8bit PIC mcus feature 'industry leading' low power consumption
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Microchip has announced an expansion of its 8bit segmented lcd microcontroller (mcu) family with five new devices combining low cost lcd control with 'industry leading' low power consumption.
According to Microchip, the PIC16LF190x mcus enable the implementation of lcd into cost sensitive power efficient designs, such as security tokens, smart cards, medical devices and other segmented lcd applications. The devoces feature eXtreme Low Power (XLP) technology, with sleep currents down to 20nA and a typical active current of 35µA per MHz, the mcus have been designed to extend battery life, while maintaining accurate timing with a RTC, and driving a segmented lcd.
The optimised feature set integrates up to 14 KB of Flash programme memory, up to 512Bytes of RAM, and up to 14 10bit ADC channels, as well as serial communication and the capability to drive up to 116 lcd segments. The microcontrollers also feature XLP technology for extended battery life, and capabilities such as an integrated temperature indicator to provide crystal accuracy compensation, as well as support for low power RTC and low voltage detect using the internal ADC and voltage reference.
