From the early days, the mantra for the semiconductor industry has been ‘smaller, better, faster and cheaper’. The current Pocket PCs are more powerful than the first computer, which required a separate ...
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New from Microchip is the MCP1631 2,0 MHz, high-speed pulse width modulator (PWM). The MCP1631 provides a means to close the feedback loop in switch-mode power supplies (SMPSs) that use microcontrollers ...
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Microchip expanded its offering of 8-bit microcontrollers with the high-performance, cost-effective, eight member PIC18F87J50 family, featuring an integrated and certified USB 2.0 full-speed 12 Mbps transceiver ...
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Microchip has released the MCP1401 and MCP1402 (MCP140X) single-output MOSFET drivers. The inverting MCP1401 and non-inverting MCP1402 are rated for a peak output current of 0,5 A, over a wide operating ...
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Microchip's new MCP1703 is a 250 mA low dropout regulator (LDO) with low quiescent current of just 2 μA and high input voltage of up to 16 V. The new LDO features device- and circuit-protection capabilities ...
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Microchip's new low-cost, high-performance (40 MIPS) dsPIC33FJ12MC family, available in 20- and 28-pin packages, is an ideal platform for advanced, space-constrained motor control, power conversion and ...
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Microchip has announced six new members of its 8-bit PIC microcontroller family featuring an integrated 192-pixel liquid crystal display (LCD) module. The PIC18F85J90 family doubles the amount of Flash ...
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Early switch-mode power supply (SMPS) designs used a standard approach referred to as voltage-mode operation. A ramp generator drove one input of a voltage comparator, and the error signal from the error ...
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Microchip has expanded its offering of 8-bit microcontrollers with the new high-performance, cost-effective, eight member PIC18F87J50 family, featuring an integrated and certified USB 2.0 full-speed 12 ...
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Microchip has released eight new members of its PIC24F 16-bit microcontroller family, with up to 64 KB of Flash program memory and up to 8 KB of RAM, in smaller, lower cost, 28- and 44-pin packages including ...
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Microchip has released the MCP1603 - a 2 MHz, 500 mA switching regulator. This new, low-power switcher provides adjustable and fixed output voltages, operating efficiency of up to 90%, and is available ...
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Microchip has expanded its linear product portfolio with the low power, high-precision MCP6031, MCP6032, MCP6033 and MCP6034 operational amplifiers. The new devices have a quiescent current of only ...
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