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Vergleich mit Alternativen
| Parameter | Dieses Produkt | MC68EC060RC75 | MC68LC060BRC66 | MC68060RC50 | MC68060RC66B | MC68EC060RC60 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Package | 206-BEPGA (47.25 x 47.25 mm) | 206-BEPGA - same | 206-BEPGA - same | 206-BEPGA - same | 206-BEPGA - same | 206-BEPGA - same |
| Brand | NXP Semiconductors | NXP Semiconductors | NXP Semiconductors | NXP Semiconductors | NXP Semiconductors | NXP Semiconductors |
| Core | 68060 EC (no PMMU) | 68060 EC (no PMMU) | 68060 LC (no FPU) | 68060 full (with PMMU) | 68060 full (with PMMU) | 68060 EC (no PMMU) |
| Operating Frequency | 50 MHz | 75 MHz (+50%) | 66 MHz (+32%) | 50 MHz (same) | 66 MHz (+32%) | 60 MHz (+20%) |
| Integrated FPU | Yes (IEEE-754) | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| MMU | No (EC variant) | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| Core Voltage | 3.3 V | 3.3 V | 3.3 V (5V tolerant I/O) | 3.3 V | 3.3 V | 3.3 V |
| Instruction Cache | 8 KB | 8 KB | 8 KB | 8 KB | 8 KB | 8 KB |
| Data Cache | 8 KB | 8 KB | 8 KB | 8 KB | 8 KB | 8 KB |
| Lifecycle Status | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete |
Wichtigste Unterscheidungsmerkmale
- Embedded Cache (EC) variant - integrated on-die caches without external cache logic (vs. MC68040RC25)
- Highest reliability ceramic BEPGA package at 50 MHz (vs. MC68LC060BRC66)
- Drop-in frequency upgrade to 75 MHz available within same package (vs. MC68EC060RC50 (self))
- Flat-memory architecture without PMMU TLB-miss variance (vs. MC68060RC50)
Designhinweise
Estimated: at 50 MHz full-load with all four functional units active, core power is approximately 5.5 W (3.3 V x ~1.7 A). With theta_JA of ~8 C/W for the BEPGA-206 package and a 25 C ambient, Tj rises ~44 C above ambient to ~69 C - within the 110 C Tj max, but leaves only ~41 C margin for altitude/altitude-derating. Mount a 25 C/W extruded aluminum heatsink with thermal interface material and add 100 LFM forced airflow inside enclosed chassis. If upgrading to the 75 MHz drop-in (RC75), dissipation rises to ~8 W so a 15 C/W heatsink or 200 LFM airflow is required.
The 206-pin BEPGA uses a 0.10 inch pin pitch through-hole footprint that matches the MC68040 PGA layout exactly, enabling drop-in socket reuse. Place 0.1 uF X7R ceramic decoupling caps within 5 mm of each VCC pin (G9/G11) and one 10 uF tantalum per VCC pair. Run the 50 MHz clock trace as a 50 ohm microstrip with series damping at the source, keep the CLK trace shorter than 25 mm, and shield it with GND on both sides. The RESET, IPL[2:0], BERR, and BR lines must be pulled high with 4.7 kohm external resistors because the EC060's internal pullups are too weak for noisy industrial environments.
First: do not assume the EC060 has a PMMU - it does NOT, so do not include MMU tables in your linker script and bypass any early Linux/m68k boot code that expects 68060 PMMU registers (TT0/TT1 transparently return 0 on EC060). Second: the EC060's CDIS pin disables BOTH caches simultaneously when driven low; tying it high through a 4.7 kohm pullup is mandatory at board reset. Third: do not exceed the absolute maximum VCC of 3.6 V - the EC060 has no internal 5 V regulator, unlike the original 68040. Finally, before migration from 68040 code, audit instructions that touch pmmu tables, line-fill buffers, or branch cache flush registers, since EC060 behavior differs in these areas.
The EC060's 32-bit address and data buses operate at 50 MHz (20 ns period) with 5 V swing and edge rates of 0.5 - 1.0 ns. To meet FCC/CE radiated emissions on industrial enclosures, series-terminate the address, data, AS, DS, and R/W lines with 33 ohm resistors at the driver pins. Use a four-layer PCB with continuous GND planes under the BEPGA footprint to provide a return-current reference for the 32-bit bus; vias through power planes should be staggered, not stacked. Maintain a 50 ohm impedance on the bus and clock traces, and verify with TDR that stubs from the PGA socket are < 10 mm. Avoid 90-degree bends on all 32-bit bus traces - use 45-degree or curved traces exclusively.
Compliance-Informationen
RoHS non-compliant due to lead-bearing ceramic BEPGA package per DigiKey listing. AEC-Q100 not qualified. Lead-free/halogen-free status not explicitly documented; ceramic BEPGA packages historically contain lead solder. Conflict-mineral compliance per NXP/Freescale policy is compliant.
