Essential Performance and Real-time Control Without the Baggage

Designers of real-time control applications are increasingly challenged to balance performance and peripheral integration while keeping system cost and complexity low. To address these challenges, Microchip Technology has introduced the dsPIC33CK Value Line family of Digital Signal Controllers (DSCs) to provide essential real-time control at a competitive price point. By combining up to 100 MHz deterministic processing, high-resolution pulse-width modulation (PWM) and a 12-bit analog-to-digital converter (ADC), Value Line DSCs support motor Field Oriented Control (FOC), touch and precision sensing applications without the added cost of unnecessary features.

dsPIC33CK Value Line devices integrate a balanced set of peripherals that enable designers to consolidate multiple system functions onto a single device, helping reduce external component count, printed circuit board footprint and overall bill-of-materials (BoM) cost. With scalable program Flash memory options ranging from 32 KB to 256 KB, and compatibility across the broader dsPIC33CK family, Value Line DSCs support scalability while offering migration paths for future needs.

Value Line DSCs are designed to provide up to 2 ns PWM resolution across eight channels, a 12-bit ADC supporting up to 2 MSPS, on-chip analog comparators with a 12-bit digital-to-analog converter (DAC) and a comprehensive set of communications peripherals including CAN FD, Local Interconnect Network (LIN), Single Edge Nibble Transmission (SENT), Universal Asynchronous Receiver-Transmitter (UART), Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) and I²C (more info).

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