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Headlining the first roundup of 2021 is a quarter-sized Arduboy, some new boards from Tindie, and a couple crowdfunding campaigns. 

Secure updates, failure recovery, software provisioning, IP protection and cloud integration in a turnkey solution.

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. 

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.

Another month, another batch of boards!

Rapidly evolving C5ISR requirements are becoming more stringent to address evolving adversary capabilities, driving tougher sync and timing specifications.

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. 

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.

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.

These fundamental elements must be realized in designing a versatile motion control system for space applications.  

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. 

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.

Learn about our broad range of FPGA design services solutions to elevate your design to the next level.

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. 

Our PIC18-Q41 family addresses analog system design challenges and helps designers get to market quickly.

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.  

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.

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.

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’s PIC16F15244 family controls a 7-segment display directly, saving I/O and power dissipation in the main MCU

Microchip’s new PSE chipsets are specifically designed for the many applications of the sub 30W PoE market segment. Keep reading to learn why. 

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.

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.

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).

Read this article to learn about the benefits of using the dsPIC33 DSC refrigerator compressor reference design.

Learn how a single channel temperature sensor family with integrated NVM registers can help.

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. 

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.

Learn how to write bare metal C code quickly and understand the drivers generated by MPLAB® Code Configurator (MCC).  

Second generation PIC32MK Series of 32-bit MCUs, Tailor Made for Precision Motor Control, Industrial and Automotive Applications

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.

The SAM-IoT Development Board Rapidly Connects Your 32-bit IoT Embedded Application to Google Cloud Platform’s Cloud IoT Core

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.   

The new ultra-low-power, highly integrated WLR089U0 LoRa modules greatly simplify the development of remote IoT applications.  

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.

COTS-to rad-tolerant devices products provide unique, scalable solutions to address the New Space Challenges.

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). 

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.

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.

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. 

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.

Learn how cattle tracking systems enable farmers to increase heard output and overall wellness. 

Learn how the chip scale atomic clock (CSAC) performs in a rapidly changing thermal environment.

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. 

Our Data Center Solutions team has invested in a comprehensive and intuitive toolset that can help speed up your time to market.

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.

We can help you leverage Power over Ethernet (PoE) advantages for all IoT outdoor applications...

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.  

32-bit microcontrollers offer functional safety solutions for home, industrial and automotive applications. 

Enterprise server solution providers must deliver enterprise class solutions with the required performance, security and reliability in a cost-effective manner. 

FPGAs have surfaced as the platforms of choice for many new-age applications owing to their lower latency, configurability and power efficiency.

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.

Add end-to-end embedded security to your next application using our embedded products.

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... 

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. 

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...

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.

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.

“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.

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.

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.  

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.

The demand for analyzing data at the edge is a growing product requirement. Computing at the edge device instead of the cloud means that…. 

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. 

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.

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.  

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. 

Jumpstart your next embedded product from proof of concept to production with our Arm^® Cortex^® M0+ based SAM D21 Curiosity Nano Evaluation Kit.  

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.

Our MPLAB® development ecosystem now supports AVR® and SAM devices including SAM MPUs

Designing a feature-rich tankless water heater based on a dsPIC® digital signal controller.

This article discusses technology critical to the imaging systems used in veterinary care and our success in the veterinary ultrasound industry.

Improve your next design’s performance and speed up your time to market.

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.

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.

Do your A/C system design challenges have you feeling the heat? This article will help you solve them. 

Attacks targeting your systems are disturbingly widespread – here's what you need to know. 

Attacks targeting your systems are disturbingly widespread – here's what you need to know. 

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.

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.