Ethernet and Internet Protocol (IP)-based networks are everywhere. You can find them in standard computer networks as well as in automotive, IoT and all kinds of automation applications. It has been around for almost 50 years. Henry Muyshondt, Senior Manager, Microchip Technology explains.

Helping designers meet functional safety requirements in touch screen enabled appliances, Microchip Technology has announced its maXTouch MXT336UD-MAUHA1 capacitive touchscreen controller family.

Helping OEMs and their module suppliers simplify the upgrade of existing designs to meet security requirements for future generations, Microchip Technology has announced its CryptoAutomotive security IC, the TrustAnchor100 (TA100). 

Microchip Technology has announced its newly-qualified 700 and 1200V SiC Schottky Barrier Diode (SBD) power devices, providing Electric Vehicle (EV) system designers with solutions that meet stringent automotive quality standards across a wide range of voltage, current and package options.

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Sensor-based Internet of Things (IoT) applications rely on a combination of analogue functionality and digital control capability to meet a challenging list of requirements including low cost, small size, performance and low power. Addressing this challenge through a focus on increased microcontroller (MCU) integration, Microchip Technology has announced the PIC18-Q41 and AVR DB MCU families.

Microchip Technology has acquired Toronto-based LegUp Computing, expanding its Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)-based edge compute solution stack with a high-level synthesis (HLS) tool.

As the IoT expands beyond home automation and drives deeper into home control and grows in building and industrial automation, the need for highly integrated, reliable and secured Industrial IoT (IIoT) connectivity is greater than ever. Microchip Technology has announced a WiFi microcontroller (MCU) module with Microchip’s Trust&GO-enabled verifiable identity.

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As electric motors proliferate across a growing range of system applications, developers need products and tools that ensure systems run as efficiently as possible while reducing board size, component count and energy consumption. Microchip Technology has announced it has expanded its motor control offering with digital signal controllers (DSCs) and microcontrollers (MCUs) that are supported by design tools, development hardware, a torque-ma...

Implementing multi-channel system control or signal outputs using Digital-to-Analogue Converters (DACs) in portable and handheld industrial, communications, consumer and medical systems has been difficult to do without significant processor overhead for device configuration during power-up.

Microchip Technology has acquired New Zealand-based Tekron International, a provider of high-precision GPS and atomic clock time-keeping technologies

System developers of battery-powered and other power-conscious designs with and without LCD displays can now easily add an array of innovative features using a new line of PIC24F eXtreme Low Power (XLP) microcontrollers (MCUs) from Microchip Technology.

Microchip Technology have announced a new GUI development graphics toolkit for its portfolio of 32-bit microprocessors (MPUs) running Linux, helping designers of industrial, medical, consumer and automotive graphical displays to reduce development cost and time-to-market.

The VSC8540/41 Gigabit Ethernet PHY RMII / RGMII Transceiver from Microchip Technology is a Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS)-based device that has been upgraded for avionics and military applications.

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Microchip Technology has announced its AgileSwitch digital programmable gate driver and SP6LI SiC power module kit, a unified system solution to help designers quickly and effectively adopt disruptive Silicon Carbide (SiC) power devices – reducing time to market and ensuring confidence in field deployment.

Microchip has announced its new, highest-density EEPROM 25CSM04. Portable consumer and medical devices including fitness trackers, hearing aids and glucose monitors as well as industrial, automotive and other systems often use customer-specific data sets to optimise the consumer experience.

Until the 12.5Gbps CoaXPress 2.0 interface standard was ratified last year, machine-vision image-capture solutions had replaced conveyor belts as the primary roadblock to achieving faster production-line throughput.

Microchip Technology has announced the LAN8770, an OPEN Alliance TC10 sleep standard Ethernet physical layer transceiver (PHY) with a low sleep current of less than 15µA. A ubiquitous Ethernet architecture simplifies the design, configuration, and control of many different applications.