Introducing Microchip Technology's Academic Program

Microchip’s Academic Program


What we will cover 

Who is Microchip?

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Why Academics Choose Microchip?

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Academic Program Benefits

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Resources to make it easy for you


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Microchip: An Overview


Corporate Overview 

Leading provider of:    

Microcontrollers and Digital Signal Controllers Analog & Interface products Related Memory products Flash IP solutions


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Corporate Overview   

~ $1.5 Billion revenue More than 7,000 employees Headquartered near Phoenix in Chandler, AZ


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Balanced Revenue

Europe 22.5% Americas 20.9% Asia 56.6%


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Arizona Manufacturing

Chandler Facility  

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Corporate Headquarters 390K sq. ft. Offices 80 Acre Site Probe, Mask Shop, and FA

Tempe Facility  

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304K sq. ft. Offices 75K sq. ft. Clean Room 27 Acre Site 8-inch Wafer Manufacturing Technology Development 7

Oregon Manufacturing Gresham Facility     

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826K sq. ft. Building 75K sq. ft. Offices 200K sq. ft. Clean Room 140 Acre Site 8-inch Wafer Manufacturing Advanced Technology Development


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Thailand Manufacturing Bangkok Facility   

Two factories totaling 700K sq. ft. Assembly and Test 3,600 Employees


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Why Academics choose Microchip??


Why Microchip??   

Industry Leader with financial stability Not a “niche” Market Company! We develop solutions for:  

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Automotive Home Appliance Medical Lighting Touch Sensing Secure Data and more!


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Why Microchip?? 

Easy Migration:   

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Through entire product portfolio Reuse your existing code! Pin-to-Pin Compatibility

Extensive Product Portfolio 

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8, 16, 32-bit PIC® Microcontrollers and dsPIC® Digital Signal Controllers Analog & Interface Products Stand-alone Memory Products


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Universe of Embedded Control RF Xmit/receive

Digital Pot

Sensors

High Voltage IR I/O’s Communication

Precision Voltage Reference

Amplifiers

Filters

Power Serial NV Memory

Power Drivers

A/D

Power Management - Regulators - Supervisory

Telecom DTMF Codec

Microcontrollers

Motors Relays Print-heads

D/A

LCD Drivers

VF Drivers SRAM

Transceivers - RS232/485 - CAN bus - USB


Bus Comm - CAN bus - USB - I2C™ - SPI - RS422/423

Digital Peripherals PWM RTC

Encryption (KEELOQ®) Speech Co-Processing

LED Drivers

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Universe of Embedded Control RF Xmit/receive

Digital Pot

Sensors

High Voltage IR I/O’s Communication

Precision Voltage Reference

Amplifiers

Filters

Power Serial NV Memory

Power Drivers

A/D

Power Management - Regulators - Supervisory

Telecom DTMF Codec

Microcontrollers

Motors Relays Print-heads

D/A

LCD Drivers

VF Drivers SRAM

Transceivers - RS232/485 - CAN bus - USB


Bus Comm - CAN bus - USB - I2C™ - SPI - RS422/423

Digital Peripherals PWM RTC

Encryption (KEELOQ®) Speech Co-Processing

LED Drivers

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Functionality

PIC® MCU and dsPIC® DSC Family Roadmap

PIC32 dsPIC

PIC24 PIC18 Enhanced Mid-Range Mid-Range Baseline

Performance Microchip’s Academic Program

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Our Mission

“Facilitate the integration of Microchip products and technologies into the classroom” Microchip’s Academic Program

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How do we do this?


Curriculum Support


Curriculum Support 

FREE curriculum support: Introductory to technology specific  Powerpoints  Lab Manuals and solutions  Academics welcome to modify to suit their needs 

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Textbook Recommendations


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Training


Training 

Academic Partner Program: FREE training  30% discount when attending MASTERs conference 


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FREE Tools and Silicon


Silicon and Tool Donations 

Silicon: Bulk samples to help seed labs  Samples for student projects 

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Tools: Donations to professors for evaluation  Select student events  Regional competition support 


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Development tools for Academics


Software Solutions for all Levels

Assembly Programming MPASM Assembler MPSIM Simulator


www.microchip.com/mplab

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Assembly Programming

C Programming

MPASM Assembler MPSIM Simulator

Cross platform with no time-outs or code-size restrictions

www.microchip.com/mplabxc


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Assembly Programming

C Programming

MPASM Assembler MPSIM Simulator


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C Programming

Other Third-Party BASIC Compilers Third-Party Pascal Compilers

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C Programming

BASIC Third-Party BASIC Compilers

Visual Programming Simulink® Blocksets for dsPIC®

Third-Party Pascal Compilers

www.microchip.com/dspicblocksets


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Flowcode Graphical Programming Environment 

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Supports PIC12, PIC16, PIC18 MCUs New 16-bit version supports PIC24 MCUs and dsPIC DSCs


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Academic Friendly Hardware (Microchip and Third Party)


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Academic Friendly Hardware (Microchip and Third Party) 25% Academic Discount on many Tools Available Through


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Third Party Tool Partnerships


chipKIT™ Boards for the Arduino Community 

Uses modified version of Arduino™ IDE 

Adds

MCU Support

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Leverage existing resources

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Higher performance at a lower cost

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Pin-out compatible with many existing 3.3V shields


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New shields Highlight Additional Functionality 

chipKIT Network Shield: 

Circuitry and connectors for advanced communications chipKIT™ Network Shield

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chipKIT Basic I/O shield: 

Input/output expansion board chipKIT™ Basic I/O Shield


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Cerebot Boards 

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Cerebot MC7 –Advanced motor control board 

dsPIC33FJ128MC706A

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8 x Servo Motor connectors

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Perfect controller for BDC, BLDC, and Stepper Motors

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$119 USD on mD

Cerebot cK Platforms 

PIC32 Development compatible with both chipKIT™ and MPLAB® IDEs

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Ideal for migrating from the Arduino/chipKIT world into more industry recognized tools

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Priced as low as $39.99 USD on mD


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MX Series Modules and Target Board 

Turnkey Lab Solution Featuring: 

PIC24FJ256GB110 MCU

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Comes with lab manual, labs and solutions www.microchip.com/academiclabs

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Integrated Programmer/Debugger to further reduce costs

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$165 USD on mD


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Keeping Academics Informed


Keeping Academics Informed 

Quarterly Newsletter   

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Articles from Students Third Parties New products and technologies www.microchip.com/academicnewsletter

MCHP Tube  

Online newscast with Academic Focus Latest news on new products and technologies: 

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Microchip and Third Parties

Forum to interact directly with Microchip staff www.microchip.com/mchptube


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Academic Resources to Make it Easy!


Academic Program Support Resources

Academic Web Site www.microchip.com/academic


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3 Easy Steps to Find Silicon and Tools

STEP 1

STEP 2

STEP 3

Find a Microcontroller or Digital Signal Controller

Locate Hardware/Software Tools

Order your Silicon and/or Development Tools Online

Microcontroller Product Selector (MPS)

Development Tool Selector

Microchip’s Direct Outlet

www.microchip.com/maps

www.microchip.com/dts


www.microchipdirect.com

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Resources 

FREE MPLAB® Integrated Development Environment 

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www.microchip.com/mplab

FREE MPLAB XC Compilers for all MCU and DSC 

www.microchip.com/mplabxc

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Tech support at www.microchip.com/support

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Visit our Forums at www.microchip.com/forums 

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Forums for all Microchip products, development tools and technologies

FREE Samples: www.microchip.com/samples


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Sales and Distribution in Russia 

Sales Office 

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Microchip Direct: 

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Microchip Technology Nordic in Denmark

www.microchipdirect.com

Distributors 

Arrow: Moscow, St-Petersburg, Yekaterinburg 

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Gamma: St-Petersburg 

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www.arroweurope.com www.gamma.spb.ru

Triton: Moscow 

www.trt.ru


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Contact Us Marc McComb (480)792-4391 [email protected] Visit us online at www.microchip.com/academic   

Portal to Academic-Related resources Download our Academic Program brochure And more!


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Thank You!
