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News Release from: Microchip Technology | Subject: PIC32 family
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 07 November 2007
Microcontroller family expands to 32bit
sphere
The PIC32 family operates at up to 72MHz and offers ample code- and data-space with up to 512Kbyte Flash and 32Kbyte RAM.
Microchip has developed a family of 32bit microcontrollers (MCUs), adding more performance and memory while maintaining pin, peripheral and development compatibility with its 16bit MCU/DSC families The new PIC32 family is fully supported by Microchip's free MPLAB integrated development environment (IDE) which now offers unprecedented compatibility by supporting Microchip's complete portfolio of 8, 16 and 32bit devices
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 4 Mar 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Launching with seven general-purpose devices, the PIC32 family operates at up to 72MHz and offers ample code- and data-space with up to 512Kbyte Flash and 32Kbyte RAM.
The PIC32 family also includes a rich set of integrated peripherals including a variety of communication peripherals and a 16bit parallel master port supporting additional memory and displays.
The PIC32 family is based on the industry-standard MIPS32 architecture, with its leading combination of high performance, low power consumption, fast interrupt response and extensive industry tool support.
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The PIC32's high-performance MIPS32 M4K core can achieve best-in-class 1.5DMIPS/MHz operation, due to its efficient instruction-set architecture, five-stage pipeline, hardware multiply/accumulate unit and up to eight sets of 32 core registers.
In addition, to reduce memory requirements, the PIC32 supports the MIPS16e 16bit ISA - enabling code-size reductions of up to 40%.
All PIC32 products are supported by Microchip's world-class development tools, including the MPLAB IDE, the new MPLAB C32 C compiler, the MPLAB Real ICE emulation system, the MPLAB ICD 2 in-circuit debugger and the Explorer 16 development board.
The PIC32 is also launching with broad MIPS-based tool support throughout the industry.
Complete tool chains are available from Ashling, Green Hills and Hi-Tech - including C and C++ compilers, IDEs and debuggers.
RTOS support is available from various vendors including CMX, Express Logic, FreeRTOS, Micrium, Segger and Pumpkin.
In addition, graphics display tools providers include EasyGUI, Segger, RamTeX and Micrium.
A full list of third-party support for the PIC32 family can be found on the Microchip website.
The PIC32 Starter Kit comes complete with everything that developers need to get started, including the USB-powered MCU board, MPLAB IDE and the MPLAB C32 C compiler, documentation, sample projects with tutorials, schematics and 16bit-compatible peripheral libraries.
Application expansion boards are also being made available, which plug into the expansion slot on the bottom of the MCU board.
The PIC32 Starter Kit (part number DM320001) is available now for only US $49.
The first devices in the PIC32 family come in 64- or 100-pin TQFP packages.
The new family has been sampling into early adopter designs, and is now available for general sampling.
Volume production for all seven initial devices is expected in Q2 2008.
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