The Unified Program and Debug Interface (UPDI) is Microchip’s proprietary interface for programming and on-chip debugging, and has become the standard on AVR MCUs after Microchip’s purchase of Atmel.

Microchip Technology Inc. expands its custom programming service to include AVR® and SAM microcontrollers (MCUs). It offers customers the flexibility to add their code to any order size, from one ...

PIC processor vendor Microchip has rolled a new version of its Windows-based MPLAB development tool. The MPLAB ICD 3 package builds on the prior generation ICD 2 debugger offering in-circuit debugging ...

Functional programming is a programming style that is significantly different than imperative programming languages like C and C++. Functional programs tend to avoid mutable data like variable ...

Microchip Technology recently launched the MPLAB PICkit Basic in-circuit debugger, positioning itself as an effective solution for engineers' needs, contributing to a 14% rise in share price over the ...

Microchip has upped the security of a family of PIC18 microcontrollers by adding a one-time disable to its programming and debugging interface. Called PDID (programming and debugging interface disable ...

Microchip has added more memory and 14 new programming instructions, including “C” efficiency optimisations to its mid-range 8-bit PIC microcontrollers. The MCUs now have program flash addressability ...