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Microchip Expands CAN Microcontroller Line With Cost-Effective 8-bit PIC® MCUs Featuring 5.5V Operation, eXtreme Low Power (25 April 2011)
The PIC18F K80 family has been developed for designers who need to add cost-effective CAN communication to their applications combined with extremely low power in sleep and active modes, and robust operation up to 5.5V. The new MCUs also offer a migration path for Microchip’s popular PIC18F4680 CAN family.
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MOSFET driver family expands (11 April 2011)
Microchip has launched the new MCP14E6/7/8 and MCP14E9/10/11 low-side MOSFET drivers.
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No key design (07 September 2010)
Reference design platform for keyless entry systems is released.
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Touch-sensitive metal (30 August 2010)
Microchip has declared that it has released the first and only technology in the industry to enable capacitive touch-sensing with a metal front panel.
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Smoke-detector ICs have alarm memory (12 July 2010)
Microchip has launched the industry’s first Ion and photo smoke-detector ICs to offer alarm memory.
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Microchip Sets New Benchmark for Low-Power Microcontrollers (MCUs) (28 May 2010)
New MCUs Feature Less Than 50 µA/MHz Active Current;Industry-Leading Peripheral Integration.
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DAC range expands (18 May 2010)
By providing 8bit and 10bit variants, engineers can choose the best resolution for their application.
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8bit PIC MCU (23 February 2010)
Microchip adds self-programmable flash memory to 8bit family
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Kit for inductive touch-sensing designs (15 January 2010)
Microchip’s PICDEM Inductive Touch Development Kit is for inductive touch-sensing applications.
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Tool suite supports tool chains (11 January 2010)
LDRA tool suite integrated into Microchip Technology’s PIC family.
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High-accuracy, low-power temperature sensor (05 October 2009)
The MCP9804 temperature sensor from Microchip is available in 8pin MSOP and 2mm x 3mm DFN packages.
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Deep sleep empowers devices (25 June 2009)
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Microchip Debuts nanoWatt XLPTM Microcontrollers With World’s Lowest Sleep Current (24 June 2009)
Microchip announces low power PIC® microcontroller families with nanoWatt XLP eXtreme Low Power Technology, for sleep currents as low as 20nA. 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.
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Touch technology advances (15 June 2009)
Inductive touch technology with low accidental triggering makes it suitable for automotive applications.
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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.
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EEPROM gets smaller (07 April 2009)
Wafer-Level Chip Scale Packaging for 4, 65 and 128 Kbit serial EEPROMs.
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Microchip breaks new ground (19 December 2008)
Microchip (www.microchip.com) has started work on building its new European head-quarters located in the Winnersh Triangle, near Reading.
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High-speed in-circuit debugger (18 November 2008)
A development tool from Microchip supports in-circuit programming and debugging of MCUs.
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Transceivers for automotive applications (23 September 2008)
OEM-compliant, automotive certified LIN/SAE J2602 transceivers available from Microchip.
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Charge management controller (19 August 2008)
A Li-Ion/Li-Polymer charger with AC-DC adapter or USB-port battery charging facility can power devices.
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MOSFET drivers launched (24 July 2008)
Single-output 1.5A MOSFET drivers in SOT-23 packages have been launched by Microchip.
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Software development for PIC24 MCUs and dsPIC DSCs (29 May 2008)
Green Hills Software and Microchip Technology have announced that Green Hills' integrated development environment, MULTI, is now available for Microchip’s 16bit PIC24 microcontroller (MCU) and dsPIC DSC (digital signal controller) families.
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Single I/O bus for Eeprom family (21 May 2008)
Microchip has announced a family of serial Eeprom devices with a single I/O bus interface, based on their patent-pending UNI/O memory-device protocol.
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New digital signal controllers with 16bit audio DAC (29 April 2008)
Microchip has announced the release of six DSCs (Digital Signal Controllers) for adding audio playback to embedded applications.
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You have the power with 32bit (01 December 2007)
Deeply embedded applictions can now enjoy leading edge processing power, thanks to 32bit developments in microcontrollers.
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Readers competition: WIN a Microchip PICDEM Z demonstration kit (01 September 2007)
PICDEM Z 2.4 GHz demonstration kit (DM163027-4) is an easy-to-use evaluation and development platform for IEEE 802.15.4 application designers. The kit includes Microchip’s MRF24J40 transceiver and also features Microchip’s PIC18 high-performance microcontroller family. It has all the hardware, software source code and PCB layout files needed to rapidly prototype wireless products.
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Embedded processors advance portability (01 May 2007)
Embedded processors have made it possible for designers to build compact, power-frugal devices in wide-ranging medical applications involving implanted devices, portable devices, home-use devices, and security devices
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Analogue raises its profile (01 August 2006)
Anglia (www.anglia.com) has signed an agreement with microcontroller and analogue semiconductor manufacturer Microchip (www.microchip.com) to distribute the latter’s analogue and ICs in the UK and Ireland. Talks began over six years ago, confides Steve Rawlins, Anglia’s CEO and represents the first major analogue line for Anglia.
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