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Microchip Debuts nanoWatt XLPTM Microcontrollers With World’s Lowest Sleep Current
29 April 2009
Microchip announces the next generation low power PIC® microcontroller (MCU) families with nanoWatt XLP eXtreme Low Power Technology, for sleep currents as low as 20nA.
Key Facts:
Extremely low power technology reduces sleep current to below 20nA
Extensive peripheral set includes Full Speed USB 2.0
Three new families extend availability with 15 additional low power devices
These three new 8- and 16-bit MCU families join three other recent 8-bit families that are all part of Microchip’s nanoWatt XLP portfolio, providing designers with a rich and compatible low-power migration path that includes on-chip peripherals for USB and mTouch™ sensing solutions.
The three new nanoWatt XLP MCU families being announced include the 16-bit PIC24F16KA family, which features typical sleep currents as low as 20nA; and the 8-bit PIC18F46J11 and PIC18F46J50 families, both of which feature typical sleep currents of les than 20nA. The six general-purpose members in the PIC18F46J11 family provide up to 64kbyte of Flash program memory and the peripheral set of a typical
64- or 80-pin device in only 28- or 44-pins. The PIC18F46J50 family also features six members, which in addition integrate full speed USB 2.0 to enable connectivity for embedded applications requiring remote field upgrades or the downloading of data.
The extremely low sleep currents and numerous wake-up features of Microchip’s new nanoWatt XLP MCUs should be ideal for battery operated devices, which actually spend most of their time asleep. The interest in the market for such low power processors, for use in consumer to industrial applications, is now on the rise. Numerous consumer, industrial, automotive and medical applications can benefit from the extremely low power and peripheral integration of the nanoWatt XLP MCUs.
Examples of consumer applications may include portable and battery powered devices, such as: sealed disposable electronics, portable electronics white goods, game controllers, digital photo frames, and coffee machines. Industrial applications include energy harvesting/scavenging, utility meters, security systems, sprinkler timers and sealed/harsh environment sensors.
The three New nanoWatt XLP MCU families are available now for general sampling and volume production.
All nanoWatt XLP 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 more information, visit www.microchip.com/XLP.
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