MCUs in the GB6 family have an active current consumption as low as 190µA/MHz and are said to draw 3.2µA in sleep mode. The dual partition flash has a live update capability, meaning one partition can be programmed while the other is executing application code. This combination of features is said by the company to make the GB6 family suitable for a range of industrial, computer, medical and portable applications that require a long battery life.
Peripherals on chip include a 200ksample/s 12bit A/D converter with 24 channels, up to 12 timers, six UARTS and USB-OTG to act as a USB device or host. Also featured are Microchip Core Independent Peripherals, including a Configurable Logic Cell and Direct Memory Access.
PIC24F product variants are available in 64, 100 and 121pin packages, with flash memory capacities ranging from 128kbyte to 1Mbyte.
