Microchip announces the USB58xx and USB59xx next-gen families of SmartHubs. These are the first seven-port USB 3.1 Gen1 hub ICs available in the market today and offer customers simpler designs and cost savings over previous solutions. These families of hub ICs offer manufacturers multiple direct interfaces to USB Type-C connectors for enabling 5 Gbps USB data rates in a single integrated circuit.

Two low-cost rapid prototyping boards for 32-bit applications have been announced by Microchip. The PIC32MX and PIC32MZ Curiosity Boards include an integrated programmer debugger and are fully incorporated into Microchip’s MPLAB X Integrated Development Environment (IDE).

Microchip announces the PIC18F “K40” family of microcontrollers (MCUs) consisting of 10 new devices ranging from 16-128 KB of Flash memory with package options covering 28-64 pins. These cost optimised 8-bit MCUs are the first PIC18 product family to offer Microchip’s popular Core Independent Peripherals (CIPs). CIPs provide developers with the ability to accomplish tasks in hardware whilst freeing-up the CPU to do other ta...

The industry's first FCC-certified, fully integrated RF transceiver and kit for developing IoT solutions for use of the Sigfox network has been announced by Microchip.

An automotive-grade Local Interconnect Network (LIN) System in Package (SiP) solution with integrated touch hardware support has been announced by Microchip. The SAMHA1GxxA microcontroller family contains capacitive touch hardware support, an event system and complex PWM capability. 

A low-cost, low-risk memory solution has been announced by Microchip, it offers unlimited endurance and safe data storage at power loss. This I2C EERAM memory is an easy to implement, Non-Volatile SRAM (NVSRAM) that can be used by applications that need to constantly or instantaneously record, update or monitor data in sectors which include metering, automotive and industrial.

Microchip introduces hardware cryptography-enabled 32-bit microcontroller for Internet of Things applications.

Microchip announces the availability of a new Digitally Enhanced Power Analogue (DEPA) controller designed to regulate current, regulate voltage, and monitor temperature. The device improves digital support for battery charging and is ideal for DC/DC conversion in server, consumer, industrial and automotive applications. The MCP19124/5 handles configurable charging algorithms for any chemistry, with capabilities for cell balancing and super-...

Microchip announces the availability of the DSC6000 family of MEMS oscillators. The new family is the industry’s smallest MEMS MHz oscillator with the lowest power consumption over full frequency range of 2 KHz to 100MHz. The single-output DSC6000 MEMS oscillators are excellent choices for use as clock references in small, battery-powered devices such as wearables and IoT devices in which small size, low power consumption, and long-term rel...

Microchip Technology has announced that its MOST50 Intelligent Network Interface Controllers (INICs) are powering the infotainment systems of the Lexus GS line of luxury sedans. The new GS line is the latest Toyota brand to use MOST50 in their infotainment system. The Lexus GS is using Microchip’s OS81092 INIC.

Offered at a lower cost than the Explorer 16 Development Board, Microchip announces the Explorer 16/32 Development Board for designing with 16- and 32-bit PIC MCUs. This board comes with an integrated programmer/debugger and several new features that address the latest embedded systems design needs. The board provides a flexible, convenient and easy-to-start tool while being backwards compatible to the classic Explorer 16 Board.

This video walks you through the features of ClockWorks Configurator online tool and shows you how to customise oscillators and clock generators.

This video discusses quantisation and related concepts, such as quantisation error and LSB, with respect to the analogue-to-digital converter.

This webinar looks at the additional memory requirements of features you often use when developing code.

This video provides an overview of the new 10-bit Analogue-to-Digital Converter with Computation (ADCC) found on new 8-bit PIC MCUs.

The industry’s first end-to-end security solution for IoT devices that connect to Amazon Web Services IoT (AWS IoT) have been announced by Microchip. Microchip and AWS collaborated to develop this integrated solution to help IoT devices quickly and easily comply with AWS’ mutual authentication IoT security model. Using Microchip’s security solution will help companies to implement these security best practices from evaluati...

A quick demonstration of the TimeFlash MEMS oscillators field programming kit that allows users to instantly program MEMS oscillators to any frequency, anywhere. This kit supports all Microchip MEMS oscillator package sizes and is designed to enable rapid prototyping and testing.

Microchip simplifies creation of striking graphical human interfaces for embedded developers using 32-bit PIC MCUs.

This video will guide you through the installation process of the DM990101 IoT Ethernet Monitoring Kit powered by Medium One.

A demonstration platform for the world’s lowest-power Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) sensor node has been released by Microchip Technology. The platform comes complete with the award-winning ultra-low power BTLC1000-certified module, a SMART SAM L21 Cortex-M0+ MCU, Bosch sensor technology and a complete software solution.