Product category: Microprocessors, Microcontrollers and DSPs
News Release from: Microchip Technology | Subject: PIC Flash microcontrollers
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 9 July 2004
Flash microcontrollers have both ends covered
A range of 12 new Flash microcontrollers covers a full spectrum of applications.
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Microchip has introduced eight 28- and 40/44-pin PIC Flash microcontrollers targeting high-end applications requiring additional memory in low pincounts, featuring 48 or 64Kbyte of Flash program memory and 4Kbyte of RAM. Example applications for these devices include: industrial (TCP/IP controllers, motor control, ballast control); computing (cable modems, POS terminals, voice/fax boards); telecommunications (GPS units); and consumer (MP3 players, security systems, thermostats). Microchip has also released four 64- and 80-pin PIC Flash microcontrollers targeting cost-constrained applications requiring additional I/O, offering up to 70 pins of I/O, and featuring 8 or 16Kbyte of Flash program memory and 768byte of RAM.
Example applications that could benefit from increased I/O include: building security systems, appliance controls, video control panels, home automation systems, and data collection from multiple sensors.
These new PIC microcontrollers offer standard or enhanced Flash.
The enhanced Flash products (PIC18F2525, PIC18F2620, PIC18F4525 and PIC18F4620) have self-programming capability, and up to 1Kbyte of high-endurance EEPROM data memory.
With the unique nanowatt technology, these microcontrollers offer power-managed modes that make them ideal for battery and low-power applications.
Additional features include: external clock of up to 40MHz (10MIPS); 32kHz to 32MHz (8MIPS) internal oscillator; fail-safe clock monitor; wide voltage range of 2.0-5.5V, and a -40 to +125C temperature range; in-circuit serial programming; 10bit, 100Ksample/s A/D convertor with up to 13 signal channels; two analogue comparators; programmable brownout detect and programmable low-voltage detect; SPI, I2C and one or two USARTs (supporting RS485, RS232 and LIN); and two or three capture compare PWM modules.
These new PIC18F microcontrollers are supported by Microchip's high-performance development systems, including the MPLAB integrated development environment (IDE), MPLAB C18 C compiler, MPLAB ICD 2 in-circuit debugger, and MPLAB ICE 2000 in-circuit emulator.
The 12 new microcontrollers are available today for general sampling.
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