Electric motors are widely used across applications integral to modern life. Improvements in their efficiency and design integration are having huge impact. By Pramit Nandy | Microchip Technology Almost half of the electricity worldwide is consumed by applications incorporating electric motors and motor controls. So, electric-motor manufacturers are now mandated to adhere to energy-consumption and […]
Microchip AVR EB microcontrollers reduce vibration in BLDC applications
As electronic devices evolve, more motors are being used across consumer, automotive and industrial markets. Many designers select Brushless DC (BLDC) motors to increase device longevity and lessen Noise, Vibration and Harshness (NVH). Historically, getting these benefits necessitated sophisticated control algorithms and waveforms outside the capability of cost-optimized controllers. Microchip Technology has launched its AVR […]
Consumer-product production and distribution top automation drivers
For the annual Design World Trends issue, dozens of industry experts shared their insights. Here is additional information from some of those experts on the design, manufacture, and distribution of consumer products. Especially since COVID, the manufacture and distribution of home appliances, consumer electronics, and have evolved with advanced automation technologies. MEET THE EXPERTS Abdullah […]
Microcontroller with core independent peripherals
Today’s embedded applications targeting the Internet of Things (IoT), consumer, industrial control, and motor control require flexible microcontrollers (MCUs) that consume less power, are more cost effective and have smaller form factors. The PIC32MM family of 32-bit PIC32 microcontrollers features core independent peripherals that offload the CPU for lower power and lower system design. It…
Low-power Wi-Fi modules target IoT apps
Microchip Technology Inc. has announced four compact, low-power, highly integrated solutions that allow Wi-Fi and networking capability to be embedded into virtually any device, including Internet of Things…
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NOR flash chips work over automotive temperature range
Microchip Technology Inc. has announced the introduction of automotive-grade NOR Flash products with wider voltage and a larger temperature range. With the SST26VF SQI product family, Microchip becomes…
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PCAP and 3D-gesture interface modules speed touch/gesture display designs
Microchip Technology Inc. has announced its partnership with Silicon Integrated Systems Corp. (SiS) to provide customers with complete projected-capacitive touch (PCAP) and 3D-gesture interface modules, which will lead…
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Multi-touch and 3D-gesture modules for displays
Microchip Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MCHP), a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions has announced its partnership with Silicon Integrated Systems Corp. (SiS) to provide customers…
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LoRaWAN network chips get LoRa Alliance Certification
Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, today announced that its RN2483 LoRa module is the world’s first to pass the LoRa…
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32-bit firmware development framework for PIC32 MCUs
Microchip Technology Inc., a provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, announced its MPLAB® Harmony Ecosystem Program for the developers of embedded middleware and operating systems who…
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Ethernet PHY Transceiver Chip Allows Use of Unshielded Twisted-pair Cables
Microchip Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MCHP) has announced the KSZ8061 single-chip 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX automotive- and industrial-grade Ethernet physical-layer transceiver, which is designed for data communication over low-cost Unshielded Twisted Pair…
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DACs Retain their Settings Without Power
Microchip Technology Inc., a provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, announced the expansion of its Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC) product line with the MCP48FXBXX families of devices….
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High interest in low-energy communications
Advances in the Internet of Things depend on emerging wireless technologies that use little energy and fit in cramped quarters. It looks as though the success of wearable…
Low-power MCUs sport up to 1 MB of Flash memory with ECC, 32 KB of RAM
Microchip Technology Inc., a provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, announced the expansion of its Low Power PIC® microcontroller (MCU) portfolio. Features of the new PIC24F…
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Implement Proximity and Touch Sensing Technology without Writing any Software
Replacing a mechanical switch with a digital output touch sensor is a lot easier if the system designer does not have to write any code. With that goal…
Ethernet switch with PTP
The LAN9353, LAN9354 and LAN9355 three-port, 10/100 Industrial Ethernet switches feature the IEEE 1588-2008 Precision Time Protocol (PTP) standard for clock accuracy in the sub-nanosecond range. These integrated Ethernet switches offload synchronization and communications processing from the host CPU. Developers can also take advantage of features such as Transparent Clocking, which improves system accuracy. Additional…
Capacitive-touch controllers optimized for low-power apps
Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, today announced the expansion of its MTCH10x mTouch® sensing portfolio with the turnkey MTCH102-5-8 capacitive…
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Low-power wireless links let the IoT proliferate
by JASON TOLLEFSON, Microchip Technology Through beacon technology, smartphones will passively pick up information about activities nearby, extending the IoT to a whole new range of applications. Analysts…
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Cost-effective controller speeds USB-C designs
Microchip Technology Inc. announced the addition of the UTC2000, USB-C controller to its portfolio of USB devices. With this new device, designers of a wide range of applications covering…
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World’s 1st thermocouple EMF-to-Celsius converter
Microchip Technology Inc., a provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, announced the MCP9600—the world’s first thermocouple-conditioning integrated circuit to combine precision instrumentation, a precision temperature sensor…
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Embedded processors support eSPI and LPC interfaces
CHANDLER, Ariz., Sept. 2, 2015 [NASDAQ: MCHP] — Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, today announced the MEC14XX family of highly…
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Microchip expands PIC32MX1/2 32-bit microcontroller series
Microchip Technology Inc., a provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, announced a new series within its PIC32MX1/2 32-bit microcontroller (MCU) family that features a large 256…
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Low-power MCUs carry 256 KB Flash applications, products, 64-bit
Microchip Technology Inc., a provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, announced the expansion of its eXtreme Low Power (XLP) PIC® microcontroller (MCU) portfolio. Features of the…
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MCU families with core-independent peripherals
The expanded family of PIC MCUs from Microchip offer Core-Independent Peripherals (CIPs) for use in broad range of applications, due to the growing number of these intelligent, interconnected…
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EtherCAT slave controller with PHYs
Technology research firm ARC Advisory Group forecasts Ethernet’s double-digit growth for use in industrial networks, partly fueled by applications in the emerging IoT segment. With EtherCAT technology’s “on-the-fly” processing and use of standard Ethernet cabling, the LAN9252 slave controller offers a high level of integration and cost optimization required for current and future industrial applications.…