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Microchip’s XLP PIC® MCUs
As more wearables, wireless sensor networks, and other Internet of
Things (IoT) enabled smart devices are getting powered from battery,
energy conservation becomes paramount. Today’s connected appli-
cations must consume little power and, in extreme cases, last for up
to 20+ years while running from a single battery. To enable applica-
tions like these, products with Microchip’s eXtreme Low Power (XLP)
technology offer the industry’s lowest Run and Sleep currents.
Looking Beyond Low-Power MCUs
Benefits of XLP PIC MCUs
XLP PIC MCU Application Examples
Internet of Things
• Remote controls
• Security systems
• Portable meters
• Wireless sensors
• Electronic locks
• Asset tracking
Wearables
• Fitness monitors
• Wearable sensors
Smart Energy
• Energy meters
• Flow meters
• Smart plugs
• Energy management
Connected Home
• Bluetooth® Low Energy devices
• Security
• Thermostats
• Smoke detectors
Energy Havesting
• Solar harvesting
• RF-powered devices
Medical
• Glucometers
• Blood pressure meters
• Patient monitors
• Pulse oximeters
Low Sleep Currents
with Flexible Wake-Up
Sources
• Sleep current down
to 9 nA
• Brown-Out Reset (BOR)
down to 45 nA
• Real-time clock down to
300 nA
• Watch-Dog Timer (WDT)
down to 200 nA
Battery-Friendly
Features
• Enable battery lifetime
greater than 20 years
• Low-power supervisors
for safer operation
(BOR, WDT)
• Core Independent Pe-
ripherals (CIPs) take the
load off the CPU and per-
form extremely complex
tasks in self-sustaining
mode at lowest possible
energy requirement
Vbat Battery Back-Up
• Automatic switch-over
upon loss of Vdd
• Maintains Real-Time
Clock/Calendar (RTCC)
and user registers
• Powered seperately
from 1.8–3.6V source
(coin cell)
Large Portfolio of XLP
MCUs
• 8–121 pins,
4 KB–1 MB Flash
• Wide selection of
packages
• Active mode currents as
low as 30 µA/MHz with
efficient instruction set
with over 90% single-
cycle instructions
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Microchip’s Low-Power Solutions
Cloud Connectivity for IoT-Enabled Embedded Systems
The Internet of Things is drastically changing interaction with objects and devices in
any location. When you combine XLP PIC® microcontrollers with a variety of wired/
wireless technologies from Microchip, you can design an end-to-end solution for the
Internet of Things. You can successfully connect your embedded system to the cloud
and take advantage of all of its benefits using Microchip’s complementary products
such as:
• XLP PIC MCUs which run communication stacks like RF4CE,
MiWi™ Wireless Networking Protocol and cloud interface
• zigbee® and IEEE 802.15.4 low-power radio modules
• Certified Wi-Fi®
, Bluetooth and Bluetooth Low Energy (BTLE) modules
• LoRa® long-range communication modules
End-to-End Design Solutions for Wearables
Extremely small, wearable devices are popular, either as stand-alone accessories or as companions for use with a smart-
phone. Wearable technology is being developed for many applications including medical diagnostics, fitness monitoring and
personal entertainment. Our MCU portfolio meshes perfectly with the needs of wearable designs, offering:
• Ultra-low power
• Low-profile and small-footprint
• QFN, uQFN and chip-scale packages
• Secure personal data
• Integrated hardware cryptography
• 10× performance with increased energy savings
• Extensive cryptographic libraries
• Effortless connectivity with Microchip’s complementary
wireless portfolio
• Certified Wi-Fi, Bluetooth/BTLE modules
• Seamless cloud connectivity
Intelligent Healthcare Device Designs
Medical devices that are intended to be portable or wearable must be designed to consume minimal power and run on a single
battery while maintaining a compact form factor. Microchip’s XLP technology offers the industry’s lowest currents for Run and
Sleep modes, allowing for maximum battery lifetime and compact product size with features like:
• XLP integrated Analog PIC MCUs
• 16-bit Delta-Sigma Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) and
high-speed 10 Msps 12-bit SAR ADC for precision measurements
• Integrated analog peripherals such as op amp and high-speed
comparators for system cost reduction and board space optimization
• Integrated LCD and USB
• Modern human interfaces with integrated capacitive mTouch® sensing
• Operate from a single cell battery
• Low profile and small footprint
• QFN, uQFN and chip-scale packages
• Effortless interface with Microchip’s complementary products
• Sensor fusion hub
• Certified Wi-Fi, Bluetooth/BTLE modules
• Seamless cloud connectivity
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Versatile Wired and Wireless Connectivity
Communication technologies have been commonplace in homes and industry for many years. Recent trends in applications
supporting cloud computing, the Internet of Things and smart grid initiatives have created a renewed demand for standardized,
low-power communication technology. Whether you are considering adding wired or wireless connectivity to your application,
Microchip’s XLP PIC microcontrollers support a wide variety of communication, offering:
• XLP PIC MCUs with integrated USB device, host and OTG
• Free software libraries for communication protocols:
• USB
• Bluetooth and Wi-Fi communication
• IEEE 802.15.4-based ZigBee and MiWi protocols
• Support for LoRa long-range communication
• Pair any XLP MCU with the MCP2200 USB to UART Serial Converter
• Extend battery life for products with USB for data upload/download
Microchip’s Low-Power Solutions
Robust Thermal Management
As the Internet of Things continues to evolve, it is likely that the thermostat will
play a central role in managing appliances and sensors throughout the home.
The XLP PIC microcontroller-based Connected Home Console can serve as a
starting point for your smart thermostat or home automation control, leverag-
ing features like:
• XLP PIC MCUs with integrated LCD driver for rich information displays
• Effortless integration with low-power wireless modules for IoT connectivity
• Large-memory LCD MCUs supporting RF communication stacks
• Modern human interfaces with capacitive mTouch sensing
• Single cell battery operation
• Complementary range of temperature sensors
Smart Energy and Smart Grid
As the demand and cost for energy continue to increase, there is a focus on improving energy efficiency, leading to new smart grid
and smart energy solutions. The goal is to improve energy distribution management and energy utilization and prevent tampering.
Microchip offers innovative XLP PIC microcontrollers for smart grid, smart metering and utility communication systems design. Key
features include:
• Industry’s leading XLP low-power modes for energy-efficient designs
• XLP integrated Analog PIC MCUs
• Dual-channel 16-bit Delta-Sigma ADC for precision measurements
• Integrated LCD and USB for external interface
• Modern human interfaces with integrated capacitive mTouch sensing
• Effortless connectivity with
• Wired Ethernet
• Bluetooth
• IEEE 802.15.4 with ZigBee and MiWi protocols
• Wi-Fi communication
• LoRa long-range communication
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Microchip’s Low-Power Solutions
Safety and Security for IoT-Enabled Designs
Embedded applications in the Internet-connected world demand secure data and long battery life. Microchip’s XLP PIC
microcontrollers ensure data integrity without sacrificing power consumption through an integrated hardware crypto engine.
These MCUs offer unique key creation and secure key storage for applications such as IoT sensor nodes and access
control systems with features like:
• Integrated hardware cryptography
• AES256, DES, 3DES cryptography, secure RAM, OTP for key management
• True random number generator for key generation, auto key destruct on tamper detect
• Integrated LCD and USB for external interface
• Human interfaces with capacitive mTouch sensing
• Free communication protocol stacks
• Seamless integrated with certified Wi-Fi, Bluetooth/BTLE modules, zigbee and IEEE
802.15.4 low-power radio modules for IoT connectivity
Low-Power Peripheral Integration
XLP PIC microcontrollers with low-power Core Independent Peripherals (CIPs) and
other highly integrated peripherals, enable low-cost solutions that require reduced
energy and development time. Low-power peripherals like LCD, op amp, Real-Time
Clock/Calendar (RTCC), mTouch sensing, USB, DMA, cryptography and additional
CIPs take MCU performance to a new level with the least possible power consump-
tion. With a number of on-board modules designed to increase the capability of the
system, these XLP MCUs offer the best value in embedded design.
Low-Power, CPU-Free Performance – Low-power peripherals are smartly intercon-
nected to allow nearly zero latency in the sharing of data, logic inputs or analog signals
without additional code or interruption of the CPU. Since this frees the CPU to perform
other system tasks and reduces Flash memory consumption, the CPU can be put into
low-power states consuming minimal energy, while the peripherals perform necessary
functions. This significantly reduces energy consumption by MCU.
Significant Savings – By taking the load off the CPU, low-power peripherals allow the MCU to perform extremely com-
plex tasks, such as cryptography and communication, thus allowing the CPU to perform additional tasks and eliminating
the need to migrate to a complex and expensive system. Additionally, significant BOM cost savings can be realized by
replacing off-board discrete components with these integrated peripherals.
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Flexible, Integrated Peripherals
Low-Power Energy Harvesting
Microchip’s XLP PIC micocontrollers with the industry’s leading low-power modes enable energy harvesting, battery-free and
power-constrained applications with features such as:
• Ultra-low power consumption
• Sleep currents as low as 9 nA
• Brown-out reset down to 45 nA
• Watch-dog timer down to 200 nA
• Real-time clock/calendar down to 300 nA
• Run currents down to 30 µA/MHz
• Flexible low-power modes based on application needs
• Idle mode, Sleep mode, Deep-Sleep modes
• Low-power retention sleep mode
• Effortless integration with wireless 802.15.4
RF connectivity
• 2.4 GHz
• Sub-GHz
• Ideal for applications with:
• RF sensors
• Temperature sensors
• Remote controls
• Security sensors
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XLP MCU Portfolio
XLP Battery Life Estimator (Free Download)
The XLP Battery Life Estimator is a free software utility that aids in developing
low-power applications with Microchip’s PIC MCUs with XLP technology.
• Select your PIC MCU with XLP technology and your battery type
• Enter application Run and Sleep times
• Select peripherals and input application currents
• View battery life, average and maximum current estimates
• Customize by adding device profiles and battery specifications
• Save profiles and compare results
Application Notes
• AN1861: Bluetooth Smart Communication Using Microchip’s RN4020 Module and 16-bit PIC MCU
• AN1556: Blood Pressure Meter Design Using Microchip’s PIC24F Microcontroller and Analog Devices
• AN1416: Low Power Design Guide: A Single Source for Low Power Consumption from the Viewpoint of the MCU
• AN1267: XLP Technology: An Introduction to Microchip’s Low-Power Devices
References
XLP MCU Portfolio
With many pin, memory and peripheral combinations available, Microchip’s XLP products have the right combination of features
for your low power application. The product families below include some key XLP PIC MCUs. For a complete list of XLP MCUs,
datasheets and other references please visit the XLP Design Center at www.microchip.com/xlp.
Device Flash Memory (KB) Pins Sleep (nA) WDT (nA) RTCC (nA) 1 MHz Run (μA)
8-bit XLP PIC® Microcontrollers
PIC18F “K42” 16–128 28–48 60 720 – 45
PIC16F153xx 3.5–28 8–48 50 500 – 32
PIC16F188xx 7–56 28–40 50 500 – 32
PIC16F191xx 7–56 28–64 50 500 400 32
PIC18F “K40” 16–128 28–64 50 500 – 32
16-bit XLP PIC Microcontrollers
PIC24FJ128GB204 64–128 28–44 380 240 300 178
PIC24FJ128GA310 64–128 64–100 330 270 400 150
PIC24FJ128GC010 64–128 64–100 420 270 350 178
PIC24FJ256GA705 64–256 28–48 190 220 350 191
PIC24FJ256GB412 64–256 64–121 70 100 170 155
PIC24FJ1024GB610 128–1024 64–100 190 220 350 190
32-bit XLP PIC Microcontrollers
PIC32MM “GPL” 16–64 20–36 500 80 400 –
PIC32MM “GPM” 64–256 28–64 650 220 350 –
PIC32MX1/2 128–256 28–64 673 800 710 –
Complementary Analog, Interface and Connectivity Products
Microchip offers a wide portfolio of complementary Analog, Interface and Connectivity products that can be used in developing
low-power applications. The portfolio meets today’s demanding design requirements addressing linear, mixed-signal, power manage-
ment, thermal, interface and connectivity products. When combined with XLP microcontrollers, these devices enable low-power
designs in consumer, medical and IoT applications. Microchip’s complementary Analog, Interface and Connectivity products includes:
• Linear
• Amplifiers
• Comparators
• Wireless
• Wi-Fi modules and antennas
• Bluetooth modules
• Bluetooth silicon
• LoRa, zigbee and MiWi solutions
• Power management
• DC/DC converters
• Battery chargers
•
System supervisors/voltage detectors
• Safety and security
• Smoke detector ICs
• Piezoelectric horn drivers
• Thermal management
• Temperature sensors
• Timing
• Oscillators
• Mixed signal
• Power monitoring and metering
• 8/10/12-bit ADCs
• Digital potentiometers
• Power measurement ICs
• Voltage references
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Development Tools
Featured Development Tools
8-bit Curiosity Development Boards
8-bit Curiosity Development Board (DM164137) and 8-bit Curiosity High Pin Count (HPC) Development
Board (DM164136) serve as a cost-effective, fully integrated 8-bit development platform targeted at first-
time users, makers and those seeking a feature-rich, rapid prototyping board with easy IoT connectivity.
• Integrated programmer/debugger with USB interface
• MikroElektronika mikroBUS interfaces supporting click boards
16-bit Curiosity Development Boards
PIC24F Curiosity Board (DM240004) and PIC24FJ256GA7 Curiosity Board (DM240016) serve as a
low-cost platform featuring 16-bit PIC24F XLP microcontrollers.
• Integrated programmer/debugger with USB interface
• MikroElektronika mikroBUS interfaces supporting click boards
32-bit Curiosity Development Boards
32-bit Curiosity Boards are a low-cost platform featuring 32-bit PIC32MM XLP microcontrollers. PIC32MM
Curiosity Development Board (DM320101) provides wireless connectivity with Microchip’s BM71 BLE
module footprint and PIC32MM USB Curiosity Development Board (DM320107) has two X32 Interfaces
that facilitate integration of the PIC32 Audio Codec Daughter Card.
• Integrated programmer/debugger with USB interface
• MikroElektronika mikroBUS interfaces supporting click boards
Explorer 16/32 Development Board (DM240001-2)
This board supports PIC24F XLP microcontrollers and provides the perfect platform to prototype applica-
tions using several expansion possibilities through its wide ecosystem support.
• Integrated programmer/debugger with USB interface
• Two mikroBUS interfaces supporting click boards and a PICtail™ Plus interface
Explorer 8 Development Kit (DM160228)
This board enables development with 8-bit PIC MCUs ranging from 6-100 pins.
• Two Pmod™ interfaces supporting Digilent Pmods
• Two mikroBUS interfaces supporting click boards
LCD Explorer XLP Development Board (DM240314)
This board enables development with the 16-bit family of PIC XLP MCUs in 100 pins.
• 96 segments LCD display, LEDs, buttons and mTouch cap button
• PICtail Plus connector
MPLAB® Starter Kit for PIC24F Intelligent Integrated Analog (DM240015)
This kit features the PIC24F “GC” family with advanced integrated analog that reduces BOM cost, lowers
noise and has faster throughput.
• On-board sensors such as light sensor, potentiometer, microphone and temperature
• Custom LCD features a 296 dot-matrix array for text display and 17 special icons
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