Microchip PIC24F32KA Microcontroller has 12-bit ADC, Touchscreen

  

25-April-2011 - Microchip Technology has expanded their 16-bit PIC24 microcontroller portfolio with the Microchip PIC24F32KA, which include a 12-bit ADC, 512Bytes of EEPROM, and support for Microchip's intelligent mTouch™ capacitive sensing.

This is the first Microchip PIC24 microcontroller with a 12-bit ADC.

Microchip PIC24F32KA Microcontroller Block Diagram

Microchip PIC24F32KA Features
Features of the new PIC24F32KA include:

• 32 MHz 16-bit PIC24 Core
• nanoWatt XLP Technology with sleep currents down to 20nA
• Single-cycle 16x16 multiply
• Single-cycle barrel shifter
• 32KBytes Flash (16KBytes Flash on PIC24F16KA)
• 2KBytes RAM
• 512Bytes Data EEPROM
• Watchdog
• RTCC
• Five 16-bit timers
• Three PWM outputs
• 16 channels of 12-bit ADC
• Two UARTs
• SPI
• I2C
• Intelligent mTouch capacitive sensing Module
• TQFP44,UQFN48, SOIC28 Packages
• SOIC20, PDIP20, SSOP20 (PIC24F16KA only)

The Microchip PIC24FXXKA3XX microcontroller operating voltage is 1.8 to 3.6V, while the PIC24FVXXKA3XX microcontrollers have operating voltages from 2 to 5V.

Powerful 16-bit CPU Core
The PIC24F32 has a powerful 17x17bit hardware multiply block, capable of 16x16 signed or unsigned multiply operations. Every multiply is single-cycle. The core also contains a 16-bit barrel-shifter capable single-cycle multi-bit arithmetic and logic shiftts. All multi-bit shift instructions require the Register Direct Addressing mode for both the operand (source) and destination (result).

Microchip PIC24F32KA Development Tools
The new Microchip PIC24F32KA304 Plug-In Module plugs into the Microchip Explorer 16 Development Board and provides real-time debugging of the PIC24F32KA. PDIP20 and PDIP28 devices are supported by the XLP 16-bit Development Board.

Microchip PIC24F32KA Pricing
"Pricing starts at $1.78 each, in 10,000-unit quantities."

About Microchip Technology
"Microchip Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MCHP) is a leading provider of microcontroller, analog and Flash-IP solutions, providing low-risk product development, lower total system cost and faster time to market for thousands of diverse customer applications worldwide. Headquartered in Chandler, Ariz., Microchip offers outstanding technical support along with dependable delivery and quality."