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Extend Battery Life in Portable Devices with New Ultra-low Iq LDO

“Device prolongs battery life up to four times longer than traditional ultra-low Iq LDOs Portable electronic devices are now expected to run for months or even years on a single battery, making minimizing power consumption in these applications a top …

Create Secure Connected Applications in a Single Click with Microchip’s AVR MCU Development Board for Google Cloud

“New solution enables developers to easily deploy IoT devices to Google Cloud IoT Core’s artificial intelligence and machine learning infrastructure Creating cloud-connected applications traditionally can require significant time and resources for embedded designers to develop necessary expertise in communications …

AVR Microcontrollers Now Supported in MPLAB X Integrated Development Environment

“Designers who have traditionally used Microchip’s PIC® microcontrollers (MCUs) and developed with the MPLAB® ecosystem can now easily evaluate and incorporate AVR® MCUs into their applications. The majority of AVR MCUs are now beta supported with the release of …

New Digital Signal Controller (DSC) Accelerates DSP Performance for Time-Critical Control Applications

“System designers looking for digital signal processing power with the design simplicity of a microcontroller (MCU) can now utilize a new family of 16-bit Digital Signal Controllers (DSCs) from Microchip Technology Inc. (Nasdaq: MCHP). Designed to deliver faster deterministic performance …

Reduce Costs and Bill of Materials with Single Power Monitoring IC that Measures Power from 0V to 32V

“Managing and reducing power consumption is crucial in low-voltage, high-power applications such as Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) and embedded computing devices. These devices must first accurately measure power before they can manage it, but precision power …

Reduce Driver Distraction with Automotive-Qualified 3D Gesture Recognition Controller

“Decrease automotive 3D HMI design costs with Microchip’s new gesture controller Car manufacturers are increasingly seeking ways to reduce driver distraction through implementing functional safety technology in vehicles. Many Human Machine Interface (HMI) designers are turning to gesture recognition …

Increase Functionality in Sensor Nodes with New 8-bit tinyAVR MCUs

“ATtiny3217 and ATtiny3216 join Microchip’s tinyAVR family with largest memory in the series AVR® microcontrollers (MCUs) have long been used to create highly responsive sensor nodes because of their cost effectiveness and ease of implementation. To enhance the capability …

Create Secured IoT Endpoints with the First 32-bit MCU to Feature Robust, Chip-level Security and Arm TrustZone Technology

“New MCUs combine industry’s best-in-class low power consumption and water-tolerant, noise-immune capacitive touch With the booming growth of Internet of Things (IoT) endpoints, security is sometimes an afterthought for many designers, increasing the risk of exposing intellectual property (IP …

Design Code Separately and Integrate Seamlessly with Dual-core dsPIC Digital Signal Controller

“dsPIC33CH family optimized for high-performance and time-critical, real-world embedded control System developers designing high-end embedded control applications can benefit from a new Digital Signal Controller (DSC) with two dsPIC® DSC cores in a single chip, now available from Microchip Technology …

Increase System Performance in Closed-loop Control Applications with New PIC and AVR MCUs

“From pool pumps to air handling units, closed-loop control is one of the most fundamental tasks performed by embedded systems. Advancements in the architecture of PIC® and AVR® 8-bit microcontrollers (MCUs) have optimized the devices for implementing closed-loop control, enabling …