Microchip Technology today announced the expansion of its 8-bit eXtreme low Power Enhanced Midrange Core PIC microcontrollers, with the new PIC16F1512/13 devices.

Microchip today announced from the DESIGN East/ESC Boston Conference the expansion of its certified Full-Speed USB 2.0 Device PIC microcontroller portfolio with three new Enhanced Midrange 8-bit families comprising 15 scalable MCUs ranging from 14 to 100 pins with up to 128 KB of Flash.

Microchip annonce l’ajout de quatre nouveaux composants à son portefeuille de SRAM série, qui affichent tous les meilleures densités et vitesses du marché. Ce sont également les premières SRAM série du marché à avoir une tension de fonctionnement de 5 V, très courante dans les applications automobiles et industrielles. Ces composants SPI économiques de 512 Kb et 1 Mb, comme les autres composants du portefeuille, ont une faible consom...

The Spizzle Demo is a PC gaming application where you rotate a spherical puzzle and try to line it up for the approaching/matching pieces. The game requires the use of Microchip's Motion Sensor Demo Board (Part # DM240316).

Microchip announces two new digital audio mixer boards based on low pin-count 32-bit PIC32 microcontrollers. The DM320014 USB digital audio accessory board uses standard USB 2.0 Mini-B connectivity; whilst the DM320413 digital audio mixer board offers Apple portable device connectivity. These two development boards, each powered by a Microchip PIC32MX250F128 32-bit MCU, enable audio and voice device development for a broad range of applications.

Microchip announces the expansion of its comprehensive Multi-Purpose Flash Plus portfolio with the introduction of four new compact 512K x16 parallel Flash CMOS devices: the SST39VF401C, SST39F402C, SST39LF401C and the SST39LF402C. Manufactured with high-performance CMOS SuperFlash technology, these low-power, 2.7-3.6V, x16 parallel NOR Flash devices feature a split-gate design and thick-oxide tunnelling injector for superior reliability and ...

Microchip Technology Inc today introduced the volatile MCP47A1 Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC). This low-power, low-cost DAC features a 1.8-5.5V wide operating voltage range, and is offered in a 6-pin SC70 package. The MCP47A1 is ideal for applications in the automotive, audio and industrial markets, such as portable, handheld battery-operated products, and applications such as set-point or offset trimming and sensitive mechanical-trim pot re...

Microchip annonce l’intégration de la famille des MCP795XX SPI à 10 broches à son portefeuille de modules RTCC (horloge/calendrier temps réel) autonomes. Ces nouveaux composants reprennent de nombreuses caractéristiques de la famille des MCP795WXX à 14 broches, plus vaste, et affichent même de meilleures performances de chronométrage.

Microchip has today announced that it was recently ranked one of the top 50 best companies to work for in India in a recent study conducted by the Great Place to Work Institute. 2012 marked the ninth year that this research was carried out, and the response this year was significant, with more than 580 participating organisations. This makes it the largest study of its kind in India.

Microchip announces the expansion of its serial SRAM portfolio with four new devices that feature the industry’s largest densities and speeds. They are also the industry’s serial SRAM first with 5V operation, which is used extensively in automotive and industrial applications. These low-cost 512 Kb and 1 Mb SPI devices maintain the portfolio’s low power consumption and small, 8-pin packages. Speeds of up to 80 Mbps are achieved via the q...

Microchip has today revealed that it is expanding its stand-alone Real-Time Clock/Calendar portfolio with the new 10-pin, SPI MCP795XX family. These new devices offer many of the same features as the larger 14-pin MCP795WXX family, including superior timekeeping performance. Reducing overall component count in the system and eliminating the user programming costs for a serial ID make the MCP795XX RTCC family an ideal choice for the handheld, wire...

This video presents a brief introduction to the MCP3911 Analog Front-End and reviews the MCP3911 ADC Evaluation Board for 16-bit MCUs for high accuracy energy measurement and data acquisition applications.

A video detailing the world's lowest current 16-bit MCU, the PIC24F GA3 series.

Microchip has broadened its portfolio of zero-drift operational amplifiers with the debut of the MCP6V11 and MCP6V31 single amplifiers. Operating with a single supply voltage as low as 1.6V and a quiescent current as low as 7.5 µA, these ultra-high-performance devices offer some of the industry’s lowest quiescent current for the given bandwidth without sacrificing the optimal performance essential for portable applications in the cons...

The MTD6505 device is a 3-phase full-wave sensorless driver for brushless DC (BLDC) motors.

This video discusses a low cost and easy to use development tool called MicrostickII. It supports low cost PIC32 Microcontrollers and as well as 16-bit MCUs and DSCs.

Microchip annonce le lancement de son circuit frontal analogique (ou AFE pour Analogue Front End) de mesure de l’énergie de dernière génération, le MCP3911, doté de deux CAN delta-sigma 24 bits fonctionnant à 3 V, affichant une précision inégalée pour un rapport SINAD (signal+bruit+distorsion) de 94,5 dB et un taux de distorsion harmonique THD de 106,5 dB. Grâce à ces caractéristiques, depuis le courant de seuil jusqu’au courant m...

Microchip Technology Inc. today launched its next-generation energy-measurement analog front end (AFE), the MCP3911, which features two 24-bit, delta-sigma ADCs that operate at 3V with industry-leading accuracy of 94.5 dB SINAD and 106.5 dB THD. This provides better energy-meter and power-monitoring performance by accurately measuring from start-up to maximum current, and enables faster calibration during production.

Microchip annonce la simplification de sa gamme de compilateurs C offrant la meilleure vitesse d’exécution et la taille de code la plus réduite possible pour tous les microcontrôleurs PIC et contrôleurs de signal numérique (DSC) dsPIC ~900 produits. Avec les compilateurs MPLAB XC8, XC16 et XC32, les développeurs 8, 16 et 32 bits bénéficient d’une famille unifiée de 3 compilateurs avec chacun trois niveaux d’optimisation : Free, Sta...

Microchip annonce l’extension de sa famille de microcontrôleurs à cœur milieu de gamme amélioré : les microcontrôleurs 8 bits PIC16F(LF)178X intègrent désormais des périphériques analogiques avancés et de communication, tels que des convertisseurs analogiques-numériques (CAN) 12 bits, des convertisseurs numériques-analogiques (CNA), des amplificateurs opérationnels et des comparateurs rapides, ainsi qu'un EUSART compatible LIN et ...