Industrial design engineers make the world we live in possible. The machines and systems they build deliver everything from chemicals and plastics to transportation solutions and consumer electronics. Their skills have delivered highly programmable control devices that integrate with a range of networked actuators and sensors. Thanks to IIoT and ML, processes are monitored, analyzed and optimized continuously to drive down costs and improve efficiency.
All these systems rely upon advancements in semiconductor technology to integrate high-performance processors, leverage low-power techniques and deliver high levels of integration in power converters and signal conditioning. Perhaps the greatest challenge in recent years has been increasing the level of security. This is a complex topic that requires considered analysis and reliance on industry-standard cryptographic approaches, requiring teams to demonstrate compliance with current standards while monitoring the changes leading to new security directives and regulations.
Perhaps the greatest challenge in recent years has been increasing the level of security.
Microchip understands the challenges developers in this space are facing, which is why their portfolio of solutions for IIoT continues to grow yearly.
On top of this, their teams ensure that development boards and evaluation systems are in place to demonstrate how such applications can be implemented using the most appropriate semiconductor solutions. This is backed up with free software that includes development environments, software libraries and configuration tools to easily create complex applications. By working with industry partners, designers can utilize operating systems such as Linux and RTOSs directly from within the Microchip development ecosystem.
Tackling a new protocol or technology or getting started with development tools or libraries can consume a considerable amount of time—time that developers, quite frankly, don’t have. Thanks to Microchip University, engineers have access to Microchip developers’ collective knowledge with courses covering everything from the basics to advanced concepts.
Software is a massive part of today’s applications and developers should be supported with a wide range of tools. From development environments, such as MPLAB X IDE, to configuration tools, such as MPLAB Code Configurator (MCC) Harmony, Microchip covers a range of peripheral libraries and protocol stacks that are thoroughly tested and MISRA compliant.
Access development tools, digital devices, analog parts and support through Microchip Purchasing and Client Services, their online platform. Take advantage of a vast inventory of products, fast shipping and a project list tool to help you and your team, even when ordering just a single part.
Your project remains Microchip’s priority over its lifetime. They have a 25-year practice of not putting customers through costly redesigns due to a product’s End of Life (EOL). Instead, they offer long-time availability and client-managed obsolescence, delivering products as long as there are customers who want them. Only in situations where a Microchip supplier makes it impossible to continue production will they stop manufacturing a device. Even in this situation, they are committed to finding alternative products with minimal disruption.
With a global sales and support network and partners in almost all technology areas, Microchip experts are knowledgeable and accessible.
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This online IDE, which is part of the MPLAB cloud tools ecosystem, is a perfect starting point for new users of PIC® and AVR® MCUs.
Available as free, unrestricted-use downloads, our award-winning MPLAB XC C Compilers are comprehensive solutions for your project’s software development.
This IDE can be used for developing and debugging AVR and SAM MCU applications. It can also import your Arduino sketches as C++ projects.
