/products/manufacturers/microchip/b/blog/posts/evaluating-mcu-alternatives-how-to-reduce-the-engineering-effort-of-a-microchip-migrationIntroduction Engineers evaluate a new microcontroller (MCU) for many reasons. Cost, availability, power consumption, performance, new functionality or long-term platform needs can all start the process. With component lead times and pricing subject ten-USTelligent Community 12