Freescale Semiconductor is a global leader in the design and manufacture of embedded semiconductors for the automotive, consumer, industrial, networking and wireless markets. The company is based in Austin, Texas, and has design, research and development, manufacturing or sales operations in more than 30 countries.

Their unparalleled portfolio of power management solutions, microprocessors, microcontrollers, sensors, radio frequency semiconductors, analog and mixed signal circuits and software technologies are embedded in products used around the world.

The MCF5206 integrated microprocessor combines a ColdFire processor core with several peripheral functions such as a DRAM controller, timers, parallel and serial interfaces, and system integration. Designed for embedded control applications, the ColdFire core delivers enhanced performance while maintaining low system costs.

To speed program execution, the on-chip instruction cache and SRAM provide single-cycle access to critical code and data. The MCF5206 processor greatly reduces the time required for system design and implementation by packaging common system functions on-chip and providing glueless interfaces to 8-, 16-, and 32-bit DRAM, SRAM, ROM and I/O devices.