Microchip PIC18-Q43 MCU Family
Offload software tasks to hardware


In MCU-based system design, software often causes bottlenecks in both development and release times, as well as system performance.

On the 13th, Microchip Technology launched the PIC18-Q43 family, which accelerates the launch of high-performance solutions by offloading various software tasks to hardware.

The PIC18-Q43 product family, which combines various peripherals, provides users with versatility and ease of use through development tools when creating custom hardware-based functions.

Configurable peripherals are interconnected to share data, logic inputs, or analog signals without delay, without the need for separate additional code to improve system response.

Suitable for various real-time control and connected applications such as home appliances, security systems, motors and industrial controls, lighting, and IoT, it reduces board space, Bill of Material (BOM), and overall costs, as well as development and market time.

A CIP is a peripheral device designed with additional features to handle various tasks without CPU intervention. The PIC18-Q43 family is designed to allow developers to easily customize it to their design configurations based on CIPs such as timers, simplified Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) output, CLC, Analog to Digital Converter with Computation (ADCC), and multiple serial communications.

CLC provides customers with the ability to control waveform generation, timing measurements, and more through programmable logic that operates beyond software execution speed limits. Based on its exceptional ease of use during hardware customization, CLC can serve as the 'glue' logic connecting on-chip peripherals.

This core-independent communication interface, encompassing UART, SPI, and I2C, provides developers of custom devices with flexible and easy-to-use building blocks, while also accelerating real-time control with simplified software loops by adding multiple DMA channels and interrupt management capabilities.

Microchip’s suite of development tools allows users to easily and quickly generate application code and customize CIP combinations in a graphical user interface (GUI) environment. Additionally, this suite operates up to 5V, enhancing noise immunity and enabling customers to connect a wide range of sensors.

The PIC18-Q43 family is supported by Microchip's MPLAB X IDE and MPLAB Xpress IDE development environments and the MPLAB Code Configurator (MCC). MCC is a free software plugin that provides a graphical interface for configuring peripherals and functions for applications. This product family is also supported on the PIC18F57Q43 Curiosity Nano board, which features programming and debugging capabilities.

The PIC18-Q43 family consists of various memory sizes, packages, and price points to meet diverse application requirements. All products are available for mass production and sampling in various packages, and can be purchased starting at $0.64 per unit during mass production.