All-In-One Solutions for Wireless Product Design
In an increasingly connected world, wireless technology has become a necessary function in most applications. From connected homes to smart cities to commercial and industrial automation, wireless microcontrollers provide a reliable and efficient way to communicate between devices and the cloud.
Our wireless MCUs offer the same performance and functionality as our broader 32-bit MCUs while supporting popular wireless technologies. Add even more connectivity to your design using our rich set of peripherals and support for wired connectivity including CAN/CAN FD, USB and Ethernet.
With our proven MCU performance and extensive hardware and software ecosystem, you can easily design next-generation products while reducing your overall cost.
Wireless MCU Product Portfolio
Our wireless MCU modules, Systems in Packages (SiPs) and SoCs make it easy to add Wi-Fi®, Bluetooth®, Zigbee® and other technologies to your embedded design.
PIC32CX-BZ Family
Multi-Protocol Wireless MCUs
Our multi-protocol MCUs are Arm® Cortex®-based modules and SoCs with Bluetooth LE and Zigbee.
PIC32MZ-W1 Family
Industrial-Grade Wi-Fi MCUs
MIPS32® M-Class MCU modules and SoCs with robust IEEE® 802.11 b/g/n connectivity
SAM R30
Extended-Range Sub-GHz MCUs
Arm Cortex-based MCU modules and SiPs with IEEE 802.15.4 connectivity in sub-GHz frequencies
Get Early Access to the Microcontroller (MCU) That Does It All
Introducing the PIC32-BZ6 MCU family, now available for early access. This powerful MCU is equipped with:
- 2 MB of Flash and 512 KB of RAM
- Integrated Bluetooth® for seamless connectivity
It also offers a rich set of peripherals, including touch and graphics, CAN FD and Ethernet. All these features make it a good fit for complex industrial automation, smart building, and automotive applications.
Join our early access program to be among the first to integrate this versatile MCU into your project.
Why Design With Our Wireless MCUs?
Robust Performance
Our wireless MCUs thrive in harsh environments. They are temperature tolerant and provide stable RF performance regardless of the conditions. We extensively test our products to enable seamless interoperability.
Advanced Peripherals
Our wireless MCUs go beyond connectivity. They include many General-Purpose Input/Output (GPIO) pins and support advanced analog peripherals such as capacitive touch, ADCs, DACs, CAN, Ethernet and USB.
Layered Security
We keep your designs secure through multiple layers of protection and continuous updates. The security features in our wireless MCUs include Over-The-Air (OTA) updates, secure boot, WPA3/AES encryption and Trust Platform.
Product Selection
Along with SoCs, we design and build our own RF-ready modules that reduce your time to market. And if you need more customization, we provide chip-down reference design packages for building your own module.
Is a Wireless MCU Right for Your Project?
Benefits of Wireless Microcontrollers
Designing and building wireless products is complicated. Choosing a microcontroller with wireless functionality can reduce the difficulty in IoT design, helping you get to market faster with lower production costs.
All-in-One Solution
If your project requires flexible connectivity, then a wireless microcontroller might be a good choice. Wireless MCUs offer multiple functions (including connectivity) in a single chip. In general, decreasing the number of chips (MCU or otherwise) in a design reduces the design difficulty and cost. The primary reason is that the manufacturer is doing some of the work for you. With the right wireless MCU, all you need to do is to power the device on and connect it.
No RF Expertise Needed
To further simplify the design process, consider a wireless MCU module. Though a wireless microcontroller IC can connect via Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or other technology, it needs an antenna to broadcast that connection. On its own, building an antenna that performs well is a challenge. Add-in the certifications required and designing your own antenna becomes even more difficult and costly.
Wireless MCU modules remove the RF obstacles associated with IoT design. Our modules require no RF expertise because they include antennas built for optimal RF performance. We further simplify the RF process by getting our modules pre-certified in many countries so that you can bypass the certification process and focus on your product.
All-in-One Support
To further accelerate your development, our easy-to-use integrated development environment and MPLAB® Harmony embedded software development framework allows you to work directly with the wireless stack. Rapid prototyping is a reality when you can use one tool to program your application including wireless connectivity. Learn more about MPLAB Harmony.
Tools and Software
- Demo and Evaluation Boards
- Development Environments
PIC32CX-BZ2 and WBZ451H Curiosity Board
- 64 MHz Arm Cortex M4F processor
- Bluetooth LE, Thread and Zigbee with up to +20 dBm output power
- 1 MB Flash memory and 128 KB RAM
PIC32CX-BZ3 and WBZ351 Curiosity Board
- 64 MHz Arm Cortex M4F processor
- Bluetooth LE and Zigbee
- 512 MB Flash memory and 64 KB RAM
- Secure boot
WFI32 2.0 High-Pin-Count Curiosity Development Board
- 200 MHz MIPS32 M-Class MCU
- IEEE 802.11 b/g/n operating at 2.4 GHz
- 2 MB Flash memory and 640 KB RAM
- 60 GPIOs
WFI32-IoT 2.0 Development Board
- 200 MHz MIPS32 M-Class MCU
- IEEE 802.11 b/g/n operating at 2.4 GHz
- 2 MB Flash memory and 640 KB RAM
- 37 GPIOs
SAMR30M Sensor Board
- Arm Cortex M0+ processor
- IEEE 802.15.4 operating at 700, 800 and 900 MHz
- 256 KB Flash memory and 40 KB RAM
MPLAB® X Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
MPLAB X IDE provides a host of features to help you minimize development time while workng seamlessly with the other tools in the MPLAB ecosystem.
MPLAB® Harmony v3
This integrated software development framework for our SAM and PIC32 MCUs provides flexible and interoperable modules that simplify product development and reduce time to market.
MPLAB® Code Configurator (MCC)
MCC is a free graphical programming environment that generates seamless, easy-to-understand C code to insert into your project. It is available in MPLAB X IDE and MPLAB Harmony v3.
Microchip Studio
Seamlessly develop and debug AVR and SAM microcontroller applications with this easy-to-use Integrated Development Environment (IDE).
Design Resources
Code Examples
Explore our growing library of application examples, documentation and videos available through MPLAB® Discover.
Mobile App Source Code
Use our iOS® and Android™ source code as a starting point for developing your mobile app.
MCHPRT3 Radio Test Tool
Use this Windows®-based software to test your RF configuration during development, certification and production.
Design Check Service
Our online design review is available at no charge to customers who have selected our wireless devices for their applications.