New CAN PIC MCUs Feature Industry’s Lowest Sleep Current Consumption (<20 nA) and 16 MIPS performance; Enable Capacitive Touch Sensing User Interfaces
Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller, analog and Flash-IP solutions, today announced the PIC18F “K80” 8-bit CAN microcontrollers (MCUs) featuring 1.8 – 5.5V operation and eXtreme Low Power (XLP) technology, for the industry’s lowest sleep current consumption of less than 20 nA. The new MCUs also feature an on-chip 12-bit Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) and a peripheral that enables mTouch capacitive touch-sensing user interfaces. They are ideal for applications in the automotive (e.g. body control modules, automotive lighting, door/seat/steering/window control, HVAC control), industrial (e.g. security systems, elevators and escalators) and medical (e.g. glucose meters, patient-monitoring devices) markets.
Manufacturers are under intense pressure to cut costs while delivering more sophisticated products. The PIC18F K80 CAN MCU family enables smaller, more cost-effective and robust control with its integrated CAN peripheral for automotive and industrial applications. For medical applications that require low power and accuracy, the MCUs deliver best-in-industry current ratings for longer battery life, as well as the on-chip 12-bit ADC and touch-sensing peripheral for advanced sensors.
“The PIC18F K80 family was developed for designers who need to add cost-effective CAN communication to their applications with extremely low power sleep and active modes, and robust operation up to 5.5 Volts,” said Mitch Obolsky, vice president of Microchip’s Advanced Microcontroller Architecture Division. “The new MCUs offer a migration path for our popular PIC18F4680 CAN family, serving a wide spectrum of applications.”
Features
- Featuring nanoWatt XLP Technology ideal for battery applications
- 20 nA Sleep mode (Watch Webinar)
- 300nA Watch Dog Timer operation in Sleep modes
- Integrated ECAN conforming to CAN 2.0B active specification
- Extreme Low Power Sleep mode ideal for battery applications
- Operating voltage 1.8V – 5.5V
- Charge Time Measurement Unit (CTMU) supports Touch sensing and advanced sensing applications
- 11 ch, 12-bit ADC
- 4 Capture / Compare / PWM modules and 1 Enhanced Capture / Compare / PWM modules
- 1 MSSP serial ports for SPI or I2C communication
- 2 Enhanced USART modules
- Two analog comparators
- Digital Signal Modulator
- Self programming Flash supports 10k erase/write cycles & 20 years retention
Development Support
Microchip also announced two PIC18 Explorer Board Plug-In Modules (PIMs) for the PIC18F K80 MCUs, today—the 44-pin PIC18F46K80 (part # MA180031, $25) and the 64-pin PIC18F66K80 (part # MA180032, $25) PIMs. For the implementation and evaluation of CAN, Microchip’s CAN/LIN PICtail (Plus) Daughter Board (part # AC164130-2, $45) may be used in conjunction with its PIC18 Explorer or Explorer 16 development boards.
Microchip‘s complete suite of standard development tools is also available, including the user-friendly MPLAB IDE, REAL ICE and ICD3 tools; and the MPLAB C18 and HI-TECH C compilers for PIC18 MCUs.
