Microchip announces the latest additions to the Enhanced Mid-Range core 8-bit PIC® microcontroller (MCU) family with the peripheral-rich, low pin-count PIC12F(LF)1840 and PIC16F(LF)1847. Featuring 7 KB and 14 KB of on-chip Flash memory, respectively, and up to 1 K RAM, the new devices are the highest-memory PIC® MCUs in 8- and 18-pin packages. The LF versions feature eXtreme Low Power (XLP) Technology, which remains the industry-standard for b...

Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller, analog and Flash-IP solutions, today announced the MCP16301—Microchip's first 30V-input, buck switching regulator with 600 milliampere (mA) output capability. The MCP16301 features a wide input voltage range, from 4V to 30V, an output voltage range from 2V to 15V and provides up to 95 percent efficiency. The 600 mA MCP16301 is offered in a 6-pin SOT-23 package with an integrated ...

Microchip annonce le lancement de la première plateforme de développement open source intégrant un microcontrôleur 32 bits, compatible avec les shields et logiciels Arduino. Conçue et construite par Digilent, l'un des partenaires de conception officiels de Microchip, la plateforme chipKIT™ est la première – et la seule – solution Arduino 32 bits à permettre aux amateurs comme aux universitaires d’intégrer facilement, et à un coû...

Microchip announces the launch of the first 32-bit-microcontroller-based, open-source development platform that is compatible with Arduino hardware and software. Designed and manufactured by Digilent, a Microchip Authorized Design Partner, the chipKIT platform is the first and only 32-bit Arduino solution to enable hobbyists and academics to easily, and inexpensively, integrate electronics into their projects, even if they do not have an electro...

Microchip announces its Accessory Development Starter Kits for Android, which enable accessory development for Google’s Android platform. Specifically, Android versions 2.3.4 and 3.1 and later include a new framework that allows apps to communicate directly with an accessory connected to a smartphone or tablet, via USB.

microchipDIRECT, the direct source of products from Microchip Technology Inc. and Microchip third parties, today announced that it has expanded inventory to further support its customers in these uncertain times. Inventory for microchipDIRECT customers has increased 300% during the last nine months, in its e-commerce warehouse. microchipDIRECT offers all of Microchip’s standard products and development tools, as well as many trusted third-par...

This is a video demonstration of the Microchip development kit for the accessory interface of the Android(TM) OS version 2.3.4 and later. This kit, which includes the development board and the software library, allows customers to easily design, develop and prototype accessory electronics for Android(tm) phones and tablets.

Microchip announced the expansion of its 8-bit enhanced mid-range core product family with the new, low-cost PIC16F1516/7/8/9 and PIC16F1526/7 (PIC16F15XX) microcontrollers (MCUs). These new, general-purpose MCUs feature Microchip’s eXtreme Low Power (XLP) technology which offers the industry’s lowest sleep currents, down to 20 nA, and active currents of less than 50 micro Amperes/MHz, to lower overall power consumption and extend battery lif...

Microchip today launched its next-generation, open-source integrated development environment—the MPLAB X IDE—with cross-platform support for Linux, Mac OS® and Windows operating systems. A host of high-performance features have been added to the new IDE, including the ability to manage multiple projects and tools with simultaneous debugging, an advanced editor, visual call graphs and code completion. And MPLAB X is unique in the industry ...

Microchip announced an expansion of its low pin-count 16-bit eXtreme Low Power PIC MCUs by adding an on-chip 12-bit ADC, EEPROM, intelligent mTouch™ capacitive sensing, and the capability to run from a 5V supply. Featuring extremely low sleep currents down to 20 nA, which is common to all XLP PIC MCUs, the PIC24F32KA304 provides designers with versatile low-power MCUs for industrial, automotive, medical, utility metering, white goods and many ...

Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller, analog and Flash-IP solutions, has expanded its low pin-count 16-bit eXtreme Low Power PIC® MCUs by adding an on-chip 12-bit ADC, EEPROM, intelligent mTouch™ capacitive sensing, and the capability to run from a 5V supply.

Microchip announces a Machine-to-Machine (M2M) PICtail™ daughter board (AC320011) which integrates all the hardware, wireless-communication protocols and application-code examples needed to help and drastically cut time-to-market for fleet-management or location-based service products.

Microchip announces the Power-Line Modem (PLM) PICtail Plus Daughter Board Development Kit (AC164142) that enables customers to easily incorporate power-line communication into their products.

Microchip announces the expansion of its family of stand-alone real-time clock/calendars (RTCCs). The MCP7940N builds on the success of the MCP794XX family, and offers battery switchover and timestamp for accurate timekeeping, digital trimming for time-of-day calibration and 64 bytes of SRAM.

Microchip Technology Inc today announced an expansion of its existing 28-/40-pin PIC16F72X microcontroller (MCU) family with two new 20-pin devices—the PIC16F(LF)720 and PIC16F(LF)721. The new MCUs feature low power consumption, making them suitable for various low-power and battery-powered applications. These MCUs offer up to 7 KB of self-write Flash program memory, a temperature-indicator module, an 8-bit Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC), a ...

Microchip annonce l'extension de sa famille de drivers de MOSFET avec les nouveaux drivers de MOSFET low side MCP14E6/7/8 et MCP14E9/10/11. Les nouveaux drivers viennent en complément des drivers low side 4,5 A MCP14E3/4/5 existants de Microchip en offrant des courants de sortie en pointe de 2 A et 3 A respectivement.

Microchip announced the expansion of its family of MOSFET drivers with the new MCP14E6/7/8 and MCP14E9/10/11 low-side MOSFET drivers. The new drivers complement Microchip’s existing 4.5A MCP14E3/4/5 low-side drivers by offering peak output currents of 2A and 3A respectively. This low-cost family has a wide operating voltage range of 4.5V to 18V and features enable input pins to provide a shutdown capability for conserving power.

Microchip annonce le lancement de cinq nouveaux microcontrôleurs associant le pilotage d'écrans LCD à la consommation la plus faible du marché, disponibles à un moindre coût, venant compléter sa gamme de composants 8 bits pour afficheurs LCD à segments.

Microchip announces an expansion of its 8-bit segmented LCD microcontroller (MCU) family with five new devices combining low-cost LCD control with industry-leading low power consumption. The PIC16LF190x MCUs enable the implementation of LCD into cost-sensitive power-efficient designs, such as security tokens, smart cards, medical devices, home appliances, key fobs and other segmented LCD applications. Featuring eXtreme Low Power (XLP) technology...

Education has always been one of the key focus areas for Microchip Technology Inc., one of the leading provider of microcontroller, analog and Flash-IP solutions. It announced its first scholarship awards programme in India to recognize budding talent in embedded systems design and electronic engineering and provide upcoming talent the opportunity to work on the latest technology in embedded architecture and awarded 22 students from various coll...