MCU additions offer 256KB Flash & 83DMIPS

The PIC32MX1/2 MCU series boasts a wide variety of rich features, including up to 50MHz/83 DMIPS performance for executing advanced control applications and mTouch capacitive touch sensing. Additional features include an enhanced 8-bit Parallel Master Port (PMP) for graphics or external memory; a 10-bit, 1Msps, 13-channel ADC, support for SPI and I²S serial communications interfaces and USB device/host/On-the-Go (OTG) functionality.

Microchip’s MPLAB Harmony software development framework further simplifies designs, by integrating the licence, resale and support of Microchip and third-party middleware, drivers, libraries and RTOS. Specifically, Microchip’s readily available software packages, including USB stacks and Graphics and Touch libraries, can greatly reduce the development time of applications such as consumer, industrial and general-purpose embedded control.

Designers seeking to launch consumer products with capacitive touch screens, touch buttons or sliders, as well as USB device/host/OTG connectivity, can benefit from the functionality of the PIC32MX1/2 series of MCUs. The feature-rich peripherals of these MCUs are also suitable for medical and industrial applications, which also include displays with touch-sensing capabilities, in addition to general-purpose embedded control and connectivity capabilities.

This latest PIC32MX1/2 series is supported by Microchip’s free MPLAB X IDE and MPLAB XC32 Compiler for PIC32. The MPLAB ICD 3 In-Circuit Debugger (DV164035) priced at $199.95); and MPLAB REAL ICE In-Circuit Emulation System (DV244005) priced at $499.98, are also available. In addition, the PIC32MX270F256D Plug-in-Module for Explorer 16 Development Board (MA320014), which is priced at $35, supports this series.

These latest PIC32MX1/2 MCUs are available now in 28-pin QFN, SPDIP and SSOP packages and 44-pin QFN, TQFP and VTLA packages.