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Microprocessors, Microcontrollers and DSPs
News Release from: Microchip Technology | Subject: PIC10F and Baseline PIC
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 15 August 2006
Microcontrollers shrink into tiny DFN
packages
All Microchip 6-pin PIC10F microcontrollers are now available in ultrasmall 2 x 3mm DFN packages for space-constrained applications.
All Microchip 6-pin PIC10F microcontrollers are now available in ultrasmall 2 x 3mm DFN packages for space-constrained applications Three members of Microchip's 8-pin Baseline PIC microcontroller family are also available in a 2 x 3 DFN, providing additional I/O and functionality with the same footprint
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 12 Jun 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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The 2 x 3 DFN package requires 30% less board space than a SOT-23 package, at a reduced height.
The PIC10F family was introduced over two years ago as the world's first 6-pin microcontroller, and has seen wide acceptance by both traditional and nontraditional microcontroller users, including many space- and cost-constrained applications where electronic intelligence was not previously used.
The 6- and 8-pin PIC microcontrollers are also ideal for providing functions in a larger system such as LED control, power sequencing or battery authentication.
The devices are already supported by Microchip's world-class development tools, including the free MPLAB integrated development environment (IDE) software and all of Microchip's programmers.
In addition, the PICkit 2 starter kit (DV164120) makes it easy for engineers to get started with Microchip's low pin count microcontrollers.
In an RoHS-compliant 2 x 3 DFN package, the PIC10F and Baseline PIC microcontrollers are available now for general sampling.
All nine devices in the new package will be available for volume orders during the fourth quarter of 2006.
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