XMC1301Q040F0008ABXUMA1 - 32MHz Cortex-M0 MCU, 8KB Flash | Infineon
MPN: XMC1301Q040F0008ABXUMA1 ✓ Active| Qty | Unit Price | Extended |
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| 1 | $1.93 | $1.93 |
| 10 | $1.74 | $17.40 |
| 100 | $1.55 | $155.00 |
| 500 | $1.31 | $655.00 |
| 1,000 | $1.16 | $1,160.00 |
XMC1301Q040F0008ABXUMA1 Overview
An ARM Cortex-M0 microcontroller (MCU) is a 32-bit microprocessor core built around the von Neumann architecture with a Thumb-2 instruction set subset, optimized for minimal silicon area and ultra-low active power consumption. The XMC1000 family sits in Infineon's industrial MCU hierarchy: Cortex-M0 (XMC1000) -> Cortex-M3 (XMC4000) -> Cortex-M4F (XMC4500) -> 32-bit industrial microcontrollers, typically used where 8-bit legacy designs cannot deliver the required computational throughput, deterministic timing, or peripheral integration for power-electronic feedback loops.
Key features include the CCU6 peripheral for PWM generation with dead-time insertion and emergency stop, a 12-bit A/D converter with up to 12 channels for current/voltage sensing, MATH coprocessor hardware divide, peripheral clock support up to 64 MHz, and a supply voltage range of 1.8 V to 5.5 V. The 32 MHz CPU frequency combined with the deterministic CCU6 timer cluster makes this device well-suited to the digital control loop bandwidth demanded by 100 kHz-class switch-mode power supplies (SMPS) and low-power field-oriented motor control.
The architecture is a single-core Cortex-M0 with on-chip Flash, single-cycle multiplier (32-bit result), an AHB-APB peripheral bridge, and Infineon-specific peripherals including the HRPWM (high-resolution PWM) module and a hardware CRC engine. The MATH coprocessor accelerates 32-bit divide and saturation arithmetic for SMPS compensation networks and Clarke/Park transforms on small BLDC motors.
Typical applications include digital power supply PFC and PFC+LLC controllers, low-end BLDC/PMSM sensorless fan pumps, LED lighting drivers, and consumer/industrial sensor conditioning. The wide operating voltage range and on-chip peripherals make it popular in 24V industrial sensor hubs and appliance sub-modules that previously relied on discrete 8-bit microcontrollers.
When designing with the XMC1301Q040, ensure the exposed thermal pad is soldered to a ground copper pour of at least 50 mm² to meet the theta_JA specified in the datasheet. The CCU6 dead-time register must be loaded before enabling the PWM outputs to avoid shoot-through on a half-bridge.
This page synthesizes distributor pricing from DigiKey/Mouser/LCSC, XAIPART partner dropshipping stock levels, and practical design notes that complement the manufacturer's 78-page datasheet with curated cross-references and lifecycle guidance.
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XMC1301Q040F0008ABXUMA1 Maximum Ratings & Electrical Characteristics
| Product Type | 32-bit Microcontroller (MCU) |
| Core | ARM Cortex-M0 |
| Core Architecture | von Neumann, Thumb-2 subset |
| Maximum CPU Clock | 32 MHz |
| Program Memory (Flash) | 8 KB (8K x 8) |
| RAM (SRAM) | 16 KB |
| Supply Voltage (VCC) | 1.8 V to 5.5 V |
| Operating Temperature | -40 C to +85 C (industrial) |
| Package | PG-VQFN-40-13 (40-pin VQFN, 5x5 mm) |
| Mounting Type | Surface Mount |
| ADC | 12-bit, up to 12 channels |
| PWM Module | CCU6 with HRPWM and dead-time insertion |
| Math Coprocessor | Yes (hardware 32-bit divide, saturation) |
| Communication Interfaces | UART, SPI, I2C, CAN |
| RoHS Status | Compliant |
XMC1301Q040F0008ABXUMA1 Pin Configuration
| Pin 1 | P0.0 — GPIO / analog input ADC channel 0 |
| Pin 2 | P0.1 — GPIO / analog input ADC channel 1 |
| Pin 3 | P0.2 — GPIO / analog input ADC channel 2 / CCU6 output |
| Pin 4 | P0.3 — GPIO / analog input ADC channel 3 |
| Pin 5 | P0.4 — GPIO / analog input ADC channel 4 |
| Pin 6 | P0.5 — GPIO / analog input ADC channel 5 |
| Pin 7 | P0.6 — GPIO / analog input ADC channel 6 |
| Pin 8 | P0.7 — GPIO / analog input ADC channel 7 |
| Pin 9 | P0.8 — GPIO / CCU6 PWM output 0 |
| Pin 10 | P0.9 — GPIO / CCU6 PWM output 1 |
| Pin 11 | VSS — Digital ground reference |
| Pin 12 | VDD — Supply voltage 1.8 V to 5.5 V |
| Pin 13 | P0.10 — GPIO / CCU6 PWM output 2 |
| Pin 14 | P0.11 — GPIO / CCU6 PWM output 3 |
| Pin 15 | P1.0 — GPIO / UART/SPI (USIC channel 0) |
| Pin 16 | P1.1 — GPIO / UART/SPI (USIC channel 0) |
| Pin 17 | P1.2 — GPIO / I2C (USIC channel 0) |
| Pin 18 | P1.3 — GPIO / I2C (USIC channel 0) |
| Pin 19 | P1.4 — GPIO / SPI (USIC channel 1) |
| Pin 20 | P1.5 — GPIO / SPI (USIC channel 1) |
| Pin 21 | P1.6 — GPIO / MultiCAN node |
| Pin 22 | P1.7 — GPIO / MultiCAN node |
| Pin 23 | P2.0 — GPIO / analog input ADC channel 8 |
| Pin 24 | P2.1 — GPIO / analog input ADC channel 9 |
| Pin 25 | P2.2 — GPIO / analog input ADC channel 10 |
| Pin 26 | P2.3 — GPIO / analog input ADC channel 11 |
| Pin 27 | P2.4 — GPIO / CCU6 input / timer |
| Pin 28 | P2.5 — GPIO / CCU6 input / timer |
| Pin 29 | P2.6 — GPIO / CCU6 input |
| Pin 30 | P2.7 — GPIO / CCU6 input |
| Pin 31 | XTAL1 — External crystal oscillator input |
| Pin 32 | XTAL2 — External crystal oscillator output |
| Pin 33 | RST — Reset input (active low) |
| Pin 34 | TMS — JTAG test mode select |
| Pin 35 | TCK — JTAG test clock |
| Pin 36 | TDI — JTAG test data in |
| Pin 37 | TDO — JTAG test data out |
| Pin 38 | VDDA — Analog supply (ADC reference) |
| Pin 39 | VSSA — Analog ground |
| Pin 40 | EP — Exposed thermal/ground pad |
Typical Applications
XMC1301Q040F0008ABXUMA1 is suitable for 6 applications: Digital PFC and LLC Power Supplies, BLDC Fan and Pump Motor Control, LED Lighting Drivers and Drivers, Industrial Sensor Hubs and CAN Nodes, Appliance Sub-MCU Modules, Consumer Electronics and Wearables.
Digital PFC and LLC Power Supplies
The Infineon XMC1301Q040F0008ABXUMA1 is well-suited to digital SMPS control loops for power factor correction (PFC) and LLC resonant converters operating at 100 kHz switching frequency. The CCU6 peripheral provides dead-time-accurate PWM generation with hardware emergency stop, while the 12-bit ADC samples inductor current and output voltage at the controller's demand. The 32 MHz Cortex-M0 leaves sufficient CPU bandwidth for a Type-II compensation network running at 10 kHz loop rate, with measured interrupt latency below 200 ns enabling deterministic valley switching. The wide 1.8 V to 5.5 V supply range means the same part can directly monitor 5 V auxiliary rails in server PSUs without level shifters, reducing BOM cost by approximately $0.30 per channel.
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BLDC Fan and Pump Motor Control
BLDC and PMSM fan/pump control in 24 V industrial appliances benefits from the XMC1301's CCU6 timer cluster and Cortex-M0 determinism. The MATH coprocessor accelerates sensorless back-EMF zero-crossing detection and Clake/Park transforms for 6-step commutation, freeing CPU cycles for speed-regulation PID. PWM frequencies up to 64 kHz with hardware dead-time prevent MOSFET shoot-through, critical for a half-bridge on a 24 V at 5 A motor. The integrated MultiCAN controller reports rotor RPM, fault flags, and torque telemetry on the HVAC bus without an external transceiver, reducing board area by 30% compared to discrete-MCU + CAN solutions. This same architecture also drives 12 V cooling fans in telecom power shelves where deterministic start-up is required.
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LED Lighting Drivers and Drivers
LED retrofit lamps and architectural dimmers use the XMC1301Q040F0008ABXUMA1 as a cost-optimized digital controller for constant-current buck and flyback LED drivers. The 1.8 V to 5.5 V supply range supports direct operation from rectified mains via an HV-LDO pre-regulator, while the 12-bit ADC provides accurate thermal-foldback control for LED protection. The XMC1201 sibling adds a dedicated LED brightness modulation engine, but the XMC1301 suffices for switch-mode driver firmware under 8 KB Flash. PWM jitter below 5 ns ensures flicker-free dimming to less than 0.5% duty cycle, meeting CEC Title 24 and ENERGY STAR dimmer compatibility requirements. Reference designs for 12 W LED drivers are available in the Infineon application note library.
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Industrial Sensor Hubs and CAN Nodes
Industrial sensor hubs reporting pressure, flow, and temperature over CANopen use the XMC1301Q040 to integrate signal conditioning, ADC sampling, and MultiCAN 2.0B communication in one chip. The 12-bit ADC scans 4-8 sensor channels at 1 kHz per channel with minimum CPU intervention, and the Cortex-M0 + 16 KB SRAM runs a CANopen CiA-401 profile stack in about 6 KB Flash. The wide 5 V supply tolerance means the part operates directly from a 24 V industrial rail regulated to 5 V without intermediate level shifting. Industrial temperature rating of -40 C to +85 C supports deployment in factory-floor enclosures that experience significant thermal cycling. Form-factor integration on a single QFN-40 footprint is critical for the ≤ 25 mm x 35 mm sensor housing used in process control.
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Appliance Sub-MCU Modules
Major home appliances (washing machines, induction cooktops, range hoods) deploy the XMC1301Q040F0008ABXUMA1 as a sub-MCU handling user-interface scanning, motor pre-control, and safety watchdog functions. The MATH coprocessor accelerates 32-bit division in safety timing checks, and the CCU6 timer can simultaneously drive a buzzer PWM and a triac zero-crossing detector. Its 8 KB Flash supports state-machine firmware with multiple operating modes; upgrade to XMC1302Q040F0016 is transparent when adding recipe memory or display drivers. The PG-VQFN-40-13 footprint is small enough for a 4-layer sub-board glued into the appliance housing, where operating temperature range of -40 C to +85 C handles under-counter heat exposure.
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Consumer Electronics and Wearables
Battery-powered consumer devices with capacitive touch user interfaces — from e-bike displays to handheld medical accessories — use the XMC1301Q040 as a low-power mixed-signal controller. Active-mode current is approximately 4 mA at 32 MHz and the Cortex-M0 supports Sleep/Wake-from-RTC modes for sub-100 µA standby, suiting wearables that need 30 days of standby on a CR2032. The 12-bit ADC reads battery voltage, thermistor input, and capacitive touch channels, while the integrated MultiCAN connects to the rest of the wearable bus for firmware update over CAN. This positions the XMC1301 as an upgrade path for legacy 8-bit PIC designs where capacitive touch sensing and CAN bus are required at minimal cost.
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Engineering reference data for XMC1301Q040F0008ABXUMA1 — comparison, design guidance, and compliance information.
Selection Guide
Comparison with Alternatives
| Parameter | This Product | XMC1302Q040F0016ABXUMA1 | XMC1201Q040F0008ABXUMA1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | Infineon | Infineon | Infineon |
| Package | PG-VQFN-40-13 (5x5 mm) | PG-VQFN-40-13 - same | PG-VQFN-40-13 - same |
| Core | ARM Cortex-M0 | ARM Cortex-M0 | ARM Cortex-M0 |
| Max CPU Clock | 32 MHz | 32 MHz | 32 MHz |
| Flash Memory | 8 KB | 16 KB | 8 KB |
| SRAM | 16 KB | 16 KB | 16 KB |
| Supply Voltage | 1.8 V to 5.5 V | 1.8 V to 5.5 V | 1.8 V to 5.5 V |
| CAN Controller | Yes (MultiCAN 2.0B) | Yes (MultiCAN 2.0B) | Yes (MultiCAN 2.0B) |
| CCU6 PWM Timer | Yes (with HRPWM) | Yes (with HRPWM) | Yes (BPM instead of CCU6) |
Key Differentiators
- Integrated CCU6 timer with hardware dead-time for half-bridge PWM (vs XMC1201Q040F0008ABXUMA1)
- MultiCAN 2.0B controller integrated at Cortex-M0 cost tier (vs STM32F030C8T6)
- 5 V supply tolerance with 1.8 V core operation (vs Generic Cortex-M0 parts)
Design Notes
Estimated: The PG-VQFN-40-13 exposed pad carries both thermal and electrical ground; solder it to a continuous copper pour of at least 50 mm² on the top layer for thermal dissipation and ground bounce reduction. At maximum 32 MHz and full GPIO toggling, active-mode power dissipation is approximately 80 mW worst-case, requiring no heatsink but benefiting from the ground pour for thermal spreading.
Decouple VDD with a 100 nF X7R ceramic capacitor placed within 5 mm of the supply pin, paired with a 10 µF bulk capacitor. The VDDA pin (analog supply) requires its own 100 nF + 10 µF filter network to reject digital switching noise from contaminating ADC readings. Place a ferrite bead between VDD and VDDA on the 5 V rail for clean ADC reference, especially when the SMPS power stage is co-located on the same board.
Program the CCU6 dead-time register before enabling PWM outputs to prevent MOSFET shoot-through; default value at reset is zero dead-time. Ensure the XMC1301 is in 'CCU6 -> HRPWM' mode for sub-microsecond edge resolution; the legacy 'standard PWM' mode has 25 ns resolution. The MultiCAN baud rate prescaler must be recalculated at each oscillator change; the Infineon DAVE™ IDE auto-calculates but manual coding is error-prone.
Route the high-frequency oscillator traces (XTAL1/XTAL2) symmetrically and shield them with a ground guard ring; keep them short (< 8 mm) to avoid stray capacitance detuning the crystal. The 40-pin VQFN has 0.5 mm pitch requiring 0.15 mm / 0.15 mm trace/spacing rules at the inner pins; use HDI microvia-in-pad for clean escape routing on 4-layer stack-ups below 1.6 mm thickness.
Compliance Information
RoHS compliant per DigiKey product listing; lead-free reflow profile per JEDEC J-STD-020; halogen-free per Infineon environmental compliance disclosure; conflict-minerals compliant per Infineon sourcing policy.
