Microchip adds PLD to PIC
It is anticipated that these general-purpose MCUs will enable designers to enhance the functionality, reduce design size, and decrease the cost and power consumption of products in the appliance, automotive, consumer, and industrial markets, among others.
The CLC peripherals on the PIC10F(LF)32X and PIC1XF(LF)150X MCUs enable software control of combinational and sequential logic, which increases the on-chip interconnection of peripherals and I/Os, thereby reducing external components, saving code space and adding functionality. The CWG peripheral works with multiple peripherals to generate complementary waveforms with dead-band control and auto shutdown, which provides improved switching efficiencies. Additionally, the NCO peripheral enables linear frequency control and high resolution, which is required for applications such as lighting ballast, tone generation and other resonant control circuits.
The MCUs also feature low power consumption, with currents of less than 30µA/MHz in active mode, and less than 20nA in sleep; as well as an on-chip 16 MHz internal oscillator, Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC), and up to 4 Pulse-Width Modulation peripherals. An integrated temperature-indicator module enables low-cost temperature measurements.
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