16-bit Microcontrollers and
Digital Signal Controllers
16-bit Embedded Control Solutions
PIC24 Microcontrollers
dsPIC Digital Signal Controllers
July 2006
www.microchip.com/16bit16-bit
Embedded Control Solutions
Do you need to add more performance or additional features to your products? Do you need more
on-chip memory? Are you concerned with tight schedules and cost goals? How do you decide which
embedded control solution will bring the most value to your overall embedded design?
Microchips 16-bit solutions are designed to be a broad
platform which can serve your needs for many years. If you
have designed using our 8-bit PIC microcontrollers (MCUs)
you will be pleased to see that the same MPLAB Integrated
Development Environment used on our smallest 6-pin MCU
also supports our most powerful 16-bit controllers. Plus our
commitment for peripheral and pinout compatibility has been
carried forward to our 16-bit product families. If you are new
to Microchips control solutions, we offer powerful, low cost
development tools, a compatible lineup of products that
range from low cost to high performance, and a Company
dedicated to serving your needs.
Since 2002, Microchip has been #1 in worldwide 8-bit
microcontroller shipments* with a product portfolio that
continues to expand to meet the demands of our customers
while solving many of their key business issues. With more
than 70 16-bit products in our portfolio today and many more
on the way, we are committed to offer similar value in the
16-bit realm.
*Gartner Dataquest, Top Companies Revenue from Shipments of 8-bit MCU - All Applications April 2005.
One Architecture, Four Families
Whether your solution requires the lowest cost 16-bit
Microchip offers two 16-bit Microcontroller (MCU) families
solution, the most powerful 16-bit MCU in the industry, or
plus two 16-bit Digital Signal Controller (DSC) families that
DSP capability, Microchip offers a broad range of products
give you compatible options across a wide spectrum of
while preserving the compatibility that helps save you time
price, performance and feature sets. Common attributes
and money on subsequent designs.
among all 16-bit MCU and DSC families are:
Pinout compatibility
Software compatibility
Peripheral compatibility
Common development tools
Table of Contents
16-bit Embedded Control Solutions Introduction 2 Hardware Development Tools 12
RoHS Compliant
The Capability You Need 3 Hardware Development Boards 13
One Architecture: Four Compatible Families 4 Advanced Development Boards 14
Microchip has converted all of its standard
16-bit Packages 5 DSP Algorithm Development 15
production from tin-lead (SnPb)-plated product
Speci cations for PIC24F Family 6 Operating Systems and Communication 15
packaging to lead-free (Pb-free) product
Drivers
Speci cations for PIC24H Family 6
packaging across the entire portfolio of
Libraries for Speech Applications 16
Speci cations for dsPIC30F Families 7
PIC microcontrollers, dsPIC digital signal
Connectivity Libraries 17
Speci cations for dsPIC33F Families 8 controllers, serial EEPROMs, stand-alone
More Application Libraries 18
analog and other devices. All standard product
Designed for Real-time Control 9
Motor Control Application Software 18 is now shipped with matte tin (Sn) plating and
Powerful Tools and Libraries 10
all products are RoHS-compliant. This enables
Resources for Self-paced Learning 19
MPLAB IDE 10
our customers to achieve early compliance
Getting Started 19
Software Development Tools 11
with new regulations around the world such as
Ordering Guide 20
Building Block Libraries 11
the European Union Restrictions on Hazardous
Substances in Electrical and Electronic
Equipment (RoHS) directive.
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