Microchip partners with Texas A & M University

Microchip has partnered with Texas A & M University for undergraduate research, design projects, and engineering labs within the Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering Technology (EET/TET) Programs in the College of Engineering.

Microchip is offering free MPLAB and HI-TECH C Compilers for all PIC microcontrollers, and starter kits for students to utilize in their senior projects, and turnkey curriculum for educators.

By using a wide variety of PIC microcontrollers in undergraduate courses and laboratories, the faculty has developed a series of robotics workshops that have been used for recruitment and outreach to high-school and middle-school students. The workshops not only introduce students to the mechanical aspects of robotics, but also expose them to the fundamentals of microcontrollers, sensors and autonomous control software.

Microchip also announced the MCHP Tube show, which includes a project from an engineering student at A & M. Additionally, Microchip has created Academic Support Fan Pages on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to engage students at the high-school and university levels.

"When we looked around for a company that could provide a range of microcontrollers, supporting electronics and software development toolsets at an affordable cost, Microchip quickly became the manufacturer of choice," said Dr. Morgan. "We are pleased that the two capstone design projects that have been transitioned to the private sector for commercialization were both designed around a PIC24 microcontroller."

Steve Sanghi, president and CEO of Microchip, said, "Microchip is pleased to partner with Texas A & M University to promote excellence in higher learning and create successful future engineers. We continue our commitment to helping academics excel by providing easily accessible tools, curriculum and other resources that make it easy for students and professors to use our products in the classroom."

For more details visit www.microchip.com