16-bit microcontrollers with 64Kbytes of Flash in 28-pin packages

Microchip Technology Inc has included eight more members of the PIC24F 16-bit microcontroller family, extending this line into smaller and lower cost 28- and 44-pin packages with 16 to 64Kbytes of Flash program memory, and up to 8Kbytes of RAM. The new PIC24FJ64GA002 microcontroller provides more onboard memory than any other 28-pin packaged 16-bit microcontroller. The entire PIC24FJ64GA004 family allows the flexible use of all onboard peripherals, by enabling designers to map them to the pin they desire through the "Peripheral Pin Select" pin-mapping function.

Design engineers are adding functions in software to even the smallest microcontrollers, driving the demand for higher performance and larger memory in low pin count packages - to better address cost- and space-constrained applications. The PIC24FJ64GA004 family's industry-leading memory densities, in packages as small as a 6x6 mm QFN, address these design concerns.

In addition to Peripheral Pin Select, this new PIC24F family features two independent channels of I2C, UART and SPI communications. These channels allow the microcontrollers to communicate to a number of devices over multiple protocols, for easier system design.

Microchip Technology, www.microchip.com

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