PIC microcontroller line extended to 32 bits
28 November 2007
DSP, Micros & Memory
Microchip has released the PIC32 family of 32-bit microcontrollers (MCUs), adding more performance and memory while maintaining pin, peripheral and development compatibility with Microchip's 16-bit MCU/DSC families. The new PIC32 family is fully supported by Microchip's free MPLAB Integrated Development Environment (IDE) which now supports Microchip's complete portfolio of 8-, 16- and 32-bit devices.
Launching with seven general-purpose devices, the PIC32 family operates at up to 72 MHz and offers ample code- and data-space with up to 512 KB Flash and 32 KB RAM. The PIC32 family also includes a rich set of integrated peripherals including a variety of communication peripherals and a 16-bit Parallel Master Port supporting additional memory and displays.
The PIC32 family is based on the industry-standard MIPS32 architecture, with its combination of high performance, low power consumption, fast interrupt response and extensive industry tool support. The PIC32's high-performance MIPS32 M4K core can achieve 1,5 DMIPS/MHz operation, due to its efficient instruction-set architecture, 5-stage pipeline, hardware multiply/accumulate unit and up to eight sets of 32-core registers. In addition, to reduce memory requirements, the PIC32 supports the MIPS16e 16 bit ISA - enabling code-size reductions of up to 40%.
All PIC32 products are supported by Microchip's development tools, including the MPLAB IDE, the new MPLAB C32 C compiler, the MPLAB REAL ICE emulation system, the MPLAB ICD 2 in-circuit debugger and the Explorer 16 development board.
The PIC32 is also launching with broad MIPS-based tool support throughout the industry. This includes C and C++ compilers, IDEs and debuggers, RTOS support and graphics display tools.
The PIC32 Starter Kit comes complete with everything that developers need to get started, including the USB-powered MCU board, MPLAB IDE and the MPLAB C32 C compiler, documentation, sample projects with tutorials, schematics, and 16-bit compatible peripheral libraries.
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