Internet of Things (IoT) devices are being introduced into the market at a rapid pace, from home appliances to medical devices, to cars; manufacturers must stay ahead of their competitors with new innovations and the flexibility to adopt or integrate new technologies. Designers must build flexibility into their products to meet the evolving IoT ecosystem […]

Microchip Technology Inc. announces a new 2D Touch Surface library that enables designers to easily implement touch pads using the company’s 8-bit PIC® and AVR® microcontrollers (MCUs) and 32-bit SAM MCUs. Available free of charge with the purchase of any compatible MCU, the library provides a simplified, low-cost solution for embedded applications. Ideal for implementing […]

Microchip announces the MPLAB® Mindi™ analogue simulation software, which has been updated to include more models and features.  The MPLAB Mindi Analogue Simulator is a circuit simulation tool that now supports more than 300 Microchip analogue products, with SIMetrix’s enhanced SPICE (Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis) and SIMPLIS Technologies’ SIMPLIS (SIMulation of Piecewise LInear […]

Electronica Azi International is offering its readers the chance to win a MPLAB ICD 3 In-Circuit Debugger System from Microchip. MPLAB ICD 3 is Microchip’s most cost effective high-speed hardware debugger/programmer for Microchip Flash Digital Signal Controller (DSC) and microcontroller (MCU) devices. It debugs and programs PIC Flash microcontrollers and dsPIC DSCs with the powerful, […]

Microchip announces its MPLAB® Xpress Cloud-based Integrated Development Environment (IDE). This online development platform is the easiest way to get started with PIC® microcontrollers (MCUs), with zero downloads, sign-in or setup needed to start designing. Microchip’s free, cloud-based IDE brings the most popular features of the award-winning MPLAB X IDE to Internet-connected PCs, laptops or […]