Win a Microchip Dual Mode PICtail Board (RN-4678-PICTAIL) from Electronics Specifier Design. 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.

Microchip has announced a portfolio of 48Gb Ethernet chips featuring advanced capabilities, certified compliance, comprehensive software support and copy-ready evaluation tools. The new suite of products, known together as GigEpack, aims to reduce complexity and remove barriers in deploying high-speed networks, opening up new uses and applications.

Microchip has announced further expansion of its AVR microcontroller (MCU) portfolio with the addition of three new devices to the tinyAVR MCU family. The new ATtiny1617 series of MCUs expands the range of AVR devices that feature Core Independent Peripherals (CIPs), which help to increase system throughput while lowering overall power consumption.

Microchip announces the CEC1702 hardware cryptography-enabled microcontroller which addresses the increasing need for security measures, such as secure boot, driven by the continual growth of IoT applications. The CEC1702 is a full-featured ARM Cortex-M4-based microcontroller with a complete hardware cryptography-enabled solution in a single package.

Microchip announces the immediate availability of their advanced motor-control software plug-in for the MPLAB X IDE with auto-tuning and self-commissioning capability. The plug-in, called motorBench Development Suite, is a GUI-based tool with automatic tuning of feedback control gains and offline accurate measurement of critical motor parameters such as resistance, inductances and the back EMF constant.

Microchip announces the dsPIC33EP128GS808 family of high-performance, live-updateable dsPIC DSCs. The new devices offer up to 128 KB of dual-partition Flash memory with live-update capability, advanced analogue features and enhanced CIPs suitable for high-end digital power applications such as AC/DC power supplies, DC/DC converters, power inverters and advanced lighting applications.

Microchip has announced the PIC16F15386 family, the most powerful launching point into the 8-bit PIC microcontroller (MCU) portfolio. In addition to Microchip’s current Core Independent Peripherals (CIPs), this series includes a high-accuracy 32MHz internal oscillator and memory features such as Memory Access Partition (MAP) with bootloader-friendly write-protection to prevent accidental over-write. 

  The industry’s first zigbee alliance certified zigbee platform with zigbee PRO and Green Power features, formerly known as zigbee 3.0, from a semiconductor company is now available from Microchip Technology.

  Through its Silicon Storage Technology (SST) subsidiary, Microchip Technology has announced that their embedded SuperFlash technology is enabling secure bank cards through a secure Integrated Circuit (IC) from StarChip, a subsidiary of SAFRAN Security & Identity.

In April 2016, Microchip completed the acquisition of Atmel Corporation. At electronica, Electronic Specifier Editor Joe Bush caught up with Lucio Di Jasio, Microchip’s European Business Development Manager, to get an update on what the company has been doing since.

Microchip Technology announced that all former Atmel products are now available on microchipDIRECT, Microchip’s full service channel. For the first time, customers can purchase products such as AVR and SAM microcontrollers and development tools direct from the manufacture. “Ensuring microchipDIRECT offers the full range of Microchip products is a top priority,” said Mitch Little, vice president of global sales for Microchip...

Microchip Technology has announced that Daimler plans to utilise its OS81118 Intelligent Network Interface Controller (INIC) with integrated coaxial transceiver, as its next-gen infotainment networking platform. 

Learn about our low cost platform with an integrated programmer and debugger and easy expandability with a mikroBUS interface.

A quick overview of the high performance PIC32MZEF floating point MCU, its development tools and software ecosystem.

Microchip Technology announced that Audi has included MOST150 technology in their latest compact SUV model, the Q2. Media Oriented Systems Transport (MOST) technology is designed for in-vehicle infotainment platforms. MOST enables the deployment of a large variety of automotive premium surround sound audio systems and driver information systems such as full digital instrument clusters and heads-up displays.

Through its Silicon Storage Technology (SST) subsidiary, Microchip Technology has enabled the shipment of more than 75 billion semiconductor devices with embedded SuperFlash technology.

Learn how you can implement a cost effective BLDC motor control solution with low cost PIC32MM 32-bit MCU. 

Microchip's Media Oriented Systems Transport (MOST) technology is being used to power one of the world's most technologically advanced sports coupés surround sound audio and infotainment system. Pagani Automobili’s Huayra BC supercar is using MOST technology Intelligent Network Interface Controllers (INICs) from Microchip.

It has been announced that MOST150 technology from Microchip Technology, has been implemented in the new Aston Martin DB11. Aston Martin Lagonda has been utilising MOST technology for years and has smoothly migrated from MOST25 to MOST150 technology for their latest model. The DB11 is the first Aston Martin car to base its infotainment system on MOST150 technology.

  An extension to Microchip's 32-bit PIC32MZ EF microcontroller (MCU) family has been announced, with its first automotive-grade PIC32 MCUs and a higher-speed variant operating over the industrial temperature range.