Microchip Technology PIC18-Q43 8-Bit Microcontrollers

The Core Independent Peripherals (CIPs) enable the MCU to accomplish tasks in hardware while freeing up the CPU to focus on more complex system tasks or go to sleep to save power. Because they offload timing-critical and core-intensive functions from the CPU, they eliminate the need for additional code and external components, reduce power consumption, and allow for deterministic response time and decreased validation time.

The PIC18-Q43 family is equipped with six Direct Memory Access (DMA) controllers for data transfers between all memory spaces and peripherals independent of the CPU, thereby enhancing system performance and improving power consumption.

The PIC18-Q43 MCUs also provide eight user-configurable Configurable Logic Cells (CLCs) for creating customized hardware-based logic functions. The CLC peripheral lets you specify combinations of signals as inputs to a logic function and internally connects peripherals such as timers, Pulse-Width Modulators (PWMs), serial ports, and I/O pins for hardware customization with unprecedented ease. The CLC enables a higher level of integration without any external components, thus reducing PCB footprint and system costs.

The integrated 16-bit PWMs deliver advanced capabilities beyond those found on standard PWM modules. These innovative features allow you to easily vary phase, duty cycle and offset event count with greater precision. The high-resolution PWMs offer dual independent outputs on the same time base, which helps simplify drive control and offers the flexibility to be used in many applications. Additionally, the PIC18-Q43 family of MCUs has improved and flexible serial communications interfaces, including a UART with support for Asynchronous, DMX, DALI and LIN protocols along with higher-speed, standalone I2C and SPI serial communication interfaces.

The on-chip intelligent analog peripherals include Zero Cross Detect (ZCD), comparators, a 8-bit Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC) and a 12-bit ADCC that automates Capacitive Voltage Divider (CVD) techniques for implementing advanced touch sensing, averaging, filtering, oversampling, and automatic threshold comparison.