New 48-member PIC32MZ EF series integrates 2 MB Flash, 512 KB RAM, 18 MSPS 12-bit ADC, FPU, crypto engine, hi-speed USB, 10/100 Ethernet, CAN and best-in-class peripheral options
24 September, 2015, New Delhi – Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, has announced a new series within its high-performance PIC32MZ family of 32-bit microcontrollers (MCUs) that features an integrated hardware floating point unit (FPU) for high performance and lower latency in intensive single and double-precision math applications. This new 48-member PIC32MZ EF series also offers a 12-bit, 18 MSPS analog-to-digital converter (ADC) for a wide array of high-speed, wide-bandwidth applications. Additionally, the PIC32MZ EF supports an extensive DSP instruction set. This combination of DSP instructions, a double-precision FPU and a high-speed ADC improves code density, decreases latency and accelerates performance in process-intensive applications.
The PIC32MZ EF series is powered by Imagination’s MIPS M-Class™ core at 200MHz/330 DMIPS and 3.28 CoreMarks™/MHz, along with dual-panel, live-update flash (up to 2 MB), large RAM (512 KB) and the widest selection of connectivity peripherals in the entire PIC32 portfolio, including a 10/100 Ethernet MAC, hi-speed USB MAC/PHY and dual CAN ports. Many embedded applications are adding better graphics displays, and the PIC32MZ EF, in the LCCG configuration, can support up to a WQVGA display without the added cost of external graphics controllers. An optional, full-featured hardware crypto engine is also available with a random number generator for high-throughput data encryption/decryption and authentication (e.g., AES, 3DES, SHA, MD5 and HMAC).
Accelerating product cycles and rapidly evolving customer demands are increasing time-to-market pressures on designers. Microchip’s award-winning MPLAB® Harmony Integrated Software Framework provides a modular, pre-tested and easy-to-use GUI based development ecosystem that helps ease integration, reduce testing and speed adaptation to quickly changing market demands; enabling designers to focus on product development.
“The PIC32MZ EF is the second-generation series within our popular PIC32MZ family of high-performance MCUs,” said Rod Drake, Vice President of Microchip’s MCU32 Division. “This series’ higher performance, floating point unit, larger Flash, connectivity options and rich peripheral set will help embedded developers address the increasing demands of high-end and next-generation applications. Additionally, our MPLAB Harmony Integrated Software Framework will help accelerate software integration, product-development cycles and time to market.”
