Microchip announces that the 32-bit PIC32 microcontrollers (MCUs) now operate from -40°C to 105°C, extending their use into a range of robust applications in the communications, industrial, medical, automotive, appliance and renewable-energy markets. The newly-qualified V-Temp MCUs continue to provide the full range of PIC32 MCU features including peripherals for connectivity, graphics, audio, touch sensing and industrial CAN, to provide the most capable and cost-effective solutions for robust applications.

In addition, the MCUs provide full access to up to 128 KB RAM for simultaneous use with the Ethernet, USB and CAN buffers; as well as on-chip Ethernet, industrial CAN and USB modules with a built-in DMA interface to maximise data throughput.

To evaluate the advanced features of the newly-qualified PIC32 V-Temp MCUs, designers can use Microchip’s PIC32 MCU tool suite which includes: low-cost starter kits; full-featured development and expansion boards; PICtail daughter boards and Plug-In Modules; as well as debuggers, the MPLAB IDE and MPLAB C compilers.

The V-Temp PIC32MX3/4/5/6/7 MCUs are available in 64-pin QFN and TQFP packages, as well as 121-pin TFBGA and 100-pin TQFP packages. In addition, the recently introduced PIC32 MX1/2 MCUs are also being extended to the V-Temp range, and are expected to be qualified in late CQ4 in 28-pin QFN, SOIC and SSOP packages, as well as 44-pin QFN, TQFP and TLA packages.