Low cost low pin-count 16-bit MCUs
with 20 nA sleep current
Microchip has made available the low-cost, low pin count
PIC24F04KA201 family of 16-bit microcontrollers priced less
than $.99 each in high volumes, the PIC24F04KA family feature
typical sleep currents as low as 20 nA available in 14-
and 20-pin package options.
The PIC24F04KA201 MCU family is suggested for battery-powered
applications, energy-harvesting applications such as powering
remote sensors and other power-constrained applications
that are also cost and space constrained. The new PIC XLP
microcontrollers are ideal for battery applications, enabling
them to run for up to 20 years from a single battery.
PIC24F04KA201's Deep Sleep mode feature allows design engineers
to customize their applications for the lowest power consumption
through multiple internal wake-up sources, such as Brown-Out
Resets, interrupts and Watch-dog Timers, all while maintaining
the I/O states.
"Microchip is committed to providing the world's lowest
power consumption, with more than 50 PIC MCUs featuring
nanoWatt XLP technology now in production," said Mitch
Obolsky, vice president of Microchip's Advanced Microcontroller
Architecture Division. "The PIC24F04KA201 16-bit family
is the latest result of this commitment, offering the lowest
cost and lowest pin count PIC24, while maintaining the world's
lowest sleep currents."
The exact applications for the new PIC24F04KA microcontrollers
are: Medical (portable and home medical devices, oxygen
flow meters, lifestyle/fitness monitors); Industrial (energy
harvesting/scavenging, water/gas/heat meters, portable gas
sensors, remote sensor networks, asset tracking, sealed/harsh
environment sensors); and Consumer (security-system dongles,
sealed disposable electronics, portable electronics, smart
cards).
"The extremely low sleep current and numerous wake-up
features of Microchip's new PIC XLP microcontrollers should
be ideal for battery-operated devices, which actually spend
most of the time asleep," said Tom Starnes, embedded
processor analyst at the semiconductor research firm Objective
Analysis. "The interest in the market for such low-power
processors, for use in consumer to industrial applications,
is really on the rise."
Key feature are,
· Up to 16 MIPS operation using 32 MHz internal
clock
· 4 Kbytes Flash, and 512 bytes SRAM
· 10-bit, up to 9 channel, 500 ksps Analog-to-Digital
Converter
· mTouch Capacitive Touch Sensing Peripheral
· 2 Rail-to-Rail Comparators
· SPI, I2C and UART modules for serial communications
· Owners of the Explorer 16 development board can
purchase a $25 PIC24F16KA plug-in module for development
with this new 16-bit family.
Package:
PIC24F04KA200: TSSOP and PDIP 14-pin package.
PIC24F04KA201: QFN, SSOP, SOIC and PDIP 20-pin package.
Availability: Now
Price: less than $.99 each in high volume.
For more details visit www.microchip.com/XLP.
