Microchip Technology announces 30 new 16-bit MCUs and DSCs
(Product News, 27 Mar 2008 )
Microchip Technology has announced 30 new 28- and 44-pin 16-bit devices for embedded system designers requiring increased memory or performance, or enhanced peripherals, while obtaining the cost and size savings associated with lower pin count devices. This brings the total 16-bit Microcontrollers and Digital Signal Controllers (DSCs) offered by Microchip to well over 100 distinct devices. Additionally, Microchip now offers the industry's largest DSC portfolio, enabling optimum system costs for a broad range of embedded applications that require high performance or DSP functionality.
Announced are 10 PIC24H Family 40 MIPS 16-bit microcontrollers, 10 dsPIC33 Family General Purpose DSCs and 10 dsPIC33 Motor Control and Power Conversion Family DSCs. These 28- and 44-pin devices offer 32-, 64- or 128 Kbytes of programmable Flash memory; up to 2 Kbytes of dual-port RAM; 4 to 16 Kbytes of SRAM including DMA; two on-chip comparators; a user-selectable 10-bit (4 S&H) or 12-bit (1 S&H) Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC); a real-time clock and calendar. Standard serial peripherals include two SPIs, two UARTs and one I2C module.
Selected DSCs include a new 16-bit peripheral for Microchip - a dual-channel, 16-bit audio Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC). Some devices also offer an on-chip CAN 2.0B module and a CODEC interface supporting the I2S and AC'97 protocols.
