Microchip extends 8bit mcu range to include new lower power devices
Microchip has expanded its range of 8bit eXtreme low power PIC mcus to include two new 28pin devices.
Targeted at applications in the medical, consumer and automotive industries, the PIC16F1512 and PIC16F1513 are designed to offer a combination of advanced digital and analogue peripherals and extended battery life.
The devices offer active current down to 30µA/MHz and sleep current down to 20nA, while integrating a 10bit a/d converter, 7KB flash, 256B ram, EUSART, two capture compare pwms and an I2C/SPI.
Compared to other members of the PIC16F151X family, Microchip says the new devices deliver increased analogue capability and offer hardware capacitive voltage divider support for implementing mTouch capacitive touch sensing.
The additional control logic is said to enable automated touch sampling, reducing software size and lowering cpu usage. It is also optimised to provide an automatic control of guard-ring drive and a programmable sample and hold capacitance to better match larger touch or proximity sensors.
