With ever increasing Connectivity options, Security Protocols and Sophisticated Human Interfaces, Software and AP developers find themselves caught more deeply in the dichotomy of dealing with increasing complexity of designs and shrinking timelines. Resource constraints and constantly evolving software landscape provide challenges to software Integration that have to be overcome to enable designers to focus…
Digital signal controllers address power supply challenges
The 14-member dsPIC33EP “GS” family of Digital Signal Controllers (DSCs) from Microchip Technologies delivers the performance needed to implement more sophisticated non-linear, predictive and adaptive control algorithms at…
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Overcoming software development challenges by using an integrated software framework
With ever increasing Connectivity options, Security Protocols and Sophisticated Human Interfaces, Software and AP developers find themselves caught more deeply in the dichotomy of dealing with increasing complexity of designs and shrinking timelines. Resource constraints and constantly evolving software landscape provide challenges to software Integration that have to be overcome to enable designers to focus…
Microcontrollers feature scalable memory
Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, today announced a new series of its low-cost, high pin count 32-bit PIC32 microcontrollers (MCUs)….
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High-speed a/d converters hit 200 msps
Microchip announced two families of new high-speed A/D converters in the MCP37DX1-200 and MCP372X1-200 families. These families feature 12-, 14- and 16-bit pipelined A/D converters with a maximum…
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PIC uC offers math accelerator, PID loop functions
Microchip announced from Electronica in Germany an expansion of its 8-bit PIC® microcontroller (MCU) portfolio, with the peripheral-rich, low-pin count PIC16(L)F161X family. These new MCUs introduce and expand…
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Microchip controller connects smartphones to automotive infotainment systems
Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, today announced the extension of its USB2 Controller Hub (UCH2) portfolio with the new automotive-grade,…
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Energy management analog front end targets power metering
Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, today announced the completion of its high-accuracy, 1-8 channel, single and poly-phase MCP391X energy-measurement Analog…
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Dev. kit for 2D, 3D gestures
Microchip Technology Inc. (MCHP), a provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, has announced the expansion of its Human Interface Input Sensing Solutions portfolio with the introduction…
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MPLAB® Harmony supports all 32-bit PIC® MCUs
Microchip Technology Inc., a provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, announced the availability of MPLAB® Harmony Version 1.0. MPLAB Harmony is a flexible, abstracted, fully integrated…
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The CTMU in the Sensor Signal Chain
In this Frank Talk about Sensors, Randy Frank talks to Jim Bartling of Microchip Technology about reducing processing time in the sensor signal chain. To hear the…
Micro Car Uses RF & MCU Products
At Sensors Expo 2014, Dave Richkas, Bluetooth Product Line Manager for the Wireless Products division of Microchip Technology demonstrated a real-world application of Microchip’s Bluetooth and microcontroller products….
Microchip Expands XLP Low-Power PIC Microcontroller Portfolio
Microchip Technology Inc., a provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, today announced from the Sensors Expo in Rosemont, IL the expansion of its eXtreme Low Power…
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Microchip Releases the RN4020 Bluetooth Smart Module
Microchip Technology Inc., a provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, today announced from the Sensors Expo its first Bluetooth® 4.1 Low Energy module. The RN4020 builds…
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5 kohm Digital Potentiometers With Specified 36V Operating Voltage
Microchip Technology Inc., a provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, expanded its 36V digital potentiometer (digipot) portfolio with two new volatile, I2C devicestheMCP45HV31 and MCP45HV51 (MCP45HV31-51)….
Touch Sensing Solution Boasts Lowest Power Consumption
Human machine interfaces in wearable devices, remote controls, gaming devices, track pads and more frequently use projected-capacitive technology for touch sensing. In addition to glass front sensor construction…
Microchip Introduces Cost-Effective 8-bit PIC® Microcontroller Family
Microchip Technology Inc., a provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, today announced from EE Live! and the Embedded Systems Conference in San Jose the PIC16(L)F170X and…
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Microchip Updates MPLAB® Device Blocks for Simulink®
Microchip Technology Inc., a provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, announced Version 3.30 of its MPLAB® Device Blocks for Simulink®, which make it easy to develop…
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Microchip Announces New 5 GHz 50 ohm Matched WLAN Front End Module
Microchip Technology Inc., a provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, announced its new 5 GHz, 50 ohm Matched WLAN Front End Module (FEM)—the SST11LF04—for high data…
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Microchip Announces First Embedded Firmware Development Framework
Microchip Technology Inc., a provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, announced the industry’s most comprehensive 32-bit microcontroller firmware development framework—MPLAB® Harmony. This framework is the first…
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Microchip’s PIC32MZ 32-bit MCUs Have Class-Leading Performance
Microchip Technology Inc., a provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, announced the new 24-member PIC32MZ Embedded Connectivity (EC) family of 32-bit MCUs. It provides class-leading performance…
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Microchip Releases MOST150 Data Link Layer Specification
Microchip Technology Inc., a provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, announced that it has made available for license, on a royalty-bearing basis, its proprietary MOST150 Data…
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Microchip Introduces First PIC® Microcontroller That Integrates 16-bit ADC, 10 Msps ADC, DAC, USB and LCD
Microchip Technology Inc. announced a new family of microcontrollers (MCUs) —the PIC24FJ128GC010. This family is an analog system on a chip that integrates a full analog signal chain,…
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Temp Sensors Communicate and Filter
Called the world’s first family of temp sensors with 1.8V SMBus and I2C™ communications, Microchip Technology’s EMC118X temperature sensor ICs target signal communications within the latest generation of…
SuperSpeed Certified USB3 Controller Hubs With On-Chip Programmable Memory
The four-member USB553XB-5000 family, which is SuperSpeed Logo Certified by the USB Implementers Forum and is the world’s first to integrate OTP Flash configuration memory. This UCH3 family…
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