Through innovative power-saving techniques, implemented using extreme low power methodologies, Microchip has successfully developed a portfolio of PIC microcontrollers that offer the world’s lowest sleep currents of down to 20 nA. This technology meets the demand for eXtreme Low Power by enabling battery life of up to 20 years.
“Since the introduction of our PIC microcontrollers with XLP, there has been an overwhelmingly positive response from customers around the world who have been able to lower their power budgets substantially over competing MCUs,” said Steve Sanghi, Microchip president and CEO. “We are honored by these international awards, which validate what thousands of customers have already discovered—that Microchip offers the world’s lowest power microcontrollers.”
All PIC microcontrollers are supported by Microchip’s world-class development tools, including the free MPLAB® IDE, the MPLAB REAL ICE™ emulation system, the MPLAB ICD 3 in-circuit debugger, the PICkit™ 3 low-cost debugger/programmer and Microchip’s free C compilers. These tools are available today at http://www.microchip.com/XLPTools.
For additional information, contact any Microchip sales representative or authorized worldwide distributor, or visit Microchip’s Web site at http://www.microchip.com/XLP.