Texas Instruments has launched a new platform of wireless microcontrollers that are targeted at IoT applications, including battery-less energy harvesting devices. The ultra-low power microcontroller units (MCUs), support a range of radio protocols, including Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), ZigBee 3.0 and ZigBee RF4CE, and 6LoWPAN (and presumably Thread when it launches), as well as sub-GHz and proprietary modes at data rates up to 5Mbps. TI is calling this an industry-first, and says it allows customers to support multiple wireless standards using a single chip and identical radio frequency designs. The new addition to the SimpleLink platform is based on a Cortex-M3 MCU, with flash, RAM, an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), peripheral input, and a sensor controller – essentially a complete package.…