Addressing the challenge of sensor-based IoT systems that combine analog functionality and digital control capability, Microchip Technology Inc. has introduced the first PIC and AVR microcontrollers ...

In recent years, integrated platforms equipped with microcontrollers (with Arduino probably being the best-known brand) have been gaining popularity.

At first glance, [RobBest]’s constant current source looks old school. The box is somewhat old-fashioned, featuring switches and binding posts. Most importantly, there’s a large analog meter ...

Microchip is in volume production of its first automotive-grade 32-bit PIC32MZ EF microcontroller (MCU) family and a higher-speed variant operating over the industrial temperature range. The PIC32MZ ...

Many PIC processors require 5-V power while being programmed, yet battery-powered systems may contain low-voltage devices that will be damaged at voltages above their maximum voltage ratings. In ...

I met with Greg Robinson, 8-bit MCU Marketing Director at Microchip Technology Inc. at EELive to discuss a new family of 8-bit PIC micros. You might ask, “Why is the EDN Analog and Power editor ...

The low-cost, low pin count PIC12LF1552 is Microchip Technology Inc.’s smallest (2×3 mm UDFN package) and lowest-cost PIC MCU with hardware I2C support, and includes a four channel 10-bit ...

MPLAB Harmony from Microchip is a flexible, abstracted, fully integrated firmware development platform for all 32-bit PIC32 microcontrollers (MCUs). MPLAB Harmony takes key elements of modular and ...

Microchip has upgraded its demonstration board for programming flash versions of its PIC microcontrollers and unveiled a development kit for users of the LIN-bus protocol. The $99 PICDEM 2 demo board ...

A proposal from Microchip to acquire Atmel has been deemed a ‘superior proposal’ by Atmel’s board of directors (PDF). This is the first step in the acquisition of a merger between Microchip and Atmel, ...

Many PIC processors require 5-V power while being programmed, yet battery-powered systems may contain low-voltage devices that will be damaged at voltages above their maximum voltage ratings. In ...