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Microchip expands 8-bit PIC MCU portfolio
By siliconindia
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Wednesday, 03 March 2010, 22:01 IST
Bangalore: Microchip Technology, a provider of microcontroller and analog semiconductors, has announced the launch of several new 8-bit PIC microcontrollers (MCUs). These new MCUs feature active currents of less than 50 µA/MHz and sleep currents down to 20 nA.
The PIC12F182X MCUs extend Microchip's Enhanced Mid-range 8-bit core product line into the 8-pin segment, and include mTouch capacitive touch-sensing, and communications peripherals. The PIC16F19XX MCUs feature a broad range of peripherals, such as mTouch capacitive touch-sensing module, LCD drive, multiple communications and more Pulse width Modulator (PWM) peripherals. All of these general-purpose MCUs are well suited for applications in the consumer appliances, industrial and automotive markets, among others.
nanoWatt XLP technology remains the standard for battery-friendly MCUs, which, combined with the extremely low active-current consumption of these new MCUs, improves overall energy efficiency to levels currently not readily available. Microchip claims that the Enhanced Mid-range 8-bit architecture provides an up to 50 percent increase in performance, and 14 new instructions that result in up to 40 percent better code execution over previous-generation 8-bit PIC16 MCUs.
"With active current of less than 50 µA per MHz, Microchip has set the new industry benchmark for low-power microcontrollers," said Tony Massimini, Chief of Technology with Semico Research Corporation. The PIC1XF182X and PIC16F19XX MCUs are available in DFN, PDIP, QFN, SOIC, TQFP, TSSOP and UQFN packages of varying sizes, from 8- to 64-pins.
