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PIC® Microcontrollers help boost performance and memory.
Manufactured in 64- to 100-pin packages with JTAG, PIC24F and PIC24H series 16-bit PIC® MCUs include 22 general-purpose devices that deliver up to 16 and 40 MIPS performance, respectively. Features include ADC, DMA on PIC24H, 16 KB RAM, and 256 KB Flash program memory. Compatible with universal MPLAB® IDE development-tool platform, PIC24F is 16-channel, 10-bit unit capable of 500 ksps, while PIC24H is two 16-channel, 12-bit unit capable of 500 ksps.
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Microchip Technology Announces C Compiler for All 70 16-bit PIC24 MCUs and dsPIC(R) DSCs
Microchip Technology Inc. (Nasdaq: MCHP), a leading provider of microcontroller and analog semiconductors, announced Version 2.0 of its MPLAB(R) C30 (part #SW006012) highly optimized C cross-compiler, cross-assembler, linker and librarian. The MPLAB C30 C Compiler, with its comprehensive libraries and extended functionality, supports all of Microchip's high-performance 16-bit PIC24 microcontroller and dsPIC(R) digital signal controller families. Driving compiling technology into new territory, this new ANSI-compliant compiler includes unique language extensions to utilize DSP functionality from the C programming language.
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Microchip Technology Ships 400,000th Development Tool
Microchip Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MCHP), a leading provider of microcontroller and analog semiconductors, announced the shipment of its 400,000th development tool. Few semiconductor companies can match Microchip in the total number of tools installed in the field. This milestone demonstrates the industry's continued acceptance of Microchip's product portfolio and that Microchip's development tools offer world-class performance and quality.
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Microchip has released a new version of its MPLAB C30 C compiler, including cross-compiler, cross-assembler, linker and librarian.
Microchip has released Version 2.0 of its MPLAB C30 C compiler, including cross-compiler, cross-assembler, linker and librarian. The new compiler supports all of Microchip's high-performance 16bit PIC24 microcontroller and dsPIC digital signal controller families. This new ANSI-compliant compiler also includes unique language extensions to use DSP functionality.
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Microchip Technology Expands Its Family of Certified Full-Speed USB 2.0 PIC(R) Microcontrollers with More Cost-Effective and Smaller Options
Microchip Technology, a leading provider of microcontroller and analog semiconductors, announced new Flash PIC(R) microcontrollers with certified Full-Speed USB 2.0 connectivity and 48 megahertz (MHz) operation, for 12 megabits-per-second (Mbps) data-transfer rates. In combination with a wide variety of on-chip peripherals and nanoWatt Technology power management, these features provide a complete embedded-control solution for designers working with USB in industrial, medical and many other embedded applications.
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Microchip Technology Brings New 16-bit dsPIC(R) Digital Signal Controller to Production; dsPIC30F6015 Features High-Performance PWM for Motor-Control, Lighting and Power-Conversion Applications
Microchip Technology, a leading provider of microcontroller and analog semiconductors, announced that it continues the production rollout of its 16-bit product portfolio with a new dsPIC(R) Digital Signal Controller (DSC) that offers designers a performance speed of 30 million instructions per second (MIPS), self-programming capabilities via Flash memory, and industrial and extended temperature ranges. The dsPIC30F6015 DSC features an advanced pulse-width modulation (PWM) peripheral designed for power-conversion, motor-control and lighting applications, an associated 1 million samples per second (MSPS) 10-bit analog-to-digital (A/D) converter, 144 Kbytes of Flash program memory and can operate at full speed using an internal oscillator (no crystal required). This DSC is offered in a 64-pin TQFP package, and is ideal for applications that drive power FETs and require advanced algorithmic processing.
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Microchip - Smaller full-speed USB 2.0 PIC micros are more cost-effective
Two new Flash PIC microcontrollers, the PIC18F2450 and PIC18F4450, with certified full-speed USB 2.0 connectivity for 12Mbps data-transfer rates, and 12 MIPS (48MHz) processing performance, have been announced by Microchip.
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Microchip Technology is First 16-Bit Chipmaker to Offer Advanced Security Features for Protecting Intellectual Property
Microchip Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MCHP), a leading provider of microcontroller and analog semiconductors, announced that its dsPIC(R) digital signal controllers (DSCs) and PIC24H microcontrollers (MCUs) are the world's first 16-bit devices with advanced security features that allow multiple parties in a collaborative system design to share the memory, interrupts and peripherals of a single chip without compromising their intellectual property (IP). This memory segmentation reduces system costs for OEMs and their design partners by eliminating the need to store programs on separate chips.
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Microchip Technology Announces Debugging Capability for Low-Cost Development Programmer; PICkit(TM) 2 Debug Express Enables Quick Learning of PIC(R) Microcontrollers
Microchip Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MCHP), a leading provider of microcontroller and analog semiconductors, announced that the popular PICkit(TM) 2 development programmer now supports in-circuit debugging of selected PIC(R) microcontroller products. This enables engineers, students and anyone with an interest to easily begin development and evaluation with PIC microcontrollers for a very low initial investment. The new PICkit 2 Debug Express Kit features a 44-pin demo board populated with a PIC16F917 microcontroller, and connects to any personal computer via USB. Its in-circuit debugging features include halt, single step and setting a breakpoint.
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Microchip Technology Brings an Additional 29 16-bit MCUs and DSCs to Volume Production
Microchip Technology, a leading provider of microcontroller and analog semiconductors, announced that 16 members of its 16-bit PIC24 microcontroller (MCU) family and 13 members of its dsPIC33 16-bit digital signal controller (DSC) family are now shipping in volume.
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Microchip Technology Forms Medical Products Group to Address Strong Demand for Electronics in $100 Billion Medical Device Market
Microchip Technology Inc.(NASDAQ: MCHP), a leading provider of microcontroller and analog semiconductors, announced the formation of the Medical Products Group (MPG) to address the emerging challenges of the medical electronics market through close partnerships with medical device makers. Many in the medical market have already realized the benefits of using Microchip’s semiconductors, including small package sizes, low power consumption through nanoWatt Technology, and the ability to easily add connectivity to their products through on-chip communications peripherals, such as Ethernet, USB, the ZigBee™ wireless networking protocol, the IrDA® infrared protocol and Controller Area Networking (CAN).
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Microchip Technology Unveils Latest Evolution of General-Purpose, Small PIC® Microcontrollers
Microchip Technology Inc. [NASDAQ: MCHP], a leading provider of microcontroller and analog semiconductors, announced a new four-member family of 28- and 40/44-pin PIC® microcontrollers for use in a wide range of applications. The PIC16F88X family maintains compatibility with the PIC16F87XA family for easy migration, while providing a host of new features designed to save users time and money—both during and after their design cycle. The enhancements include dual internal oscillators with clock switching and fail-safe clock mode; more (up to 14) ADC channels; an advanced comparator module featuring two comparators and a Set/Reset Latch to allow emulation of many analog circuits; and low-power enhancements that extend battery life.
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Microchip Technology Selects Micrium RTOS for Popular MPLAB® IDE
Micrium, a leading provider of high quality embedded software components, today announced that Microchip Technology Inc. [NASDAQ: MCHP], a leading provider of microcontroller and analog semiconductors, now provides Kernel Awareness for Micrium’s uC/OS-II real-time operating system (RTOS) in Microchip’s free MPLAB® Integrated Development Environment (IDE). With the latest version of MPLAB IDE (version 7.50 and later), Microchip’s embedded development customers are now able to easily debug applications designed around the uC/OS-II RTOS. Both Micrium and Microchip share a philosophy of providing quality tools that can be evaluated by the development community prior to purchase. Micrium’s RTOS and recently announced TCP/IP stack, and Microchip’s free development environment, are downloadable from each company's respective Web site.
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Microchip Technology Announces Simple, Single-Cell Li-Ion/Li-Polymer Chargers in SOT-23 Packages
Microchip Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MCHP), a leading provider of microcontroller and analog semiconductors, announced the MCP73811 and MCP73812 (MCP7381X) Li-Ion/Li-Polymer charge-management controllers. These simple, single-cell devices provide fully integrated charge-management functions, and selectable or programmable charge currents up to 500 mA in a 5-pin SOT-23 package. They are USB compatible and come with integrated current sense, pass transistor and reverse battery protection onboard to enable smaller, more cost-effective designs.
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