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Product category: Analogue and Mixed Signal ICs
News Release from: Microchip Technology | Subject: MCP401x digital potentiometers
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 02 March 2006

Digital pots compete with mechanical
types

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Low-power low-voltage volatile 6bit digital potentiometers are cost- and size-competitive with current mechanical potentiometers.

New from Microchip, the MCP401x family of low-power low-voltage volatile 6bit digital potentiometers provides engineers with a digital solution that is cost- and size-competitive with current mechanical potentiometer solutions Available in tiny 5- and 6-pin SOT-23 and 2 mm x 3 mm DFN packages, the MCP4011, 4012, 4013 and 4014 help reduce board space and device height for many portable applications