Microchip Technology today announced an expansion of its 8-bit segmented LCD microcontroller (MCU) family with five new devices—the PIC16LF1902/3/4/6/7 (PIC16LF190X) MCUs. The PIC16LF190X family supports general-purpose applications and enables the implementation of LCD into such designs as security tokens, smart cards, medical devices, home appliances, key fobs or any application involving a segmented LCD.
Featuring Microchip's eXtreme Low Power (XLP) technology for sleep currents down to 20 nA, and a typical active current of 35 microamperes per MHz, the MCUs extend battery life, while maintaining accurate timing with a RTC. These MCUs also include up to 14 KB of Flash program memory, up to 512 Bytes of RAM, up to 14 10-bit Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) channels, serial communication, temperature indicator and the capability to drive up to 116 LCD segments.
The PIC16LF190X MCUs are supported by the F1 Evaluation Kit ($69.99) and Platform ($39.99), as well as the PICkit 3 In-Circuit Debugger ($44.95). Designers can also utilize the full suite of MPLAB development tools,
The PIC16LF1902, PIC16LF1903 and PIC16LF1906 MCUs are all available in 28-pin SPDIP, SOIC, SSOP and 4 mm x 4 mm UQFN and die packages. The PIC16LF1904 and PIC16LF1907 MCUs are available in 40-pin PDIP, 5 mm x 5 mm UQFN and die packages, as well as a 44-pin TQFP.
Pricing starts at $0.75 each, in 10,000-unit quantities