Microchip has announced the availability of the industry’s first external CAN Flexible Data Rate (CAN FD) controller. The MCP2517FD provides designers with a simplified path to upgrade from CAN 2.0 to CAN FD and benefit from CAN FD protocol enhancements.

The immediate availability of a precision power- and energy-monitoring chip has just been announced by Microchip. The PAC1934 works in conjunction with a Microchip software driver that is fully compatible with the Energy Estimation Engine (E3) built into the Windows 10 operating system to provide 99% accuracy on all battery-powered Windows 10 devices. 

The new 1.8V Serial Quad I/O SuperFlash memory device has been announced by Microchip. The SST26WF064C, a low-voltage 64-Megabit device, combines Dual Transfer Rate (DTR) with proprietary SuperFlash NOR Flash technology, making it suitable for wireless and battery-powered applications. 

In order to include AVR and SAM microcontrollers (MCUs), Microchip Technology has expanded its custom programming service. For the first time ever, users can add their custom code to MCUs from more than 30 AVR and SAM families, along with nearly all PIC MCUs and memory devices, directly from the manufacturer via microchipDIRECT. Microchip claims to be the only company in the industry that provides an online custom programming service to all of it...

  Manufacturer of microcontroller, memory and analogue semiconductors, Microchip has announced the MPLAB ICD 4, an in-circuit programming and debugging development tool for Microchip’s PIC microcontroller and dsPIC digital signal controller portfolios.

Microchip has announced the SAM D5x and SAM E5x MCU families. These new 32-bit MCU families offer extensive connectivity interfaces, powerful performance and robust hardware-based security for a wide variety of applications. The SAM D5/E5 microcontrollers combine the performance of an ARM Cortex-M4 processor with a Floating Point Unit (FPU). This combination offloads the CPU, increasing system efficiency and enabling process-intensive a...

Developed by Microchip Technology, Media Oriented System Transport (MOST) technology will network the in-vehicle infotainment system of Volvo Cars’ second generation XC60 SUV. The highly publicised Volvo XC60 will be the fourth Volvo model to implement MOST150 technology, which continues to meet Volvo’s high standards for in-vehicle infotainment. Volvo Cars has been utilising Microchip’s MOST technology for years to provide the ...

Microchip announces the industry’s first family of Controller Area Network (CAN) transceivers including automotive Grade 0 qualified parts. The ATA65XX family adds six new devices to Microchip’s CAN portfolio. The new family supports the recently established CAN FD (Flexible Data-rate) protocol for up to 5 Mbit/s communication speed and the new CAN PN (Partial Networking) standard for improved energy efficiency for vehicles.

Automotive manufacturers and tier one suppliers can incorporate Media Oriented Systems Transport (MOST) networks in a daisy-chain configuration in addition to a ring topology thanks to the newest MOST150 Intelligent Network Interface Controller (INIC) from Microchip Technology. With a daisy-chained network, a single cable segment is sufficient to connect two adjacent devices in the network, reducing cables and connectors for the back channel on e...

Microchip has announced a new family of eXtreme Low Power (XLP) technology 32-bit MCUs. The PIC32MX1/2 XLP family offers current PIC32MX customers an easy migration path to achieve higher performance at much lower power, enabling both increased functions and longer battery life in portable applications. The PIC32MX1/2 XLP family increases performance in small pin-count devices with little code rework for existing customers.

Microchip has announced new PIC32MM 'GPM' microcontrollers (MCUs). These eXtreme Low Power (XLP) MCUs feature large memory in small packages to provide ample battery life for space-constrained applications. With the inclusion of several connectivity options, Core Independent Peripherals and feature-rich development boards, the 'GPM' MCUs are well suited for digital audio applications, gaming/entertainment devices, IoT sensor nodes and portable me...

A new family of low-power microcontrollers (MCUs) has been announced by Microchip featuring Core Independent Peripherals (CIPs) and intelligent analogue for driving Liquid Crystal Displays (LCD). The nine member PIC16F19197 family includes a battery-friendly LCD drive charge pump; 12-bit ADC with computation (ADC2); a low-power comparator; and active clock-tuning of its high-frequency oscillator. They are the first 8-bit MCUs to be opti...

The 32-bit PIC32MZ DA microcontroller (MCU) family has been announced by Microchip, which it claims to be the industry’s first MCU with an integrated 2D Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) and up to 32MB of integrated DDR2 memory. This combination gives customers the ability to increase their application’s colour resolution and display size, up to 12" with easy-to-use microcontroller (MCU) based resources and tools including the MPLAB Inte...

For use in-vehicle infotainment with device control over Internet Protocol (IP), Microchip Technology has made a new high-speed network solution available. Unified Centralized Software Stack (UNICENS) is a software module available at no charge to Microchip customers who are using Intelligent Network Interface Controllers (INIC) such as the OS81118, OS81119 and any future INICs. UNICENS encapsulates many of the network specifics and all...

Microchip has announced the availability of a fully-certified Wi-Fi SDK with Apple HomeKit support. This SDK enables MFi licensees to create fast, low-power designs on the industry’s first hardware cryptography-enabled Wi-Fi-based development kit for HomeKit. Microchip’s Wi-Fi SDK combines hardware cryptography suites within the CEC1702, a full-featured ARM Cortex-M4-based MCU, with the industry-proven WINC1510, a low-power ...

Microchip has announced a Digitally-Enhanced Power Analogue (DEPA) buck controller for DC/DC power conversion which offers more flexibility than any other analogue control architecture on the market today. The single-chip MCP19122/3 solution controls DC/DC converters and is capable of accepting a high-voltage input up to 42V while simultaneously regulating a wide output voltage range of 0.3V to 16V without any external components or drivers.

Win a Microchip Dual Mode PICtail Board (RN-4678-PICTAIL) from Electronic Specifier. The RN4678 PICtail is a Bluetooth Dual Mode demonstration board using the Microchip RN4678 Bluetooth Dual Mode module. The RN4678 module is a Dual mode Bluetooth module that complies with Bluetooth Core Specification 4.2.

As low-power microcontrollers (MCUs) and Bluetooth radios prepare appliances for connectivity with billions of “things”; the IoT is a reality, says Jason Tollefson, Microchip Technology Microchip Technology at PCIM Europe 2017: Stand 7- 138

A new family of maXTouch touchscreen controllers has been announced by Microchip. The MXT1665T-A family of automotive-qualified touchscreen controllers is designed for large-screen automotive Human Machine Interface (HMI) designs. The technology brings multi-touch HMI, such as that experienced on a mobile phone, to car drivers and passengers on screen sizes from 8-15". The MXT1665T-A family features Microchip’s adaptive touch technolog...

Microchip has announced the SAM R30 SiP, a single-chip RF MCU which incorporates an ultra-low power microcontroller with an 802.15.4 sub-GHz radio to provide multi-year battery life in a compact 5 mm package. The SAM R30 SiP delivers design flexibility and proven reliability all in a small package, making it ideally suited for connected home, smart city and industrial applications.