Company Profile:
Microchip Technology
Microchip Technology manufactures the widely popular PICmicro® RISC microcontrollers which serve 8- and 16-bit embedded control applications. Specializing in field-programmable and mixed-signal solutions, the Company also offers complementary microperipheral products including stand-alone analog, serial EEPROMs; and the patented KEELOQ® security devices. Also included in the range are CAN- and LINBus-based microcontrollers as well as the dsPIC® digital signal controller which bridges the gap between DSPs and MCUs, providing a single-chip solution. This synergistic product portfolio targets thousands of applications and a growing demand for high-performance designs in the automotive, communications, computing, consumer and industrial control markets.
European Headquarters:
Winnersh Triangle, Berkshire, RG41 5TU, UK.
Tel: +44 118 921 5849. Fax: +44 118 921 5820.
E-mail: euro.enquiry:@microchip.com. Internet: www.microchip.com
Latest Microchip Technology Products
Microchip 18 pin variants of its mid-range cores
February 04 2010 - The core are claimed to deliver 50% increase in performance over the firm's older mid-range cores and 14 additional instructions aimed at C code "resulting in up to 40% better code efficiency over previous-generation 8-bit PIC MCUs", said Microchip. ... more
Microchip temperature sensor draws 200uA
October 06 2009 - Microchip's latest temperature sensor provides high temperature accuracy of +0.25°C (typical) and +/- 1°C from -40 to +125°C, as well as static current consumption of just 200µA (typ)... more
Microchip intros resistive touch controller
July 29 2009 - According to Microchip, the AR1000 controller can eliminate this design work by providing proprietary touch-screen decoding algorithms that enable applications to receive fully processed, reliable touch coordinates... more
Microchip rolls mid-range 8-bit PIC MCUs
July 22 2009 - Features of the PIC16F193X family include flash program memory up to 14kbyte, data RAM up to 512byte, 256byte data EEPROM, 96 segment LCD drive and 32MHz internal oscillator... more
Microchip MCP651/2/5 operational amplifiers
June 10 2009 - Microchip’s latest op-amp includes an on-chip calibration circuit that calibrates offset voltages at power up using an internal power-on reset detector, or based upon the state of an external pin.... more
Microchip dsPIC33F GS series digital-power DSCs
April 10 2009 - Microchip is offering seven next-generation 16-bit dsPIC Digital Signal Controllers (DSCs) for common, multi-loop Switch-Mode Power Supplies (SMPSs) and other power-conversion applications.... more
Microchip PIC18F87J90 8-bit direct LCD-drive microcontrollers
March 23 2009 - Microchip’s PIC18F87J90 8-bit direct LCD-drive microcontrollers are its first 8-bit MCUs to include real-time clock & calendar (RTCC) and charge time measurement unit (CTMU) peripherals.... more
Microchip PICkit 3 Debug Express kit
February 17 2009 - Microchip has upped the performance spec for its PICkit development platform. ... more
Microchip adds memory, programming instructions to 8-bit PIC microcontrollers
November 20 2008 - Microchip adds memory and programming instructions to mid-range 8-bit PIC microcontrollers.... more
Microchip MPLAB ICD 3 development tool
November 14 2008 - Microchip’s MPLAB ICD 3 development tool supports in-circuit programming and debugging of its flash-based 8-bit PIC microcontrollers.... more
Touch sense demo board from Microchip
September 18 2008 - Microchip is offering a touch sense demo board for capacitive touch-sensing applications.... more
Microchip USB 2.0 development environment for 8-bit MCU
June 12 2008 - Microchip has added a full USB 2.0 development environment to a low cost 8-bit microcontroller for the first time. The PIC18F13K50 and PIC18F14K50 microcontrollers are supported by a free USB software stack and free MPLAB IDE.... more
Microchip serial EEPROM devices with single I/O bus interface
May 28 2008 - The 11XX010, 11XX020, 11XX040, 11XX080 and 11XX160 are the first single I/O EEPROM devices that can support data rates from 10kHz to 100kHz; and the only 1, 2, 4, 8 and 16kbit EEPROMs available in a 3-pin SOT-23 package (in addition to other higher pin count packages).... more
Microchip presents 12-strong MCU range
May 01 2008 - Microchip announces the 12-member PIC24FJ256GB1 microcontroller (MCU) family, which it claims is the lowest power (2.6 µA standby current) large-memory (up to 256 KB Flash and 16 KB RAM) 16-bit USB microcontroller family on the market.... more
Microchip 16-bit controllers for motor control designs
April 14 2008 - Microchip adds ten 16-bit controllers in 28- and 44-pin packages for motor control designs. Also available is a motor control development platform based on the Explorer 16 development board.... more
Microchip 8-bit flash PIC microcontroller launched
February 06 2008 - Microchip is offering new Baseline 8-bit flash PIC microcontrollers with non-volatile flash data memory (FDM) in 8- and 14-pin packages.... more
Microchip Introduces Flash Memory to Baseline PIC Microcontroller
January 11 2008 - Microchip announces two new Baseline 8-bit Flash PIC microcontrollers with non-volatile Flash Data Memory (FDM) in 8- and 14-pin packages.... more
Microchip non-volatile digital potentiometers with spi interface
October 25 2007 - Microchip announces the MCP4141/2 and MCP4241/2 non-volatile digital potentiometers. The new 7- and 8-bit devices have an SPI interface and are specified over an extended temperature range of -40 to +125 degrees Celsius.... more
Microchip 2 MHz Pulse-Width Modulator
October 17 2007 - Microchip announces the MCP1631 2.0 MHz, high-speed Pulse Width Modulator (PWM)... more
Microchip touch user interface for microcontroller range
October 11 2007 - Microchip has added a touch sensing user interface to its PIC microcontroller range with new applications software available for free download from the company’s website.... more
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