Microchip Technology Inc., a provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, announced Version 3.30 of its MPLAB® Device Blocks for Simulink®, which make it easy to develop complex designs using Microchips dsPIC30 and dsPIC33 digital signal controllers (DSCs). This software provides a set of user interfaces to MathWorks Simulink graphical environment for simulation and […]
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Atmel and Hillcrest Labs team up on sensor hubs
Atmel and Hillcrest Labs recently announced the expansion of their collaboration in the context of Atmel’s Partner Program to deliver turn-key sensor hub solutions. As we’ve previously discussed on Bits & Pieces, sensor hubs are increasingly being used to offload sensor management from a main processor. Essentially, the combination of Hillcrest’s SH-1 sensor hub software […]
Microchip Announces New 5 GHz 50 ohm Matched WLAN Front End Module
Microchip Technology Inc., a provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, announced its new 5 GHz, 50 ohm Matched WLAN Front End Module (FEM)—the SST11LF04—for high data rate mobile device applications. The SST11LF04 features a transmitter power amplifier, a receiver low-noise amplifier with bypass and a low-loss, single-pole two-throw antenna switch for 5 GHz […]
Atmel maXTouch Controller to Power Siemen’s 19″ Touchscreen for Simatic Industrial Flat Panel
Atmel® Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML), announced Siemens Industry Automation has selected Atmel’s maXTouch® controller to power the touchscreen for Siemens’ Simatic industrial flat panel. Atmel’s maXTouch mXT1664S meets all the stringent requirements for industrial environments, delivering seamless touch performance even when subjected to high temperatures, vibrations, impact and electromagnetic interference (EMI). The Siemens’ Simatic Industrial Flat […]
Clock Startup in Low Power Microcontroller Design
Using a low power microcontroller and making it “sleep” as much as possible is a common power reduction technique as they can be woken by either an internal or external clock, or by an internal or external event. Taking the PIC 8 bit XLP devices as an example (the so called nanoWatt devices), they have […]
Microchip Technology Acquires EqcoLogic
Microchip Technology Inc., a provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, announced the acquisition of EqcoLogic, an innovator in equalizer and coaxial transceiver products and technologies. EqcoLogic is a privately held, fabless semiconductor company based in Brussels, Belgium and a spin out of Vrije Universiteit Brussel. The terms of the acquisition are confidential and […]
LAPIS Semiconductor’s 8bit Flash Microcontrollers
LAPIS Semiconductor Co., Ltd., a ROHM Group Company, is introducing a family of 8bit microcontrollers designed for single-phase DC motor control that supports a wide variety of applications. The ML610Q101 and ML610Q102 include peripherals and functions designed to control small single-phase DC motors with greater efficiency and lower noise compared with previous solutions. Optimized features […]
Microchip Announces First Embedded Firmware Development Framework
Microchip Technology Inc., a provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, announced the industry’s most comprehensive 32-bit microcontroller firmware development framework—MPLAB® Harmony. This framework is the first to integrate the licensing, resale and support of both Microchip and third-party middleware, drivers, libraries and real-time operating systems. Currently, Harmony includes third-party offerings from Express Logic, […]
Microchip’s PIC32MZ 32-bit MCUs Have Class-Leading Performance
Microchip Technology Inc., a provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, announced the new 24-member PIC32MZ Embedded Connectivity (EC) family of 32-bit MCUs. It provides class-leading performance of 330 DMIPS and 3.28 CoreMarks™/MHz, along with dual-panel, live-update Flash (up to 2 MB), large RAM (512 KB) and the connectivity peripherals—including a 10/100 Ethernet MAC, […]
Microchip Releases MOST150 Data Link Layer Specification
Microchip Technology Inc., a provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, announced that it has made available for license, on a royalty-bearing basis, its proprietary MOST150 Data Link Layer Specification. By making the key technologies available for the lower layers of MOST150, other semiconductor companies now have the opportunity to develop, manufacture and supply […]
