Microchip to hold embedded designer's forum

A Microchip Technology product story

Edited by the Electronicstalk editorial team Sep 4, 2009

Microchip has announced the opening of registration for its Embedded Designer's Forum (EDF), a worldwide series of technical learning events.

The forums will run from October 2009 to February 2010 at 120 locations across the world, with 51 forums located in Europe and six forums across UK and Ireland running in November and December.

All attendees will receive a discount on select Microchip development tools, as well as a free, hands-on training class at any of Microchip's 37 worldwide Regional Training Centres.

Showcasing PIC microcontroller (MCU) technologies, the Embedded Designer's Forums will teach designers how to add more features and functionality to their designs, for lower system costs and faster time to market.

Each forum will include the following sessions: Lower Your System Power With the World's Lowest Sleep Power MCU; Getting the Most Out of the New 32 MHz PIC16F Enhanced eight-bit Core MCUs; Expand Your Application With PIC32 32-bit Performance; Add LCD and Graphics Displays to Your Products; Improve Your User Interfaces Using Touch-Sense Technology; and Integrate USB Connectivity Into Your Embedded Design.

EDF attendees will see demos of Microchip's development tools and free software libraries.

Discounted tools include the MPLAB Starter Kits for PIC18 eight-bit, PIC24F 16-bit, and PIC32 32-bit MCUs; the F1 Evaluation Platform for Enhanced eight-bit PIC MCUs; the Mtouch Capacitive Touch Evaluation Kit; and the Pickit 3 Debug Express.