Microchip Technology has announced that MOST150 Technology has been implemented in the Volvo S90. This is the second Volvo model where its infotainment system includes MOST150 technology. Volvo Cars has been utilising Microchip’s technology for many years and recently began utilising MOST150, the latest MOST technology from Microchip.

Microchip Technology and Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) are partnering to provide customers with complete Projected-CAPacitive (PCAP) touch and 3D-gesture interface modules, which will lead to faster development and lower costs. The modules will make it easier to design multi-touch and 3D gesture displays with Microchip’s award-winning GestIC technology, which offers a hand tracking range of up to 20cm from the display surface.

Microchip Technology has just become a new contest partner of the the IQRF Wireless Challenge and brings new development tools for all of the contestants and the winners. All the registered contest participants are eligible to order a chipKIT uC32 Development Board with a 30% discount. The chipKIT uC32 Development Board is also a new prize for all of the six IQRF Wireless Challenge II winners.

Microchip Technology has announced that AUDI AG is using MOST technology to network the high-end Audi virtual cockpit system in the latest model year of its best-selling A4 Sedans. This follows a similar deployment in its Q7 SUV and TT Coupe models. Specifically, Audi is utilising Microchip’s OS81110 and OS81118 MOST150 Intelligent Network Interface Controllers (INICs), which provide 150 Mbps performance and support all MOST network data ty...

Microchip Technology have applauded the Linux Foundation for presenting its vision of the automotive industry’s future and the value of Automotive Grade Linux (AGL), in a session at the MOST Cooperation’s Interconnectivity Conference Asia 2015, which was recently held in Tokyo.

Microchip announces the KSZ8061 single-chip 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX automotive- and industrial-grade Ethernet physical-layer transceiver, which is designed for data communication over low-cost Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP) cables. It is the first of a family based on the patented and programmable Quiet-WIREenhanced EMC technology, providing reduced line emissions and superior receiver immunity performance.

Microchip announces its MPLAB Harmony Ecosystem Program for the developers of embedded middleware and operating systems who are seeking to unlock the business potential of Microchip’s 32-bit PIC32 MCU customer base. Ecosystem partners also gain early and easy access to the complete and current set of MPLAB Harmony tools.

Microchip announces the expansion of its Digital-to-Analogue Converter (DAC) product line with the MCP48FXBXX families of devices. The six-member MCP48FEBXX DAC family offers integrated EEPROM to save DAC settings at power-down, while the MCP48FVBXX family provides lower-cost alternatives for applications that do not require integrated memory.

The portfolio of Microchip’s Low Power PIC microcontrollers (MCUs) has been extended with the launch of the new PIC24F ‘GB6’ family. These include up to 1MB of Flash memory with Error Correction Code (ECC) and 32kB of RAM, making it the first 16-bit MCU in Microchip’s portfolio to offer such a large memory size. 

Microchip Technology has announced that the MOST Linux Driver supporting Microchip’s MOST network interface controllers has been incorporated into the staging section of the Linux Mainline Kernel 4.3 operating system. The increasing demand for reliable and simple solutions to support audio, video and data communications in cars is driving the trend toward using Linux and open-source software in combination with MOST technology, the de-facto...

Expanding its programmable USB-port power controller portfolio, Microchip Technology has announced a dual-channel USB-port power controller. The UCS2112 helps designers to address a wide array of host devices, such as the laptops, tablets, monitors, docking stations and printers found in automotive, computing, education and aviation applications, as well as multi-port charging accessories and storage.

Microchip announces the expansion of its MTCH10x mTouch sensing portfolio with the turnkey MTCH102-5-8 capacitive touch controllers. In a hardware-only configuration, these 2, 5 and 8-channel controllers replace mechanical buttons with a simple digital output, making it easy to add proximity and touch detection to any application that is constrained by size, power or cost.

Microchip Technology have announced that system designers using the de-facto industry standard, MOST technology, in their automotive infotainment networks can now leverage Microchip’s broad product portfolio of MOST networking products to quickly bring cost-efficient CI+-based Pay TV to their cars. The MOST Cooperation recently released its latest MOST Stream Transmission Specification, which includes support for the MOST CI+ Interim Licens...

Toyota is using Microchip's MOST50 Intelligent Network Interface Controllers (INICs) to power the infotainment systems of its new Vellfire executive-lounge vehicles. This is the latest deployment among a wide variety of the Toyota Motor Corporation’s brands, which have been using MOST50 in their infotainment systems for more than a decade, including both volume and luxury vehicles.

Microchip Technology has announced that its MOST50 Intelligent Network Interface Controllers (INICs) are powering the infotainment systems of the new Toyota Alphard executive-lounge hybrid vehicles. This is the latest deployment among a wide variety of the Toyota Motor Corporation’s brands, which have been using MOST50 in their infotainment systems for many years, including both volume and luxury vehicles. In the new Alphard implementation,...

Microchip has added a series to its high-performance PIC32MZ family of 32-bit MCUs, which features an integrated hardware FPU for high performance and lower latency in intensive single and double-precision maths applications. This 48-member PIC32MZ EF series also offers a 12-bit, 18 MSPS ADC for a wide array of high-speed, wide-bandwidth applications.

Microchip has announced that PSA PEUGEOT CITROËN is networking the coaxial-cable infotainment system of its Aircross SUV concept car using MOST technology. Specifically, PSA is utilising Microchip’s OS81110 and OS81118 MOST150 Intelligent Network Interface Controllers (INICs), which provide 150Mb/s performance and support all MOST network data types.

Microchip announces an expansion of the development platform for its growing portfolio of innovative 8-bit PIC MCUs with Core-Independent Peripherals (CIPs). Designers can combine these building blocks to perform application functions autonomously, and they can be interconnected with an increasing amount of integrated intelligent analogue peripherals.

Enabling USB-C connectors to be deployed in mobile applications, Microchip has introduced the UTC2000 USB-C controller with a small form factor in a 16-pin QFN package. Designers can now simply and quickly implement the radically updated USB-C connector cost effectively, speeding time to market and minimising BoMs in the consumer, industrial and automotive markets.

  A family of highly configurable low-power embedded controllers customised to the needs of x86-based notebook and tablet platform designers has been released by Microchip.