Chandler, Ariz.—Microchip Technology Inc. announced the addition of integrated USB 2.0 On-The-Go (OTG) functionality to its 32-bit PIC32 microcontroller (MCU) family. The PIC32 MCUs with integrated ...

USB Type-C Power Delivery (PD) enables the capability to charge more types of devices and charge them faster. Microchip Technology Inc. addresses the higher complexity and higher costs associated with ...

Microchip just published their USB-MSD Programmer firmware. This open source project allows a board to enumerate as a USB Mass Storage device. Programming is as simple as copying a .hex file to the ...

For USB Type-C with Power Delivery, Microchip has created a framework allowing designers to add their code to the its Power Delivery software stack. “With our Power Delivery software framework, all ...

A pair of PIC microcontrollers feature certified Full-Speed USB 2.0 connectivity and 48-MHz operation, for 12-Mbit/s data-transfer rates. A pair of PIC microcontrollers feature certified Full-Speed ...

Microchip Technology has introduced a range of programmable USB port power controllers with flexible USB-based charging capabilities for smartphones, tablets, monitors as well as dedicated AC-DC power ...

USB is a data interface that can also supply power. Previously it could only supply limited power, but the latest USB Power Delivery (UPD) specifications enable power delivery of up to 100W. The new ...

Powering external devices directly from a PC’s I/O ports has been a thing long before USB was even a twinkle in an engineer’s eye. Some of us may remember the all too common PS/2 pass-through leads ...