De$igning for Dollar$: Creating Intelligent Consumer Appliances with the World's Smallest Microcontrollers.CHANDLER, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 2, 1997--Microchip Technology Inc., (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :MCHP MCHP Maryland Children's Health Program MCHP Microchip Technologies (stock symbol) MCHP Micro-sized Combined Heat and Power (American Honda Motor Co. & Climate Energy, LLC) MCHP Maine Community Heritage Project ) the world's leading supplier of 8-bit RISC RISC in full Reduced Instruction Set Computing Computer architecture that uses a limited number of instructions. RISC became popular in microprocessors in the 1980s. microcontrollers and a leading supplier of serial EEPROMs and specialty nonvolatile memory products for embedded control applications, Tuesday kicked off the latest session of its popular "De$igning for Dollar$" Design Challenge. "De$igning for Dollar$" offers cash and other prizes for submitted engineering designs which use the world's smallest microcontrollers -- Microchip's PIC12CXXX family of 8-pin 8-bit OTP (1) (One Time Programmable) Refers to programming content or logic into chips such as EPROMs and EEPROMs, which cannot be reversed. See antifuse. (2) (One Time P microcontrollers -- for a given design application. Participants have three weeks from today through Sept. 20 to create a basic imaginative design which fulfills this challenge. "For the next session, Microchip is challenging engineers to design unique consumer appliance applications," said Damon Chu, strategic marketing manager. "We're seeking the most whimsical gadgets, gizmos and appliances which take advantage of the PIC12CXXX solution." At the end of each monthly session, selected entries receive $100 per submission. Microchip is also giving away for selected submissions its PICSTART(R) Plus low-cost development kit for the PICmicro(TM) family of microcontrollers. Hewlett-Packard Co. is offering its HP E2310A LogicDart (a $795 value) and an HP54645D Mixed Signal Oscilloscope A mixed signal oscilloscope (or MSO) has two kinds of inputs, a small number (typically two or four) of analogue channels, and a larger number (typically sixteen) of digital channels. (a $4,995 value) as incentives for design submissions and to improve engineering productivity through advanced features. Authors have the opportunity to place their photo (JPEG JPEG in full Joint Photographic Experts Group Standard computer file format for storing graphic images in a compressed form for general use. JPEG images are compressed using a mathematical algorithm. image), biography and web-site link on Microchip's web site. These designs may also be published in future Microchip documents. Refer to the "De$igning for Dollar$" web site at www.microchip.com for current design topics, important dates, all rules and other information. To enter "De$igning for Dollar$," simply complete the entry form which can be downloaded as an .rtf file on the design challenge web site. Design submissions should be e-mailed to: designing.dollars@microchip.com. For those individuals who do not have Internet access or for any questions relating to the challenge, contact the "De$igning for Dollar$" Hotline: 800/437-2767, select 6, x4332. In addition to the design session themes, participants can submit at any time QuickCode(TM), a code snippet A small amount of something. In the computer field, it often refers to a small piece of program code. , or SimpleCircuit(TM), a design based on the 8-pin microcontrollers for any application. Check the "De$igning for Dollar$" site for more information. The popular PIC12CXXX family packs Microchip's powerful RISC-based PICmicro architecture into 8-pin PDIP (Plastic DIP) See DIP. and SOIC (Small Outline IC) A small-dimension, plastic, rectangular, surface mount chip package that uses gull-wing pins extending outward. See gull-wing lead, SOJ and chip package. packages, creating the world's smallest 8-bit microcontrollers. The first two members of this product family, the PIC12C508 and PIC12C509, feature 512 words of program memory with 25 bytes of user RAM and 1024 words of program memory with 41 bytes of user RAM, respectively. The PIC12C508 and PIC12C509 offer six I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output pins with on-chip clock oscillator oscillator Mechanical or electronic device that produces a back-and-forth periodic motion. A pendulum is a simple mechanical oscillator that swings with a constant amplitude, requiring the addition of energy at each swing only to compensate for the energy lost because of air , 33 single-word instructions, full-speed 1 microsecond instruction cycle at 4 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. , seven special function hardware registers, two-level deep hardware stack, 8-bit real time clock/counter with 8-bit programmable prescaler, watchdog timer, direct LED drive, low 2.5-5.5 operating voltage and <2 mA @ 5 volts, 4 MHz low power consumption. In-Circuit Serial Programming(TM) technology on the OTP microcontroller offers a true, self-contained intelligent system on a chip. -0-
Important information related to the design challenge:
Microchip Technology Web Site: http://www.microchip.com
"De$igning for Dollar$" Hotline: 800/437-2767, select 6, x4332
Send Design Submissions to: E-mail: designing.dollars@microchip.com
Fax: 602/917-4150
-0- Microchip Technology Inc. manufactures the PICmicro(TM) family of 8-bit one-time-programmable (OTP) RISC microcontrollers, serial EEPROMs and related specialty memory products, and the KEELOQ(R) code hopping devices. These products target thousands of embedded control applications in the consumer, automotive, office automation, communications and industrial markets. Microchip's quality systems are ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001 certified. Headquartered near Phoenix in Chandler, Microchip employs approximately 1,950 people worldwide and has sales offices throughout Asia, Europe, Japan and North America. -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: The Microchip name and logo, PIC, PICSTART and KEELOQ are registered trademarks of Microchip Technology Inc. in the United States and other countries. QuickCode, SimpleCircuit, In-Circuit Serial Programming and PICmicro are trademarks of Microchip Technology Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. CONTACT: Microchip Technology Inc., Chandler Eric Sells, 602/786-7478 (Editorial) eric.sells@microchip.com or Reader Contact/Information Program Hotline, 800/437-2767, select 6, x4332 |
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