Microchip announces the expansion of its eXtreme Low Power (XLP) microcontrollers (MCUs) with the PIC24F ‘GA3’ family, which features the industry’s lowest active current for 16-bit Flash MCUs, as well as several flexible new low-power sleep modes. The PIC24F ‘GA3’ devices feature 150 microamperes/MHz active current, as well as six DMA channels, which allow a routine to be executed with less power consumption and increased throughput.

The LCD Explorer Development Board enables designers to evaluate and design systems with a complex 8 common LCD display. The 296 segment LCD display is driven by 37 Segment and 8 common lines and allows customers to utilize a 37 x 7 segment banner. The on-board potentiometer, temperature sensor, 4 buttons, mTouch key and PICtail(TM) Plus expansion connectors provide a versatile platform for low power system development.

Jeff Sather of Cymbet Corporation discusses the technology behind Solar Energy Harvesting based upon thin film batteries called Enerchips and Microchip's eXtreme Low Power PIC Microcontrollers. As more electronic applications require low power or battery power, energy conservation becomes paramount. Today's applications must consume little power, and in extreme cases, last for up to 15-20 years, while running from a single battery.

Microchip Technology Inc., has announced that its MPLAB X Integrated Development Environment (IDE) has won the prestigious 2011 Elektra Award in the Design Tools and Development Software Award category.

Microchip Technology Inc., today announced a free series of technical training seminars in India—beginning in February —that will show designers how to easily adapt to changing product requirements by migrating a real-world application from 8, to 16, to 32-bit PIC microcontrollers (MCUs). The seminars will run from February to March 2012 in eight locations—Ahmadabad, Bangalore, Cochin, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai and New Delhi.

Microchip annonce l’ajout du MTD6505 à son portefeuille de drivers sans capteurs à architecture sinusoïdale pour les moteurs de ventilateurs sans balais triphasés. Le MTD6505 est le premier driver autonome programmable par résistance autorisant la sélection de plusieurs plages de FCEM. Grâce à cette particularité unique, les ingénieurs peuvent concevoir un vaste éventail de caractéristiques de ventilateur à moteur sans balais triph...

Microchip announces the expansion of its sinusoidal, sensorless, 3-phase BLDC fan motor driver portfolio with the MTD6505, the industry’s first and only standalone, resistor-programmable driver that enables the selection of multiple back-EMF coefficient ranges. This unique feature allows engineers to design for a wide variety of 3-phase BLDC fan characteristics with a single cost-effective and flexible device, thus saving time and money by stan...

The MCP6N11 and MCP6V2x Wheatstone Bridge Reference Design demonstrates the performance of Microchip's MCP6N11 instrumentation amplifier (INA) and a traditional three op amp INA using Microchip's MCP6V26 and MCP6V27 auto-zeroed op amps. The input signal comes from an RTD temperature sensor in a Wheatstone bridge. Real world interference is added to the bridge's output, to provide realistic performance comparisons. Data is gathered and displayed o...

Microchip announces the lowest-cost development tool supporting 3.3V 16-bit and 32-bit PIC® microcontrollers (MCUs), as well as 16-bit dsPIC® Digital Signal Controllers (DSCs) in 28-pin SPDIP packages. The flexible Microstick II tool features everything designers need to start development with these MCUs and DSCs, including an integrated debugger and programmer, user LED, reset button, and DUT socket for easy device swapping.

This video is provides additional information to assist in developing your AR10x0 or AR1100 touch screen solution. It explains the three main types of analog resistive touch screen sensors and presents the advantages of each sensor type to assist in determining the best sensor for your application.

Microchip announces the PIC12LF1840T48A which is the first in a family of single-chip devices that integrate an eXtreme Low Power (XLP), 8-bit PIC microcontroller with a sub-GHz RF transmitter. The PIC12LF1840T48A’s combination of features in a single, 14-pin TSSOP package makes it ideal for space-, power- and cost-constrained applications, such as remote keyless entry fobs for automobiles, garage doors and home security systems, as well as a ...

Microchip announces the MCP9808 silicon temperature sensor, which serves a broad range of applications by guaranteeing high accuracy of 0.5 degrees from -20 to +100 degrees Celsius, combined with high temperature resolution of 12 bits (0.0625 degrees Celsius/LSB). The MCP9808 comes in small MSOP and 2x3 mm DFN 8-pin packages, for space-constrained applications, and additional features include shutdown, an under/over-temperature monitor and a cri...

Microchip announces a new family of stand-alone Real-Time Clock/Calendar (RTCC) devices. The MCP795WXX/BXX RTCC devices have a 10 MHz SPI, non-volatile memory and an effective combination of features at a price lower than most competitors’ devices, including those with fewer features. The new devices reduce component counts and costs for applications which include smart-energy products, such as thermostats, power meters and commercial refrige...

Microchip annonce le lancement de son premier amplificateur d’instrumentation : le MCP6N11. Ce nouvel amplificateur de mesure intègre la technologie mCal, mise au point par Microchip. Cette technologie comprend un circuit de calibrage sur puce, qui autorise une faible tension d'offset initiale et offre un moyen de contrôler la dérive d’offset, ce qui apporte une meilleure précision dans le temps temps comme en température. La technolog...

Microchip announces the expansion of its enhanced core 16-bit dsPIC33 and PIC24 ‘E’ Digital Signal Controller and microcontroller (MCU) families. The new devices include on-chip op amps and Microchip’s Charge Time Measurement Unit (CTMU) peripheral to enable advanced features at a low cost, in user-interface, intelligent-sensing, general-purpose and motor-control applications. Pin-compatibility with existing 16-bit dsPIC33 DSCs and PIC24 ...

Microchip announces its first instrumentation amplifier, the MCP6N11. The new instrumentation amp features Microchip’s unique mCal technology, which is an on-chip calibration circuit that enables low initial offset voltage and a means of controlling offset drift, resulting in higher accuracy across time and temperature. The MCP6N11’s low-power CMOS process technology enables low power, whilst providing a gain bandwidth product of 500 kHz, and...

Microchip announces that the 32-bit PIC32 microcontroller (MCUs) now operate from -40°C to 105°C, extending their use into a wide range of robust applications in the communications, industrial, medical, automotive, appliance and renewable-energy markets. The newly-qualified V-Temp MCUs continue to provide the full range of PIC32 MCU features including peripherals for connectivity, graphics, audio, touch sensing and industrial CAN, to provide th...

Microchip annonce le lancement d’une nouvelle gamme de microcontrôleurs PIC32 32 bits avec peu de broches avec une performance de 61 DMIPS, dans des boîtiers réduits à 5 mm x 5 mm, idéaux pour les systèmes faibles coût avec des contraintes d'espaces. Les microcontrôleurs PIC32 « MX1 » et « MX2 » sont les microcontrôleurs PIC32 les plus petits et les moins chers du marché, et les premiers PIC32 à intégrer des périphériques audi...

Microchip announces an expansion of its Multi-Purpose Flash Plus (MPF+) memory portfolio, with the introduction of the SST39VF80xC and SST39VF160xC NOR Flash memory devices which combine small size, low power consumption and high performance. The SST39VF80xC offers 8 Mbit of memory, while the SST39VF160xC offers 16 Mbit of memory. Manufactured with high-performance CMOS SuperFlash technology, these low-power, 3V, x16 parallel NOR Flash devices fe...

Microchip Technology Inc announced a new series of low pin count 32-bit PIC32 microcontrollers (MCUs) that provide 61 DMIPS of performance in packages as small as 5 mm x 5 mm for space-constrained and cost-sensitive designs. The PIC32 MX1 and MX2 MCUs are the smallest and lowest-cost PIC32 microcontrollers, and are the first PIC32s to feature dedicated audio and capacitive-sensing peripherals. These new MCUs include a host of additional useful f...