Website for analogue semiconductor samples launched by Anglia and Microchip

The Website includes a comprehensive selection guide and a full online ordering facility, and provides the fastest route for UK engineers to obtain samples of Microchip’s analogue parts – most requests will be fulfilled within 24 hours.

The sampling service from the Analog2go Website will be backed up by a high level of support from Anglia’s technical team, which can assist with reference designs as well as offering help with specific design problems. One area where this turnkey approach will be of particular benefit is that of power consumption, which is a major consideration for designers these days, especially in mobile and portable systems. In many cases it is possible to optimise the power performance simply by means of the power management circuitry, rather than by changing the microcontroller to one with a lower power specification. Re-designing the analogue circuit requires far less development time and resources than does changing the micro.

Microchip’s range of analogue semiconductors includes thermal and power management devices, switching regulators, charge pump DC-to-DC converters, power MOSFET drivers and battery management ICs. The range also includes linear, mixed signal and interface ICs, such as op amps, programmable gain amplifiers, comparators, A/D and D/A converters, frequency-to-voltage and voltage-to-frequency converters, LCD drivers and Ethernet interface ICs.