Microchip has announced the PIC18F87J90 8-bit direct LCD-drive microcontrollers (MCUs) with nanoWatt Technology, the first 8-bit MCUs to include Real-Time Clock & Calendar (RTCC) and Charge Time Measurement Unit (CTMU) peripherals, enabling capacitive touch-sensitive applications or precise time measurement.

Microchip has announced a series of I2CTM EEPROM devices with the lowest operating voltage available on the market. The 24VLXX series of devices has an operating voltage down to 1.5V for both read and write operations, with a very low operating current of less than 400µA.

Microchip has announced expanded support for Motor Control applications based on the dsPIC Digital Signal Controller (DSC). The dsPICDEMTM MCLV Development Board (part #DM330021) is a new low-voltage Brushless DC (BLDC) motor-control development platform supporting the dsPIC33F family of motor control DSCs. It provides a cost-effective method for evaluating and developing sensored or sensorless BLDCs and Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor (PMSM) ...

Microchip has announced a family of 8- and 32-kByte stand-alone serial SRAM devices designed to increase a system’s available RAM through adding small, inexpensive external devices. The 23A640, 23K640 (23 x 640), 23A256 and 23K256 (23 x 256) devices feature a familiar, industry standard SPI interface, providing increased design flexibility while reducing design and production costs.

Microchip has announced a family of serial EEPROM devices with built-in EUI-48 and EUI-64 compatible MAC addresses. Designed to work on standard buses, such as SPI, I2C and the UNI/O bus, the devices provide easy and inexpensive access to MAC addresses and feature up to 1.5Kbit of EEPROM that can be used for storing configuration and user settings, or as a scratch-pad area for buffering small amounts of data.

Microchip has announced the MCP9509 and MCP9510 (MCP9509/10) resistor-programmable, logic-output temperature switches. The MCP9509/10 temperature switches complement market trends toward smaller, lower power and less expensive end-products and represent a significant expansion of Microchip’s thermal-management product family.

Microchip announces a new series of low-power, high-resolution delta-sigma analogue-to-digital Converters. The MCP3422, MCP3423 and MCP3424 (MCP3422/3/4) ADCs provide 18-bits of resolution and consume only 135µA at 3V continuous conversion. The multi-channel devices have an integrated voltage reference, programmable gain amplifier and oscillator onboard, eliminating the need for external components, providing a smaller overall design footprint a...

Microchip announces higher performance for its most popular low-cost PICkit™ development platform. The PICkit 3 Debug Express kit includes PICkit 3 debugger and programmer probe, 44-pin demo board populated with a PIC18F45K20 MCU, free MPLAB® IDE and free version of the MPLAB C Compiler for PIC18 MCUs. All this is supported by easy-to-understand lessons and tutorials, and a host of other software utilities, examples with source code and full ...

Microchip announces new mTouch™ Inductive Touch-Sensing Technology, as an addition to its capacitive touch-sensing solutions. Inductive touch sensing’s fundamental operating principles enable it to work through a front panel such as plastic, stainless steel or aluminium. The technology also works through gloves and on surfaces that contain liquids.

Microchip has announced its enhanced mid-range 8-bit PIC microcontroller core (MCU) architecture supporting PIC12 and PIC16 MCUs, with feature and peripheral improvements including more program and data memory; a deeper/enhanced hardware stack; additional reset methods; 14 additional programming instructions, including “C” efficiency optimisations resulting in code size reductions; increased peripheral support; and reduced interrupt latency.

Microchip has announced the MPLAB ICD 3 - a cost-effective, high-speed development tool that supports in-circuit programming and debugging of Microchip’s Flash-based 8-bit PIC microcontrollers (MCUs), and its entire line of 16- and 32-bit MCUs and 16-bit dsPIC Digital Signal Controllers (DSCs). With robust system capabilities and high-speed circuitry, flash MCU programming times are 15X or faster than the current generation, plus the MPLAB ICD...

Microchip has announced the MCP2021 and MCP2022 (MCP202X) LIN/SAE J2602 transceivers. The new devices are 3rd party-LIN/J2602 approved, OEM approved, and AEC-Q100 certified to meet the stringent requirements of global automotive manufacturers worldwide. The transceivers include built-in voltage regulators and are compliant with the LIN Bus 2.0/2.1 and SAE J2602 standards, as well as the previous-generation LIN 1.X standards.

Microchip has announced the PICDEM Touch Sense 2 Demo Board for capacitive touch-sensing applications. The easy-to-use board comes with the royalty-free mTouch Sensing Solution Software Development Kit (SDK) and is populated with a 16-bit PIC24FJ256GB110 microcontroller (MCU), which features an integrated Charge Time Measurement Unit (CTMU) peripheral for fast capacitive touch sensing. This is also the world’s first 16-bit MCU family with US...

Microchip announces the MCP73871 charge-management controller—a Li-Ion/Li-Polymer charger with an intelligent charge management feature that enables simultaneous AC-DC-adapter or USB-port charging and powering of devices. The single-chip charger features an integrated pass transistor and numerous battery and termination-voltage options, making it ideal for complex, space-constrained portable applications.

Microchip announces the MCP1415 and MCP1416 (MCP141X) single-output MOSFET drivers. The inverting MCP1415 and non-inverting MCP1416 MOSFET drivers are rated for a peak output current of 1.5A, over a wide operating voltage range of 4.5V – 18V. Both devices have excellent latch-up immunity and are available in a miniature 5-pin SOT-23 package.

Microchip has announced the MRF24J40MA FCC-certified Radio-Frequency (RF) transceiver module and the MiWi Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Wireless Protocol Stack, based upon the IEEE 802.15.4 specification. Together the MRF24J40MA module and MiWi (P2P) stack can target a variety of wireless networking applications, such as industrial monitoring and control, home and building automation, remote control, low-power wireless sensor networks, lighting control and ...

Microchip has announced the MRF24J40MA FCC-certified Radio-Frequency (RF) transceiver module and the MiWi Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Wireless Protocol Stack, based upon the IEEE 802.15.4 specification. Together the MRF24J40MA module and MiWi (P2P) stack can target a variety of wireless networking applications, such as industrial monitoring and control, home and building automation, remote control, low-power wireless sensor networks, lighting control and ...

Microchip has announced a portfolio of 8, 16 and 32-bit USB microcontrollers supported by a single development environment - the free MPLAB IDE. Building on its 8-bit PIC18 USB Microcontrollers, Microchip now offers the low-power 16-bit PIC24F USB family, which is pin, peripheral and software compatible with the high-performance, 80 MHz, 32-bit PIC32 USB Microcontrollers. Microchip has also expanded its 8-bit USB offering with the lower-cost, sma...

Microchip has announced a new family of 8-bit PIC microcontrollers for USB applications. The PIC18F13K50 and PIC18F14K50 are the lowest-cost USB microcontrollers from Microchip and provide many features not normally found on inexpensive 8-bit microcontrollers. The new devices are supported by Microchip’s free USB software stack and free MPLAB IDE Development Environment, which provides a consistent development platform across all PIC microcont...

Microchip has announced a family of serial EEPROM devices with a single I/O bus interface. The 11XX010, 11XX020, 11XX040, 11XX080 and 11XX160 are the first single I/O EEPROM devices that can support data rates from 10 kHz to 100 kHz; and the only 1, 2, 4, 8 and 16 Kbit EEPROMs available in a 3-pin SOT-23 package (in addition to other higher pin count packages). The new devices also include advanced such as status registers; software write protect...