17-03-2025 | Microchip Technology | Semiconductors
To meet the growing demand for high-performance, math-intensive applications in a wide range of industries, Microchip Technology has released the PIC32A family of MCUs. Improving the company’s already robust 32-bit MCU portfolio, the MCUs are designed to be cost-efficient, high-performance solutions for general-purpose applications across automotive, industrial, consumer, AI/ML and medical markets.
Designed to decrease the necessity for external components greatly, the 200MHz 32-bit family features integrated high-speed analog peripherals, up to 40Msps 12-bit ADCs, high-speed 5ns comparators and 100MHz Gain Bandwidth Product (GBWP) op amps for intelligent edge sensing. These features and a high-performance CPU allow multiple functions to be performed on a single MCU, optimising system and BOM costs.
Also, integrated hardware safety and security features such as ECC on Flash and RAM, Memory Built-In Self-Test (MBIST), I/O integrity monitor, clock monitoring, immutable secure boot and Flash access control features are designed to offer safe execution of software code within an embedded control system application.
A 64-bit FPU in the MCU manages data-intensive math processing applications efficiently and enables easier adoption of model-based designs. These MCUs assist developers with accelerated execution in computationally intensive applications requiring advanced performance in sensor interfacing and data processing.
“Targeting intelligent sensing and control applications, the PIC32A MCUs augment our existing 32-bit portfolio by balancing cost effectiveness, performance and advanced analog peripherals,” said Rod Drake, corporate vice president of one of Microchip’s MCU business units.
“High-speed peripherals and other integrated functionalities reduce the need for certain external components, decreasing system complexity while delivering a high-performance solution.”
The MPLAB XC32 Compiler supports PIC32A MCUs, MPLAB Harmony embedded software development framework and the dsPIC33A Curiosity Platform Development Board (EV74H48A) and PIC32AK1216GC41064 General-Purpose DIM (EV25Z08A). To support feature expansion, the Curiosity Development Board provides mikroBUS and Xplained Pro interfaces to connect to Built-in Self-Test Xplained Pro (BIST XPRO) extension kits, sensors and various Click boards.
