Product Roundup: November 2025
Microchip's Product Roundup features a selection of our latest products, reference designs and software solutions. Explore how these innovative technologies can elevate your next design project.
Class 1 Ethernet PHYs Now in Plastic for Space Applications
The VSC8540RT, VSC8541RT, and VSC8574RT Ethernet PHY families are a trusted standard for space-qualified connectivity and now available in plastic Class 1 (QML-P / ESCC9030) versions. QML Class P (QML-P) products follow a qualification flow of QML Class V products, meaning they uphold the rigorous testing and reliability standards required for space applications. This ensures that mission-critical systems benefit from the same robust heritage, while offering designers a more cost-effective and readily available packaging option. These devices maintain the exceptional tolerance to harsh environments demanded by modern satellite and spacecraft designs, while reducing the barriers to adoption for programs where budget and supply chain considerations are critical. By expanding into QML-P / ESCC9030, these Ethernet PHYs will enable next-generation missions with trusted technology in plastic options.
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LAN8818 and LAN8808 4-Port Gigabit Ethernet Transceivers
For Time Sensitive Network (TNS) applications, the LAN8818 is a 4-Port Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) Transceiver with IEEE® 1588 time stamping on the chip, eliminating the need to host a MAC to perform the time stamping function. In a 12mm2 QFN package, the LAN8818 features SyncE and supports QSGMII/Q and USGMII interfaces. Microchip also offers the LAN8808 variant, a standard GbE PHY, without IEEE 1588 time stamping, in a 12mm2 package. The GbE PHY transceivers are designed for end applications such as bridges, Wi-Fi® routers, single board computers, industrial switches and more.
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motorBench® Development Suite Version 2.50
The motorBench® Development Suite Version 2.50 is a GUI-based software development tool for Field-Oriented Control (FOC) that accurately measures critical motor parameters, automatically tunes feedback control gains and generates source code for an MPLAB® X IDE project by utilizing the Motor Control Application Framework (MCAF). This graphical, interactive development environment helps motor control embedded engineers save time in starting up and running new motors with no load or a constant load, especially when the motor parameters are unknown. The motorBench Development Suite is a library in MPLAB Code Configurator (MCC), a plug-in for MPLAB X IDE.
To learn more, Microchip released a series of videos that demonstrates how to use the motorBench® Development Suite to generate embedded software code for FOC applications. To watch the video series, click here.
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