MicroSolutions Categories Design Corner Developer Insights Learning Center Maker Space New Products and Tools Technology 101 Trends and Innovations Microsolutions Newsletter Archive Microchip’s Analog Tools Ecosystem Part 1: Creating Robust Analog Designs This is a four-part series where we will dive into the analog design tools ecosystem. In this article, readers will explore how to create the best analog designs. Terry Cleveland and Chris Twigg // Nov 22, 2021 Matching A/D Converter Performance With Application (Part 4) A fundamental understanding of precision and accuracy and how they relate to ADC specifications enable the designer to quickly choose the right ADC quickly for their application. Robert Schreiber // Nov 18, 2021 Matching A/D Converter Performance with Application (Part 3) A fundamental understanding of precision and accuracy and how they relate to ADC specifications enable the designer to quickly choose the right ADC quickly for their application. Robert Schreiber // Nov 5, 2021 PoE Midspans When Switches Are Not Enough Learn about the benefits of using PoE midspans versus PoE switches in your design. Alan Jay Zwiren // Nov 3, 2021 1588 Grandmaster – Why Care About Your Engine? Packet engine enhancements have great broad-based impact on timing. Eric Colard // Oct 26, 2021 The LiDAR Market is Fast Growing, Fragmented – and Full of Promise Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR), the distance measurement methodology using pulsed laser light reflection, is one of the key sensing technologies for detecting objects and determining distances in autonomous driving systems. LiDAR is one of the fastest-growing market segments today. David Schellenberger // Oct 19, 2021 Low Power = System Saving, Even in Plug-In Devices Power Consumption matters in all electronic systems, even if not immediately obvious. The total cost of ownership can be significantly reduced by using electronic devices with low power consumption. Martin Kellermann // Oct 18, 2021 Current (and Voltage) Transitions: ICE to EVs, Si to SiC Switches, Analog to Digital Drivers With the transition from the internal combustion engine (ICE) to electric propulsion accelerating, the resulting and required technology transitions need to be evaluated. Rob Weber // Oct 14, 2021 Closing the Gender Gap Within STEM Although they make significant contributions to the fields of engineering and computing, women continue to be a distinct minority within these fields. Learn about how the STEM fields can close the gender gap, an effort that is mutually beneficial for females and for the STEM fields. Vibeke Zink // Oct 13, 2021 Getting to Know Your Next-Generation Adaptec® Tri-Mode Adapters Our Comprehensive Line of Storage Adapters Supports the Industry’s Broadest Range of Applications and Delivers Reliable Solutions That Meet Your Long-Term Storage Strategies Carol Whitmarsh // Oct 8, 2021 Polypharmacy and Prescribing Cascades Drive New Interest in IoT Solutions for Pill Management Pill Management Systems Represent an Area That Needs to Evolve to Best Serve Elderly Populations and Mitigate Adverse Drug Reactions Among Patients Tim Bresien // Sep 27, 2021 Optimizing Cybersecurity in Your Autonomous Vehicle Designs Autonomous Driving is Coming Down the Road. Don’t Let Cybersecurity Become a Detour. Todd Slack // Sep 21, 2021 Lowest-Power, Smallest-Form Factor Embedded Vision Solution with PolarFire® FPGAs and CoaXPress® Transceivers Develop the Next-Generation of Intelligent Vision Platforms Apurva Peri // Sep 20, 2021 How Integrated Features Can Save the Day in Your Temperature Measurement System Real-Time Temperature Monitoring is Vital to the Operation of Industrial, Consumer, Computing and Communications Designs Bryce Morgan // Sep 15, 2021 TinyML That Can be Updated Without Resynthesizing or Rebooting the FPGA Provide a Simple and Future-Proof Approach to Incorporating ML in a Variety of Systems Martin Kellermann // Sep 13, 2021 Using the LX7720's Motor Drivers - Part 5: Separating a Half-Bridge into Independent Low-Side and High-Side Drivers This article is the 5th in a series that discusses the implementation aspects of the LX7720 spacecraft motor driver. It breaks down the LX7720's major functions into circuit blocks and sub-blocks and details how they work. This also explains the operation of sub-blocks and how they integrate into a motor drive system, helping designers to optimize their circuit designs. Dorian Johnson and Tim Herklots // Sep 8, 2021 Smart High Level Synthesis (HLS) Tool Suite Enables C++ Based Algorithm Development Using Microchip’s PolarFire® FPGA Platform Enhances Accessibility to PolarFire FPGAs for Hardware Acceleration in Edge Compute Systems Microchip Technology // Sep 1, 2021 Get to Know the Evacuated Miniature Crystal Oscillator The Evacuated Miniature Crystal Oscillator (EMXO) may not be a household term, yet it offers significant improvements over other oscillator technologies that make it an appealing alternative in space applications. Hoklay Pak // Aug 23, 2021 New Chip Scale Atomic Clock (CSAC) Provides Wider Operating Temperatures, Faster Warm-up and Improved Frequency Stability in Extreme Environments Microchip’s SA65 CSAC for military and industrial systems features ultra-high precision and low power consumption Microchip Technology // Aug 18, 2021 PIR Motion Sensing with the ATtiny1627 MCU Family Sense motion and environmental changes with a passive infrared sensor (PIR) from the ATtiny1627 MCU family. Kjetil Kirkholt // Aug 16, 2021 Capturing and Responding to Power Events: Two New Precision Power Monitor Families for Computing, Portable Electronics, Optoelectronics and Data Centers The PAC194x and PAC195x multichannel precision power monitor families improve upon the PAC193x with two alert outputs for event detection of over-current, over-voltage, over-power, under-voltage and under-current. Where a 0 to 32V family has existed, the new generation also includes a 0 to 9V family (PAC194x) to focus on portable power applications for 1- to 2- cell litium-ion battery monitoring. Mitch Polonsky // Aug 16, 2021 Custom Logic Peripherals for Improving Applications Use custom logic peripherals on PIC® and AVR® MCUs to improve application performance. Robert Perkel // Aug 13, 2021 New I2C Serial EEPROM Introduces 3.4MHz High-Speed Mode Operation, Software Write-Protection and Factory Programmed Serial Numbers Industry First 3.4 MHz I2C Serial EEPROM Closes the Gap in Trade-Offs Between SPI and I2C Protocols Microchip Technology // Aug 12, 2021 Best of Two Worlds: Small Footprint FPGA and Cost-Effective PCB Technology Learn about the possibility to combine small FGPA packages with cost-effective PCB technology for space-constrained applications. Martin Kellermann // Aug 5, 2021 Unique Low-Cost Touchscreen Reference Solution Make your product stand out with an attractive, engaging and easy-to-use Graphical User Interface (GUI). Our Integrated Graphics and Touch (IGaT) Development Kit offers you a unique low-cost user interface reference solution that implements graphics, touchscreen, and machine learning based gesture recognition by a single MCU. Florence Chao // Aug 4, 2021 PoE for the Home Broadband Gateway Smart home applications such as video doorbells, thermostats, shades, locks and control panels are starting to be powered by Power over Ethernet (PoE). Microchip has PoE integrated circuits (ICs) to add the power sourcing to the home gateway, which is quickly becoming the home automation hub for all things connected. Marty Pandola // Aug 4, 2021 Using the LX7720 Motor Drivers - Part 4: Performing Current Measurements Within the Half-Bridge Stage This article is the fourth in a series that discusses implementation aspects of the LX7720 spacecraft motor driver. It breaks down the LX7720's major functions into circuit blocks and sub-blocks and details how they work. This also explains the operation of sub-blocks and how they integrate into a motor drive system, helping designers to optimize their circuit designs. Dorian Johnson and Tim Herklots // Aug 3, 2021 Current Trends in Autonomous Vehicle Adoption Autonomous vehicles with Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) can reduce accidents, expand delivery options, and improve the safety of public transportation. While some of the technology for self-driving systems is in use today, moving to a completely autonomous driving model will be a gradual process combining software and hardware innovation with public acceptance. David Schellenberger // Aug 2, 2021 Understanding the Function of Analog-to-Digital (ADC) Drivers As the name implies, analog-to-digital converter (ADC) drivers are specialty amplifiers that are designed specifically to work alongside ADCs, including successive approximation, pipelined and delta-sigma based architectures. These specialty amplifiers are critical circuit components that enable the ADC to function at full performance, as will be explored in the next sections. Kevin Tretter // Jul 26, 2021 No Rest for the Weary RF Power Amplifier Designer Commercial and defense satellite communications, 5G networks, and other aerospace and defense systems rely on high-performance power technology to meet the high-speed data rates required for video and broadband data. New power solutions are leading the charge. Mike Ziehl // Jul 23, 2021 Using the LX7720's Motor Drivers - Part 3: Introduction to the Motor Winding Current Sense Amplifiers This article is the third in a series that discusses implementation aspects of the LX7720 spacecraft motor driver. It breaks down the LX7720's major functions into circuit blocks and sub-blocks and details how they work. This also explains the operation of sub-blocks and how they integrate into a motor drive system, helping designers to optimize their circuit designs. Dorian Johnson and Tim Herklots // Jul 14, 2021 The Drive Towards the Software-Defined Vehicle Built on Ethernet Ethernet, an established, standardized technology, is rapidly evolving to support markets including automotive that have specific requirements – like the determinism and high bandwidth critical to autonomous vehicles. David Schellenberger // Jul 8, 2021 Microchip is First to Achieve JEDEC Qualification for a Radiation-Tolerant (RT) FPGA in a Plastic Package Low-power RTG4 FPGA offers new space system designers the industry’s highest reliability at lowest cost with shortest lead times Microchip Technology Inc. // Jun 29, 2021 RAID Adapters 101: A Guide to Controller-Based Encryption (CBE) In Microchip’s RAID Adapters series, learn about how you can enhance your security through encryption to protect your private information and sensitive data. Lisette Brown // Jun 25, 2021 Implementing Hysteresis in the ADCC Learn how to use the setpoint register in enhanced ADC peripherals to implement hysteresis in results to filter out noise. Robert Perkel // Jun 21, 2021 Digitally-Enhanced High-Speed ADCs for Low-Power Wireless Applications Digitally-enhanced high-speed ADCs can help simplify today's radio frequency (RF) system designs and allow for lower overall power operation. digitally-enhanced, high speed pipelined (200/80 Msps) analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) come with many configurable digital signal post-processing options. Iman Chalabi // Jun 15, 2021 Detect Overcurrent Conditions with AVR® DB Family of MCUs Protect persons and property by using the internal OPAMPs on the AVR® DB family of MCUs to detect an overcurrent fault and shutdown the load. Robert Perkel // Jun 8, 2021 Optimizing Your Smart Storage Adapter Performance Microchip’s Smart Adapter Performance Guide contains the tips you need to achieve optimal performance when using Adaptec® Smart Storage adapter products. Since all system configurations are slightly different, we highlight the areas that can significantly impact the overall performance of your storage adapters. Carol Whitmarsh // Jun 8, 2021 The First PIC32C MCUs Combines Power of Arm® Cortex® Core with High-Performance Analog and Digital Peripherals Combining the best features from PIC32M and SAM devices enhances performance for embedded industrial and motor control applications. Brett Novak and Sonia Sethi // Jun 8, 2021 Using the LX7720's Motor Drivers - Part 2: Implementing a Half-bridge Driver with Standard or Low-voltage NFETs This article is the second in a series that discusses implementation aspects of the LX7720 spacecraft motor driver. It breaks down the LX7720's major functions into circuit blocks and sub-blocks and details how they work. This also explains the operation of sub-blocks and how they integrate into a motor drive system, helping designers to optimize their circuit designs. Dorian Johnson and Tim Herklots // Jun 4, 2021 Tips for Choosing the Best Wi-Fi® MCU The Wi-Fi® MCU plays a big role in moving the IoT forward by combining a processor, Wi-Fi transceiver, I/O, and other functions in a single SoC. They perform not just Wi-Fi connectivity but surprising levels of MCU performance, extensive security measures, and considerable amounts of IO. Alex Li // May 26, 2021 Hardware Roundup April 2021 From new Arduino-compatible boards to vintage-inspired hardware, let’s take a look at some of the designs that caught our attention over the last month. Microchip Technology // May 25, 2021 RAID Adapters 101: Managing Your Storage is as Easy as 1, 2, 3 In Microchip’s RAID Adapters series, learn about protecting your data and choosing the right interface to use with your adapter. Lisette Brown // May 20, 2021 Trust Platform Design Suite Accelerates Embedded Security Implementations While Adding Ecosystem for Third-Party Contributions Enable new projects to be prototyped in minutes across a rapidly expanding variety of security use cases. Microchip Technology // May 11, 2021 The GigE Vision Cost Advantage Debunked CoaXPress is the only 12.5Gbps standard that provides simultaneous video, camera control, and triggering over a single coaxial cable, along with 13 W of DC power at 24 VDC, with real-time cable link quality check. Zeph Freeman // May 11, 2021 Using the LX7720's Motor Drivers - Part 1: Introduction to the Half-bridge Driver This article is the first in a series that discusses the implementation aspects of the LX7720 spacecraft motor driver. It breaks down the LX7720's major functions into circuit blocks and sub-blocks and details how they work. This also explains the operation of sub-blocks and how they integrate into a motor drive system, helping designers to optimize their circuit designs. Dorian Johnson and Tim Herklots // May 10, 2021 With Security Threats and Vulnerabilities on the Rise, Consider the Root Designing innovative products for a post-pandemic world is a compelling mission, but new world hackers and illicit digital opportunists are also surveying the landscape and preparing for their next big score. Security measures for embedded designs must be top of mind for every innovator. Tim Bresien // Apr 30, 2021 Understanding the ISA/IEC 62443 Standard and Secure Elements Microchip’s secure elements and accompanying Security Pattern services are designed to provide the guidance required to comply with ISA/IEC 62443 and achieve device certification. Microchip Technology // Apr 27, 2021 March 2021 Hardware Roundup Each month, we publish a list of new hardware releases. This month, a few SAM D21 boards headline the roundup. Check out the Hunter Cat NFC, the Minima for which schematics and files can be found on Github, a pocket-sized debugger, a solar charge controller featuring an ATtiny85 and more. Microchip Technology // Apr 22, 2021 Matching A/D Converter Performance with Application (Part 2) A fundamental understanding of precision and accuracy and how they relate to ADC specifications enable the designer to quickly choose the right ADC quickly for their application. Robert Schreiber // Apr 21, 2021 Migrating from PIC18 to PIC24F Microcontrollers Made Easy Our extensive product portfolio of PIC® Microcontrollers (MCUs) to help you select the device that best suits the needs of your application. Gaurav Chawla // Apr 15, 2021 Matching A/D Converter Performance with Application (Part I) A fundamental understanding of precision and accuracy, and how they relate to ADC specifications to enable the designer to quickly choose the right ADC for their application. Robert Schreiber // Apr 13, 2021 Microchip PoE Midspans Power Richnerstutz Innovative Real-Time People Monitoring Solution During the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses must ensure safe experiences for visitors to their places of business. Learn how a leading Swiss-based IT innovator used our PoE Midspans for their real-time people monitoring solution. Shruti Usgaonkar // Apr 7, 2021 Resilience in Timing – Do You Really Need Sacrifices? Critical Infrastructure providers can’t afford downtime and must rely on resilient solutions. This is also true of precise timing. New redundancy designs allow for the utmost flexibility – there is all to gain and nothing to compromise. Eric Colard // Mar 31, 2021 Dedicated Data Compression Engine for Improved Data Center Efficiency Compression can help improve performance in the data center. Ranya Daas // Mar 29, 2021 Why You Need to Keep an Eye on Your Data Center’s ROI Balancing the needs of users and company ROI means deploying data center assets that deliver maximum performance and reliability while reducing capital and operating expenses. Marc Anthony // Mar 29, 2021 February 2021 Hardware Roundup Headlining this month's roundup is a collection of SAM D designs. Also featured is a Ledsticker, an LED matrix used as a sticker, and Sparkle! Microchip Technology // Mar 25, 2021 Simplify Dual Voltage Domain Systems Using the MVIO Peripheral on Microchip’s AVR® DB MCU Simplify and reduce the BOM of designs with two digital voltage-domains using the MVIO on AVR® DB. Robert Perkel // Mar 19, 2021 FPGA-Based Motor Control for Space and Aviation Learn why our FPGA-based multi-axis motor control solution is the right fit for space and aviation applications. Apurva Peri // Mar 18, 2021 Future-Proof Your Data Center with Maximum-Performance Storage Solutions Get every last bit of performance out of your data center and build customer loyalty, improve productivity and give you an edge over slower-moving competitors. Marc Anthony // Mar 12, 2021 Predictive Maintenance for Industry 4.0 Aligning the appropriate Microchip MCU and MPU families with our easy-to-use development tools enables developers to create optimal designs for predictive maintenance applications without the risks, higher system costs and slower time-to-market than they might encounter with less-integrated approaches. Ivan Gatchev // Mar 11, 2021 Digitization of Informational and Operational Technology Timing Domains Substations are going through major upgrades to much of their network infrastructure with the deployment of Ethernet and wide area communications. Hayden Alves // Mar 2, 2021 January 2021 Hardware Roundup Headlining the first roundup of 2021 is a quarter-sized Arduboy, some new boards from Tindie, and a couple crowdfunding campaigns. Microchip Technology Inc. // Feb 24, 2021 Protect Your Valuable Company Data by Securing Your Storage System Marc Anthony // Feb 24, 2021 Remote Medical Devices: How to Design for IoMT Connectivity and Security Features Ivan Gatchev // Feb 22, 2021 Maximize Operational Continuity in Your Data Center by Reducing Complexity Marc Anthony // Feb 16, 2021 Silicon Carbide (SiC) Enhances Auxiliary Power in Transportation Kevin Speer // Feb 10, 2021 Address IoT Security Requirements from Product Design to Deployment Secure updates, failure recovery, software provisioning, IP protection and cloud integration in a turnkey solution. Sequitur Labs // Jan 28, 2021 Daisy Chain PoE Devices Using PoE Power Forwarding PoE is a point-to-point technology and when PoE Power Forwarding is used, it allows an additional device to be cascaded in series to extend a single Ethernet run. Marty Pandola // Jan 26, 2021 Dynamic Channel Multiplexing (DCM) DCM drives SAS link utilization to near 100% on 24G SAS initiator-expander and 24G SAS expander-expander links regardless of block sizes or mix of drive rates and media types. Stephen Churchill // Jan 25, 2021 December 2020 Hardware Roundup Another month, another batch of boards! Microchip Technology Inc. // Jan 22, 2021 Timing is at the Heart of C5ISR Rapidly evolving C5ISR requirements are becoming more stringent to address evolving adversary capabilities, driving tougher sync and timing specifications. Stewart Hampton // Jan 18, 2021 Building a Secure IoT Platform An essential element of implementing security is taking a holistic approach that ensures not just that the overall system is protected, but that each individual device is protected as well. Tim Morin // Jan 14, 2021 Simplify Your Next Position Sensor Design with Microchip’s Plug and Play Sensor Library The new inductive position sensor library enables you to download your next sensor design for free. Accurate, robust and affordable inductive positions sensors can be downloaded directly from Microchip. Mark Smith // Jan 6, 2021 Small Form Factor Temperature Sensors: The Latest Thermal Management Industry Trend Bryce Morgan // Jan 6, 2021 Value SAS: Enterprise Class Storage for Everyone With SATA interfaces peaking in performance and no future speed improvments planned, Value SAS (vSAS) offers a solid replacement of enterprise SATA SSDs in most server applications. Jeremiah Tussey // Dec 19, 2020 How to Overcome the Challenges of Designing a Radiation Tolerant Motion Control System on Chip These fundamental elements must be realized in designing a versatile motion control system for space applications. Dorian Johnson // Dec 18, 2020 November 2020 Hardware Roundup A handful of SAM D21 and SAM D51 boards headline the November 2020 list of hardware, including a new Adafruit Feather and a bug-shaped IoT wearable. Microchip Technology Inc. // Dec 16, 2020 CXL™ Use-cases Driving the Need For Low Latency Performance Retimers CXL™ is the new open interface standard for latency sensitive processing in a data center. Highlights on the application details and use cases for moving data at 32GT/s are discussed in this article. Tam Do // Dec 15, 2020 FPGA Design Services Learn about our broad range of FPGA design services solutions to elevate your design to the next level. Apurva Peri // Dec 15, 2020 Powering Access Control Systems Using Microchip mPoE Microchip mPoE offers a comprehensive end-to-end portfolio of PoE solutions comprised of PoE ICs and PoE systems (midspans/injectors and switches) to reliably power network access control systems. Shruti Usgaonkar // Dec 10, 2020 The Spotlight is on Streetlights as IoT, 5G and Smart Cities Emerge (and Converge) Microchip Technology Inc. // Dec 10, 2020 Improve Sensor Interface Designs: The New PIC18-Q41 Product Family Our PIC18-Q41 family addresses analog system design challenges and helps designers get to market quickly. Stephanie Pinteric // Dec 9, 2020 How to Make Real-Time Control Easy with the PIC18-Q10 Curiosity Nano Create programmable logic that operates outside the speed limitations of software execution using the PIC18-Q10 with its CLC modules for a more configurable and elegant design. Stephanie Pinteric // Dec 3, 2020 Microchip Case Study: Wortmann AG, World-Class Cloud Services Provider Moving from being a well-known systems vendor to a world class cloud services provider can be a daunting decision. But, for Wortmann AG it was a natural next-step of their evolution. Microchip Technology Inc. // Dec 1, 2020 How to Use the PIC16F15244 Family as an I/O Expander for More Design Flexibility: Simple Keypad Controller Demo When adding keypad functionality to a project, the PIC16F15244 family can offload I/O tasks from the main MCU, saving I/O lines while not compromising on features. Robert Perkel // Nov 23, 2020 October 2020 Hardware Roundup New hardware from Arduino, SparkFun, and Adafruit headline this month’s roundup. Let’s take a quick look at some of the latest boards and kits to emerge over the last couple of weeks. Microchip // Nov 21, 2020 How to Use the PIC16F15244 Family as an I/O Expander for More Design Flexibility: 7 Segment Display Demo Microchip’s PIC16F15244 family controls a 7-segment display directly, saving I/O and power dissipation in the main MCU Robert Perkel // Nov 16, 2020 New PoE PSE Chipsets for the IEEE® 802.3 at Market Segment Microchip’s new PSE chipsets are specifically designed for the many applications of the sub 30W PoE market segment. Keep reading to learn why. Marty Pandola // Nov 10, 2020 Fitness Nut Meets Electronics Geek: The SAMD21 Curiosity Nano Fitness Tracker Demo It’s almost that time of year again, the time for your New Year’s resolution! This year we’re adding some more inspiration behind the big commitment we all dread — the one to exercise more. Shridhar Channagiri // Nov 10, 2020 Innovate in Your Designs with the new PIC24F GU/GL MCUs offering Low Power LCD Display Driver and Smart Performance Packed with several Core Independent Peripherals (CIPs) including the segmented LCD driver with autonomous animation, that can function in power-saving modes, the PIC24F ‘GU/GL’ MCUs offer eXtreme low power operation for power-conscious designs. These MCUs simplify designing a range of applications from Cloud connected low power edge nodes to sensor nodes operating in harsh environments. Gaurav Chawla // Nov 4, 2020 How to Use the PIC16F15244 Family as an I/O Expander for More Design Flexibility I/O expanders can be emulated using an MCU, like the new PIC16F15244 family, helping yield more design flexibility, features and even lower Bill of Materials (BOM). Robert Perkel // Nov 2, 2020 Refrigerator Compressor Design Achieves High Energy Efficiency Ratings Using a Digital Signal Controller (DSC) Read this article to learn about the benefits of using the dsPIC33 DSC refrigerator compressor reference design. Sanal Varghese // Oct 29, 2020 How to Improve Your Product’s Safety and Reliability Using the World’s Only Digital Temperature Sensors with NVM Registers Learn how a single channel temperature sensor family with integrated NVM registers can help. Bryce Morgan // Oct 27, 2020 September 2020 Hardware Roundup From a few new Adafruit and SparkFun boards to recently launched crowdfunding campaigns, here’s a recap of the latest hardware to emerge last month. Microchip Technology // Oct 26, 2020 Chip Scale Atomic Clocks: Effects on Timing Error – Elapsed Time (Part 2 of 4) In this article on the Chip Scale Atomic Clock (CSAC) performance during rapid temperature change, learn how time error can be calculated from published aging rates. Will Krzewick // Oct 20, 2020 How to Write Bare-metal Code for PIC® or AVR® MCUs Learn how to write bare metal C code quickly and understand the drivers generated by MPLAB® Code Configurator (MCC). Glen Nilsen // Oct 14, 2020 New Updates to the PIC32MK Series of 32-bit MCUs for Motor Control, Industrial and Automotive Applications Second generation PIC32MK Series of 32-bit MCUs, Tailor Made for Precision Motor Control, Industrial and Automotive Applications Brett Novak and Sonia Sethi // Oct 11, 2020 The Newest Addition to Microchip’s 32-bit Low-Cost Curiosity Nano Development Board Series Kick-start your 32-bit embedded applications with Microchip’s most versatile Arm® Cortex®-M4, SAME51J20A Microcontroller (MCU) based SAM E51 Curiosity Nano Evaluation Kit. Sonia Sethi // Oct 10, 2020 How to Easily Add Google Cloud Support to Your Embedded Application The SAM-IoT Development Board Rapidly Connects Your 32-bit IoT Embedded Application to Google Cloud Platform’s Cloud IoT Core Sonia Sethi // Oct 8, 2020 Solving Interoperability Challenges of Delivering up to 90 Watts of Power over Ethernet (PoE) Microchip multi-Power over Ethernet (mPoE) technology solves interoperability issues between different standards and legacy solutions and eliminates the dependency on AC infrastructure and its variations to provide an international network power standard. Helder Resende // Oct 1, 2020 Simplify LoRa® End-node Designs with the New Ultra-low Power, Regulatory-certified WLR089U0 LoRa Modules The new ultra-low-power, highly integrated WLR089U0 LoRa modules greatly simplify the development of remote IoT applications. Ramya Kota // Sep 29, 2020 Optimizing Performance in RF Tuning Circuits Exploring a variety of RF circuits including power amplifier applications — such as GSM and CDMA cellular base stations, radar, CATV and portable radio devices as well as RF oscillators and filters found in wireless applications, such as wireless microphones and radios. Denise Turic // Sep 28, 2020 Addressing New Space Challenges with COTS-to-Rad-Tolerant Technology COTS-to rad-tolerant devices products provide unique, scalable solutions to address the New Space Challenges. Nicolas Ganry // Sep 24, 2020 What Can’t the CAN Bus Do Today? From its not-so-humble beginnings in the early 1990s, the Controller Area Network (CAN) bus has expanded from its automotive and industrial roots to connect and interconnect control systems in some of the most dynamic industries on earth (and beyond). Tim Bresien // Sep 21, 2020 August 2020 Hardware Roundup Well, summer may be winding down but the PCB designs continue to heat up! Over the last few weeks, we’ve seen an assortment of new hardware emerge — ranging from development boards in unusual form factors to crowdfunding campaigns on Crowd Supply, GroupGets, and Kickstarter. Microchip Technology // Sep 15, 2020 How to Simplify Data Logging in Space Satellite electronics designers who have struggled with weight and board space restrictions will now be able to meet these stringent requirements thanks to our radiation hardened ICs. Dorian L. Johnson // Sep 15, 2020 Choosing Virtual Primary Reference Timing Clocks — for Accuracy, Precision and Security Virtual Primary Reference Timing Clock (vPRTC) is a new concept for a highly secure and protected network-based timing architecture developed to meet the expanding needs of modern critical infrastructures. Barry Dropping // Sep 10, 2020 What Is Jitter? Learn to identify different types of jitter and how to filter/remove them to reduce the overall Bit Error Rate (BER) in your system. David Chandler // Sep 9, 2020 Getting Started with PolarFire® FPGAs Learn about development kits for accelerated FPGA application prototyping. Apurva Peri // Sep 2, 2020 How Do I Eliminate “Flicker Noise” in My Amplifier Design? While there are many different sources of noise within an operational amplifier, perhaps the most mysterious and frustrating noise source is what is known as flicker noise. How does one deal with this dominating, low frequency noise? If 1/f noise is a big concern, then selecting a zero-drift amplifier is the best solution. Kevin Tretter // Sep 1, 2020 IoT and Agriculture: Gaining New Efficiency and Cost Savings through Better Cattle Management Learn how cattle tracking systems enable farmers to increase heard output and overall wellness. Sani Ronen // Aug 27, 2020 Chip Scale Atomic Clocks – Performance During Rapid Temperature Change (Part 1 of 4) Learn how the chip scale atomic clock (CSAC) performs in a rapidly changing thermal environment. Will Krzewick // Aug 25, 2020 You Received Your Enhanced Primary Reference Time Clock (ePRTC). Now What? Enhanced PRTC requires careful planning and commissioning. Eric Colard // Aug 21, 2020 July Hardware Roundup Take one look around online communities, crowdfunding sites and marketplaces, and it won’t be difficult to find countless pieces of hardware powered by Microchip technology. Microchip // Aug 11, 2020 System Considerations for Compute Express Link™ Attached Devices: Form factors, connectors and backplanes. Compute Express Link™ (CXL™) addresses the growing memory bandwidth and capacity needs for processors to accelerate high-speed computing applications. Learn how leveraging existing PCIe 5.0 protocols will help the industry quickly transition to take advantage and adopt these new capabilities enabled by CXL. Sandeep Dattaprasad // Aug 6, 2020 Accelerate Time-to-Market with Microchip’s ChipLink Development Tool Our Data Center Solutions team has invested in a comprehensive and intuitive toolset that can help speed up your time to market. Stephen Churchill // Aug 6, 2020 Powered Device Design Made Easy: Using the MPLAB® Analog Designer The MPLAB® Analog Designer is an easy-to-use online tool to start your PD power supply design. Marty Pandola // Aug 6, 2020 NVMe™ SSD Form Factors of the Future NVMe SSD deployments are surging, fueling the need for new capacities, performance, power, connectivity and form factors. Here’s what you need to know about emerging form factors available for your new design. William Cheng // Aug 5, 2020 Leading PoE Solution for Outdoor IoT Applications We can help you leverage Power over Ethernet (PoE) advantages for all IoT outdoor applications... Galit Mendelson // Jul 29, 2020 Microchip Hardware Roundup From crowdfunding sites and online marketplaces to hardware communities and social media, you can’t go far without stumbling upon a new design with a Microchip microcontroller at its core. Continuing on with our monthly series, here’s the next batch of boards that caught our attention in recent weeks. Microchip // Jul 20, 2020 Functional Safety for an Expanding Set of Applications – Microchip’s 32-Bit MCUs Support Your Development 32-bit microcontrollers offer functional safety solutions for home, industrial and automotive applications. David Arnold // Jul 9, 2020 Understanding Integrated vs. Standalone Analog-to-Digital Converter Tradeoffs The importance of Analog-to-Digital Converters (ADCs) is growing – due to the need for systems to acquire distributed data and provide localized monitoring and diagnostics. That leaves designers to evaluate whether they should choose a microcontroller with an integrated ADC to meet these requirements or if they should use a standalone ADC. Read about how to evaluate the use cases of integrated ADCs vs. standalone ADCs. Iman Chalabi // Jul 7, 2020 Smart Storage Platform Portfolio: New Cost-Effective Entry Level Adaptec® SmartRAID 3100E RAID Adapters Join the Line-up Enterprise server solution providers must deliver enterprise class solutions with the required performance, security and reliability in a cost-effective manner. Marwa Hamour // Jul 1, 2020 Defending Against Rootkit Attacks and Avoiding Malicious Malware With the rapid growth of the 5G cellular infrastructure, growing networks and data centers supporting expanding cloud computing, developers need new ways to ensure operating systems remain secure and uncompromised. Eileen Marando and Jeannette Wilson // Jun 30, 2020 FPGAs — A Deep Dive FPGAs have surfaced as the platforms of choice for many new-age applications owing to their lower latency, configurability and power efficiency. Apurva Peri // Jun 29, 2020 The Benefits of Serial-Attached Memory with Compute Express Link™ Serial-attached memory solutions using Compute Express Link have many benefits compared to parallel interfaces and can be used to replace or augment parallel memory solutions. Ahmad Danesh // Jun 24, 2020 Silicon for Digital Power Adds Flexibility and Performance Adapt your analog domain knowledge to the latest digital systems and work with developers to implement competitive product features. Microchip // Jun 24, 2020 GoodLock – The Embedded Security Development Platform from Microchip and Future Electronics Add end-to-end embedded security to your next application using our embedded products. Sonia Sethi // Jun 18, 2020 Logic Design With the Future in Mind: Scalable MCU+MPU Cores Our ecosystem not only provides an array of logic performance options, but also a software toolchain that can enable unprecedented opportunities for code reuse and a learning curve that allows designers and developers to... Microchip // Jun 16, 2020 Prototyping Embedded Systems We have developed an ecosystem of development hardware and software that not only eases the burdens of early design, but also enables a seamless transition to the production of embedded electronics. Microchip // Jun 13, 2020 Full-Featured Software/Hardware Motor Control Design Ecosystem Accelerates Time-to-Market With modern MCUs/DSCs, IDEs, and an ecosystem of software libraries, code examples, application notes, reference designs, and development/evaluation boards, even novice motor control designers can rapidly develop and deploy professional solutions without having to... Microchip // Jun 11, 2020 Treelink: Fast, Easy Navigation to Hundreds of Analog and Interface Solutions This great discovery tool provides an encompassing overview of all of our analog and interface products. Once the presentation is open, a product line can be viewed by clicking on the box of interest and can then be drilled down to learn individual product details. Romina Toska // Jun 9, 2020 Meet the Needs of Modern Sensing Applications With Low-Power and Highly Integrated MCUs and Sensors We offer MCUs, sensors, and development tools that allow for lower-cost sensor modules in smaller footprints, and eases development costs with richly featured development boards compatible with modular sensor boards. Microchip // Jun 5, 2020 How a Single-Source for Application-Specific Hardware, Libraries, and Software Tools Streamlines Embedded Development “One size fits all” is becoming less of a viable electronic product strategy, be it for consumer or industrial applications. Flexibility and customizability of a user’s electronics is the new design paradigm. Every year, common electronic product categories are merging, gaining features and becoming more user oriented. Though multiplying features in electronics is the norm in the industry, the pace and number of features being implemented in the latest designs is accelerating. For electronic device designers and developers, this means that they now need to incorporate more features in the same, or even smaller, space as a previous design. Microchip // Jun 4, 2020 Accelerating Designs With a Complete Embedded Design Ecosystem Just like consumers and end users of products, design engineers and developers are also seeking more options, flexibility and support from their hardware and software tool suppliers. We can help. Microchip Technology Inc. // May 28, 2020 Zero-Drift Amplifiers: Taking the Good With the Bad The use of zero-drift amplifiers continues to grow due to the superior dc precision that these devices offer. However, there is a downside to this performance – time domain limitations. Kevin Tretter // May 27, 2020 Easing Graphics Integration in Electronics With Diverse Hardware Options and Expansive Software and Developer Support We offer a host of hardware, software, third-party, and training solutions to help developers rapidly make pace with modern embedded graphics and accelerate time-to-market with graphics electronics. Microchip // May 21, 2020 Edge Computing and IoT Products of Tomorrow The demand for analyzing data at the edge is a growing product requirement. Computing at the edge device instead of the cloud means that…. Prasanna Obala Bhuvanesh // May 19, 2020 May Hardware Roundup Take one look around online communities, crowdfunding sites and marketplaces, and it won’t be difficult to find countless pieces of hardware powered by Microchip technology. Microchip // May 16, 2020 Reduce Design Overhead With the Latest Development Tools for Real-Time and Closed-Loop Control We offer several unique hardware and software solutions that aid real-time control designers in mitigating challenges and enable the development of competitive industrial electronic products. Microchip // May 14, 2020 Boundary Clock or Grandmaster? It’s Not “Or” – It’s “And” A family of products that can be configured for multiple use applications. Eric Colard // May 11, 2020 Meeting Modern Connectivity Requirements With Cloud Authentication and Diverse Communication Capabilities The new age of universal connectivity has created a need for simple and secure solutions to connect to the cloud within a variety of embedded applications. Microchip // May 9, 2020 Simplifying the Secure Product Release Journey from Concept to Deployment with Microchip’s Trust Platform and AWS’ Multi-Account Registration Today, many companies, small and large, are realizing the critical importance of adding security from the start of product development, rather than as an afterthought. Abhinay Venuturumilli // May 7, 2020 Silicon Carbide in Power Electronics – Innovation at the Forefront Green initiatives are driving the transformation of power electronic system designs across major industries such as automotive, industrial, aerospace and defense. To reduce CO2 emissions, systems are moving toward electrification of power and motor applications. Orlando Esparza // May 4, 2020 High-Power PoE Powering a Whole New Generation of Smart, Connected Devices Microchip is an innovator and thought leader in PoE technology, as well as a major contributor to the IEEE 802.3af, 802.3at and 802.3bt standards. Galit Mendelson // Apr 28, 2020 High-Power PoE Powering a Whole New Generation of Smart, Connected Devices Microchip is an innovator and thought leader in PoE technology, as well as a major contributor to the IEEE 802.3af, 802.3at and 802.3bt standards. Galit Mendelson // Apr 28, 2020 Adding a Touch of Class to Kitchen Appliances With the right range of screen size options in the appliance touch screen controller family, appliance touch screen designs are more scalable, which ultimately shortens design time, and lowers system and development cost. Stephan Thaler and Chad Solomon // Apr 14, 2020 Prototype Your 32-Bit Embedded Application at a Fraction of the Cost Using the SAM D21 Curiosity Nano Jumpstart your next embedded product from proof of concept to production with our Arm® Cortex® M0+ based SAM D21 Curiosity Nano Evaluation Kit. Sonia Sethi // Apr 7, 2020 Microchip PDS-408G Switch for Cost-effective Smart Lighting Systems Our digital ceiling switch is unique as it enables IT managers to control and optimize power utilization in the most energy-efficient manner. Galit Mendelson // Mar 31, 2020 Getting Started with Microchip FPGAs is as Easy as Saying ‘Hello’ New Hello FPGA kit makes it easy to implement out of the box designs. Apurva Peri // Mar 26, 2020 Hardware Roundup Take one look around online communities, crowdfunding sites and marketplaces, and it won’t be difficult to find countless pieces of hardware powered by Microchip technology. Microchip Technology // Mar 24, 2020 The Composable Platform Part 2 - Enabling Innovation Through Flexible Infrastructure Learn how our innovations build an agile infrastructure of compute, memory and storage and also how technology advancements that both the industry and vendors like us are enabling to meet the needs of a composable platform. Andrew Dieckmann // Mar 19, 2020 Protecting the Storage Platform Through Measurement and Attestation: Part 5│Additional Measures for Protecting the Storage Platform Learn the other measures that should be considered for protecting the storage platform, from creating a system of trust to implementing cryptographic obscurity. Jeff Plank // Mar 17, 2020 Effective Prototyping De-Risks Product Innovation Adopting the proper design thinking approach, along with a culture that embraces prototyping and rapid iteration, can improve time to market while reducing the capital and human costs of product development. Ward Andrews, CEO, Drawbackwards // Mar 11, 2020 Cloud Computing in IoT Through cloud computing, microcontrollers can perform very resource-intensive computations by outsourcing the work. Johan Lofstad // Mar 9, 2020 The Composable Platform - Enabling Innovation Through Flexible Infrastructure New architectures are needed to better utilize and optimize hardware assets spanning compute, memory and storage. Andrew Dieckmann // Mar 6, 2020 Protecting the Storage Platform Through Measurement and Attestation: Part 4 Learn what attestation measurements are and how they help prove to the platform what firmware is running. Jeff Plank // Mar 5, 2020 Bring the Power of the MPLAB® Development Ecosystem to Your AVR® and SAM Microcontroller-Based Projects Our MPLAB® development ecosystem now supports AVR® and SAM devices including SAM MPUs David Otten and Glen Nilsen // Feb 29, 2020 Turn Up the Heat Designing a feature-rich tankless water heater based on a dsPIC® digital signal controller. Theta Engineering // Feb 28, 2020 Measuring Code Coverage in an Embedded System Let’s Explore the Plight of the Software Developer. David Otten // Feb 22, 2020 Veterinary Ultrasound Part II – High-Quality and High-Intensity Image Systems This article discusses technology critical to the imaging systems used in veterinary care and our success in the veterinary ultrasound industry. Jesse Nichols // Feb 21, 2020 The New PIC18-Q43 Product Family: Combining Our Top MCU Peripherals with Easy to Use Development Tools for Faster Time to Market Improve your next design’s performance and speed up your time to market. Stephanie Pinteric // Feb 14, 2020 Can FlexE Close The Gap Between What Networks Require and The Ethernet Rates That Are Standardized? FlexE provides a layer of flexibility to close the gap between what networks require and the Ethernet rates that are standardized, while also enabling lower cost solutions. Kevin So // Feb 13, 2020 Protecting the Storage Platform Through Measurement and Attestation | Part 3: Understanding How Secure Trusted Firmware Translates into Solution Requirements and Product Guarantees In the first two parts of this series, we looked at multiple security threats in the server and storage industry. Now let’s look at some specific concerns and possible solutions to those problems. Jeff Plank // Feb 7, 2020 Microchip and Acacia Communications Enable First Flexible-Rate Optical Transmission Up to 600G We are supporting a critical transition with an established ecosystem that leverages the demonstrated interoperability between our PM6010 DIGI-G5 OTN Processor and Acacia's AC1200 Coherent Module. Microchip // Feb 6, 2020 NTP Time Servers: Is it IRIG or iRig? No Matter, Innovations are Happening with Both FlexPort technology for saving time, money, and ease-of-use in deploying a precise IRIG time synchronization solution like the SyncServer S650 makes a lot of sense. Paul Skoog // Feb 1, 2020 Veterinary Ultrasound Part I – Introduction and Requirements As the healthcare industry for animals continues to grow, a good ultrasound system has become inevitable for veterinarians. Read this article and learn about the different veterinary ultrasound requirements for large versus small animals. Jesse Nichols // Jan 29, 2020 Protect Your Critical Infrastructure from GNSS Spoofing and Jamming The GNSS signal has become increasingly vulnerable to a wide range of jamming and spoofing threats. Learn how you can provide signal visibility for better protection and security of GNSS reception. Greg Wolff // Jan 15, 2020 How PIC® and AVR® Technologies Help Drive the Evolution of IoT The continued evolution of IoT technologies will push the boundaries of a smarter, more connected world. Pravin Venkatraj // Jan 11, 2020 Seamlessly Integrate Dual-Motor Control and Power Factor Correction in Air Conditioner Designs Using a Single Digital Signal Controller Do your A/C system design challenges have you feeling the heat? This article will help you solve them. Nelson Alexander // Jan 8, 2020 Protecting the Storage Platform through Measurement and Attestation │Part 2: Threat Modeling for the New Age of Protection Attacks targeting your systems are disturbingly widespread – here's what you need to know. Jeff Plank // Jan 7, 2020 Protecting the Storage Platform through Measurement and Attestation │Part 2: Threat Modeling for the New Age of Protection Attacks targeting your systems are disturbingly widespread – here's what you need to know. Jeff Plank // Jan 7, 2020 Protecting the Storage Platform Through Measurement and Attestation | Part 1: Understanding the Changes in the Security Landscape Securing the operational state of components has become an ever-increasing topic among the server and storage industry. While much of the industry has already secured the platforms upon which subcomponents operate, it’s important to understand that subcomponents are now the next step for applying a security model. Jeff Plank // Dec 17, 2019 Assisting Customers to Help Meet New Requirements for the Smoke Detector Industry Smoke detector manufacturers will be required to have their new submissions meet new certification standards effective May 29, 2019 and to only manufacture their certified designs after May 29, 2020. We have developed integrated solutions to help enable our customers to implement the architectures to comply with the new requirements. Art Eck // Dec 13, 2019 Do More With Advanced Peripherals of Next-gen PIC18 ‘Q10’ MCUs The building blocks of our digital era are smart, connected, secure and never tiring end devices. Applications ranging from consumer electronics to home appliances, industrial to automotive need a smart, connected and secure central computing unit. The attributes like high performance, flexibility, robustness, reliability, integrity and predictable response time are the key requisites for these applications. Ankit Tripathi // Dec 11, 2019 dsPIC33 Digital Signal Controllers – Functional Safety Ready and Designed for Robust End Products In today’s automotive applications ISO26262 has become a critical element of passenger safety, as electric and electronic content has rapidly grown within cars. To help customers achieve the desired Automotive Safety Integrity Level (ASIL) certification, Microchip Technology’s dsPIC33 family is commonly used in digital power and motor control applications. Learn more. Julie Ann Baker // Dec 8, 2019 High-side versus Low-side Current Sensing The need to closely monitor currents in today’s electronics has increased over the years, as energy efficiency and safety have become major concerns. This article will focus specifically on the use of a shunt resistor to monitor current. Kevin Tretter // Dec 6, 2019 Highly Secure, Hands-Free Car Access Systems to Prevent Automotive Theft Remote car access systems provide today’s drivers with a variety of convenience and safety benefits. As the top supplier of wireless PEPS ICs to Tier 1 automotive OEMs, Microchip is “key” to hands-free interaction with modern vehicles. We offer turnkey solutions with the highest level of security to support several features. Microchip Technology Inc. // Dec 4, 2019 Contact | Legal | Privacy Policy | Cookies | Careers Stay on the leading edge with our blog MicroSolutions © Copyright 1998-2021 Microchip Technology Inc. All rights reserved. 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