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To learn more about the new Bluetooth Kit, visit:

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Microchips Bluetooth Kit Provides Easy and Cost-Effective

Method for Evaluating and Adding Bluetooth Connectivity to

Embedded Designs

In Combination With CandleDragons Bluetooth Stack, Kit Enables Flexible Development With a

Wide Range o 16-/32-bit PIC MCUs and dsPIC DSCs

Microchip announced the Microchip Bluetooth Evaluation Kit, which includes third-party design partner CandleDragon,Inc.s dotstack demonstration Bluetooth Stack. The kit provides an easy, cost-eective and exible add-on or embeddedevaluation and development using many 16-/32-bit PIC microcontrollers or dsPIC digital signal controllers (DSCs). To speeddevelopment and urther reduce costs, the Microchip Bluetooth Kit works with the Companys existing tools.

While Bluetooth wireless technology is a common short-range protocol or PCs and consumer electronics, it is rapidly gainingpopularity among a broader set o embedded applications. However, the current Bluetooth wireless technology modules arecostly and inexible because they orce developers to use their predetermined baseband radio and microcontroller. Microchip andCandleDragons Bluetooth solution enables designers to pair a wide range o radio ICs or Bluetooth connectivity with many oMicrochips 16-/32-bit PIC microcontrollers or dsPIC DSCs. Additionally, CandleDragons dotstack Bluetooth stack is Bluetooth SIGcompliant and supports multiple profles in a single microcontroller including SPP, HFP and HID with more profles planned orMicrochips MCUs in the near uture.

Microchip makes it easy or our customers to cost-eectively evaluate and add Bluetooth wireless technology to their designs,with minimal development time and low risk. Our new Microchip Bluetooth Evaluation Kit, combined with CandleDragons BluetoothStack, goes one step urther in enabling embedded Bluetoothconnectivity.

CandleDragons dotstack Bluetooth Stack is availabletoday or ree or evaluation anddevelopment via download romMicrochips Web site.

1.Microchips Bluetooth KitforeMBedded designs

2. the new six-MeMBer pic32faMily

3. MaKeit last: project 3

4. gate drive scheMesfor Motorcontrol applications

5. pic32Mx5/6/7 series deliversMore MeMory, usB-otg andgreat connectivity options

6. visit Microchip technology's newdedicated video page

7. join Microchipat theseworldwide events

8. Microchips digital powerseMinar: 2nd edition

eMBedded designers foruM

9. new Microchip trainingopportunities

10. what's newin Microchipliterature

11. what's newatMicrochipdirect?
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Does Your Design Call For a Cost-Effective Microcontroller WithAdditional Memory Options, Ethernet, CAN and USB Connectivity?The New Six-Member PIC32 Family Has These Features and Low-Power Consumption and High-Flash Endurance

Microchip announced a new, six-member amily o32-bit PIC32MX5/6/7microcontrollers thatprovides the same integrated Ethernet, CAN, USB and serial connectivity peripherals with new, more cost-

eective memory options. Additionally, design enhancements have been made that provide lower powerconsumption o 0.5 mA/MHz active current, higher Flash memory endurance o 20k read/write cycles andbetter EEPROM emulation capability, maintaining common pin outs, the PIC32 microcontroller portfolioprovides designers with a seamless migration path to achieve the correct balance o memory and cost ortheir high-perormance applications.

Embedded designers are constantly looking or ways to lower their costs without sacrifcing perormance orunctionality. Microchips newest 80 MHz PIC32 microcontroller amily meets these needs by maintainingbest-in-class perormance o 1.56 DMIPS/MHz, and integrating Ethernet, CAN, USB and multiple serialcommunication channels, while oering more cost-eective memory options. Specifcally, the amily oers32 Kbytes o RAM and up to 140 Kbytes o Flash.

We are committed to building upon the success o the PIC32 microcontroller portolio by oering six new

microcontrollers, each available in fve dierent pin-compatible packages. These new high-perormance,connectivity-rich MCUs give our customers lower-cost memory options that support scalability andseamless migration with the rest o our growing 32-bit product line.

Microchip has maximized the raw perormance o the MIPS32M4Kcore, while taking advantage oits high exibility, to create a 32-bit microcontroller architecture that exceeds the requirements odemanding embedded designs. Microchip is oering great value to designers through the price toperormance ratio o this new PIC32 amily, combined with its extensive set o integrated peripherals.

Example applications or this new PIC32 amily include: Communications (point-o-sale terminals,Web servers, multi-protocol bridges); Industrial/Medical (automation controllers, medical devices,security monitoring); Consumer/Appliance (audio, MP3 decoders, displays, small appliances, ftnessequipment) and Automotive (atermarket, car alarms, GPS).

Development Tools

The PIC32 Ethernet Starter Kit (part #DM320004) was designed to enable easy Ethernet-baseddevelopment, and the PIC32 USB Starter Kit II (part #DM320003-2) does the same or USB designs.Owners o the Explorer 16 Development Board (part #DM240001) can purchase a plug-in module ordevelopment with this new PIC32 amily (part #MA320003).

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Join the Make It Last, a project build series and contest at Make: Online [makezine.com],brought to you by Microchip and Energizer.

Over the course o this contest, we're going to cover a series o three project builds, demonstrating some o the fner points o low-power microcontrollerdesign. These will be un, inormative projects and a good introduction to using "bare" microcontrollers while learning more about the relationship betweenmicrocontrollers and power management. Starting with basic components, we will build up each design and you can follow along in a series o Make It Lastbuild newsletters. We will be awarding some really cool prizes at the end o each build, based on the quality o your submission, what you learned in theprocess, your documentation, etc.

Project 3 - The Drawbot

We've got an exciting third build or you called the Drawbot. With two stepper motors, some monoflament line, a binder clip, a Sharpie and a microcontroller,the Drawbot draws cubic Bezier cur ves, circles, and can move rom one point to another accurately. Here's a video of the Drawbot in action!

The third build o our Make It Last series will be a simple drawing. To be eligible or the drawing, post your Drawbot images on our MAKE Flickr pool, tagged"makeitlast". We will draw a frst and second place winner rom that tag pool.

The prizes or the third build are as ollows:

Grand Prize

y Explorer 16 Demo Boardy $50 Maker Shed Git Certifcatey EnergizerNight Strike Swivel Light

And the second place entry will take home:

y F1 Evaluation Kity $25 Maker Shed Git Certifcatey EnergizerNight Strike Swivel Light

Here's a handy checklist of Build Series links:

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Were looking forward to seeing your creations!

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Gate Drive Schemes for Motor Control ApplicationsThe type of motor, power-switching topologyand the power-switching element will generallydictate the necessary gate drive scheme. Thetwo fundamental categories for gate drive arehigh-side and low-side. High-side means that

the source (MOSFET) or emitter (IGBT) of thepower element can float between ground andthe high-voltage power rail. Low-side meansthe source or emitter is always connected toground. An example of both of these types canbe seen in a half-bridge topology, shown here.

In this configuration, Q1 and Q2 are always in opposite states. When Q1 goesfrom being off to on, the voltage at the source of the MOSFET goes from groundup to the high-voltage rail. This means that the voltage applied to the gate mustfloat up as well. This requires some form of isolated, or floating, gate drivecircuitry. Q2, however, always has its source or emitter connected to ground sothe gate drive voltage can also be referenced to ground. This makes the gatedrive much simpler.

Various schemes exist for high-side gate drive applications. These includesingle-ended or double-ended gate drive transformers, floating bias voltages andopto-isolator drive. Examples of these drive schemes are shown in Figures 1through 3.

Microchips MOSFET drivers fit a wide variety of applications using the gate driveschemes shown. Microchips single output drivers, which have ratings of 0.5Aup to 12A, work well for the single-ended gate drive needs for the circuits inFigures 1 and 3. Microchips dual output drivers provide an excellent solution forthe gate drive solution shown in Figure 2.

Resources:

Motor Control Design Center

Training Resources or Motor Control

Motor Control Design Solutions Brochure

Recommended Analog Peripherals or Motor Control

AN898: Determining MOSFET Driver Needs or Motor Drive Applications

To learn more about Microchips MOSFET solutions, visit:

http://www.microchip.com/mosfet

Figure 1: Single-Ended Gate Drive Transormer

Figure 2: Double-Ended Gate Drive Transormer

Figure 3: Floating Bias Gate Drive Circuit
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PIC32MX5/6/7 Series Delivers More Memory, USB-OTG andGreat Connectivity OptionsThe PIC32MX5/6/7 family of 32-bit microcontrollers delivers 1.56 DMIPs/MHz, offers up to 512 KB Flash, 128KB; as well as, USB-OTG, Ethernet and CANconnectivity. With such a high level of integration the MX5/6/7 series can helpreduce hardware component count and cost.

The large internal RAM allows developers to run multiple softwarestacks simultaneously. Perfect for driving graphics, USB-OTG and variouscommunications stacks in your design.

The PIC32 family is supported by Microchips MPLAB Integrated DevelopmentEnvironment, and several other wellknown industry tools and software providers.The MPLAB development environment spans the entire Microchip portfolio ofmicrocontrollers thus enabling use of a single tool chain from the lowest cost8-bit MCU to the highest performing and largest memory PIC32 MCU.

Features and Beneits

y USB2-OTG with integrated PHY for convenient user data transport and

interface

y Dedicated DMA Channel for USB OTG to minimize core processinginterrupts

y 10/100 Mbps Ethernet MAC with R/MII interface for flexible PHY choice

y CAN2.0B for reliable communication in electrically noisy environments

y 16-bit Parallel Master Port Supporting TFT displays and memory

y MIPS16e mode for up to 40% smaller code size

y Pin compatible with 16-bit PICMCUs

y Supported by MPLAB Integrated Development

Environment for an easy to use consistent development experience across allPIC microcontrollers

Technical Specs

y MIPS32M4K32-bit core with 5-stage pipeline

y 80 MHz maximum frequency, 1.56 DMIPS/MHz (Dhrystone 2.1)performance at 0 wait state flash access

y Operating voltage range of 2.3V to 3.6V

y 64K to 512K Flash memory (plus an additional 12 KB of Boot Flash)

y 16K to 128K SRAM memory

Learn more about the PIC32MX5/6/7 family at

http://www.microchip.com/PIC32

y Pin-compatible with most PIC24/dsPICDSC devices

y Multiple interrupt vectors with individually programmable priority

y Configurable Watchdog Timer with on-chip Low-Power RC oscillator for

reliable operation.y 16-channel 10-bit ADC with 1 Msps conversion rate and sleep and idle

mode operation

y Two Analog Comparators

y 5V tolerant input pins (digital pins only)

Availability

The PIC32MX5/6/7 family of MCUs is available in TQFP, QFN and XBGApackages of varying sizes from 64-121 pins.

Application Areas

The PIC32MX5/6/7 MCUs bring the perfect blend of processing power, userinterface support and networking capability to applications such as securitysystems, medical devices, barcode readers, data loggers, MP3-Player interface,patient monitoring, dosing pumps, GPS modules, home appliances and manyother consumer and industrial devices.
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JoinJeeray Lawton, Product Marketing Engineeras he presentsSignal Chain Conditioning with Op Amps and ADCsSolar power chargers are convenient, in that they provide a completely wireless power system. Unortunately, the stackedefciency o the various switching converters typically results in a loss o 20 to 30 percent. Learn how converter topologyefciency can be increased, while decreasing both cost and board space. The secret is a unifed system that handlesmaximum power conversion or the solar cells, battery charging and load regulation. This presentation will discuss thetopology in depth, including tradeos and the role o load regulation.

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Join Microchip Technologyat the Embedded World Exhibition & Conerence, the worlds biggest exhibition o its kind and themeeting place o the international embedded community. Embedded technologies are in action everywhere whether in thecar, data and telecommunication systems, industrial and consumer electronics, military systems or aerospace. Last year730 exhibitors showed the 18,350 visitors a ull range o products or embedded technologies in 2010: hardware, sotware,tools, services and lots more. Drop by booth 9/9 451 to view Microchip's latest innovations including the newset PIC32.

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Embeddedworld 2011Nuremberg GermanyMarch 1-3, 2011

Join Microchips Youbok Lee, Technical Sta Engineer and Yang Zhen, Sr. Design Architecture & Applications Engineer, as hepresents Designing High-Resolution Current Sensors or Measuring High-Speed Transient Currents with Wide Dynamic

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RETURN TO FRONT PAGERegister online, today at: http://www.microchip.com/dps

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The Second Edition o Microchip's Digital Power Seminar explores thebenefts digital control can bring to advanced topologies and applications.

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For any training program to be eective it needs to provide the rightinormation at the right time in the right place to the right people. The morethese conditions arent met, the less eective the training becomes. To helpour customers get the most rom the technical training we oer, Microchip isrolling out two new training initiatives to supplement the courses given in ournetwork o Regional Training Centers (RTC) and by third-party trainers.

While classroom based training is a great opportunity to interact with aknowledgeable instructor, its eectiveness can be hampered by the needto travel to the classroom. I the knowledge you need is not available in aconvenient location when you want it, the costs and time associated withtravel may make attendance impractical. To help overcome this obstacle,Microchip is now oering several RTC courses via the internet using MicrosotLive Meeting. These are the same instructor led classes optimized or onlinedelivery. You dont need to wait or a par ticular class to come to your town ortravel to attend take the class when you need it rom the convenience o

your ofce or home.To see the schedule o live online classes, visit: www.microchip.com/rtc andselect Find classes > Search in the By Location section o the searchpage.

Select the Show Live Online Classes Only radio button and click Search.Ater registering or a class, your access code and instructions will be sent inthe confrmation email.

Microchip is currently in the process o creating sel-paced instructionalmodules that can be taken on demand at your convenience. I all you reallyneed is some specifc inormation or instruction on how to perorm a simple

task, like how the UART operates or how to set a break point in MPLABIDE,we urge you to try these modules. The frst o these will appear near the endo the year and will be ocused on our new development platorm MPLAB X.

These new programs continue Microchips objective o giving our customersthe reedom to innovate.

Online MicrochipTraining Initiatives

For a complete list of classes and locations, visit www.microchip.com/RTC

Want to learn rom an expert?

These classes include hands on motor control development work, soyou can learn the theory and then put it into practice. Additional classesare available that cover the device programming and peripheral usage, Clanguage and control techniques that are not specifc to motor control.

Training OpportunitiesFrom Microchip andAvnet Memec

Class HoursHands

OnAbstract City/Date

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Overview of

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Motor Control

4 No This class reviewscommon motor types,control algorithms

and motor interace

design. It serves as abroad introduction to

Microchips motor controlportolio.

Minneapolis: Mar. 23

MCT 3101:

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Techniques

7 Yes This class presents

an in-depth analysis oMicrochips BLDC motorcontrol algorithms. The

class also provides anoverview o the dsPICDSC's motor control

peripherals. Attendees

will use the DMCI tomodiy algorithms

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Whats Newin Microchip Literature? Visit our Technical Documentation page atwww.microchip.com to view the documents.

The Microchip name and logo, the Microchip logo, dsPIC, KEELOQ, KEELOQlogo, MPLAB, PIC, PICmicro, PICSTART, PIC32 logo, rPIC and UNI/O areregistered trademarks o Microchip Technology Incorporated in the U.S.A.and other countries. FilterLab, Hampshire, HI-TECH C, Linear ActiveThermistor, MXDEV, MXLAB, SEEVAL and The Embedded Control SolutionsCompany are registered trademarks o Microchip Technology Incorporatedin the U.S.A. Analog-or-the-Digital Age, Application Maestro, CodeGuard,dsPICDEM, dsPICDEM.net, dsPICworks, dsSPEAK, ECAN, ECONOMONITOR,

FanSense, HI-TIDE, In-Circuit Serial Programming, ICSP, Mindi, MiWi, MPASM,MPLAB Certiied logo, MPLIB, MPLINK, mTouch, Octopus, Omniscient CodeGeneration, PICC, PICC-18, PICDEM, PICDEM.net, PICkit, PICtail, REAL ICE,rLAB, Select Mode, Total Endurance, TSHARC, UniWinDriver, WiperLockand ZENA are trademarks o Microchip Technology Incorporated in theU.S.A. and other countries. SQTP is a service mark o Microchip TechnologyIncorporated in the U.S.A. All other trademarks mentioned herein areproperty o their respective companies.

2011, Microchip Technology Incorporated, Printed in the U.S.A., All RightsReserved.

Doc. Type Doc. Title DS No.

Product Brie PIC16(L)F1507 Product Brief 41454A

Data Sheet 24AA1025 Data Sheet 21941H

MCP73123/223 Lithium Iron Phosphate (LiFePO4)Battery Charge Management Controller with InputOvervoltage Protection Data Sheet

22191C

Temperature Switch with Selectable Hysteresis 22268A24AA1026/LC1026 Data Sheet 22270A

PIC16(L)F1847 Data Sheet 41453A

PIC16LF1902/03 Data Sheet 41455A

PIC16(L)F1526/27 Data Sheet 41458A

dsPIC30F5011/5013 Data Sheet 70116J

PIC24HJ32GP202/204 and PIC24HJ16GP304 DataSheet

70289G

dsPIC33FJ32GP202/204 and dsPIC33FJ16GP304Data Sheet

70290G

dsPIC33FJ32MC302/304, dsPIC33FJ64MCX02/X04 and dsPIC33FJ128MCX02/X04 Data Sheet

70291E

dsPIC33FJ32GP302/304, dsPIC33FJ64GPX02/X04,and dsPIC33FJ128GPX02/X04 Data Sheet

70292E

PIC24HJ32GP302/304, PIC24HJ64GPX02/X04 andPIC24HJ128GPX02/X04 Data Sheet

70293E

User's Guide PICDEM Lab Development Kit User's Guide 41369B

KEELOQ3 Development Kit User's Guide 41378B

Low Pin Count USB Development Kit User's Guide 41450A

RS232 Serial Accessory Board User's Guide 70649ALCD Serial Accessory Board User's Guide 70650A

MRF89XAMxA PICtail/PICtail Plus Daughter BoardUser's Guide

70653A

Programming

Specifcation

PIC12F752/HV752 Memory Programming 41561A

PIC16(L)F178X Memory Programming 41457A

Addendum Explorer 16 Development Board Users GuideAddendum or PIC32MX

61147B

Errata PIC18F47J13 Silicon/Data Sheet Errata 80503D

PIC16(L)F1825/1829 Errata 80517A

Inormation

Sheet8-Bit Wireless Development Kit Inormation Sheet 51937A
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