PIC24FJ GU4/GL4 High Memory Low Power MCU Family

The PIC24FJ GU4/GL4 microcontroller family from Microchip Technology offers up to 512 KB of dual partition Flash supporting real-time over-the-air (OTA) updates and EEPROM emulation. Along with several core independent peripherals (CIPs), it includes a full speed USB and a segmented LCD controller with animation support. With high memory and sleep current down to a few hundreds of nanoamps while retaining the complete RAM content, this family is perfect for IoT, industrial, consumer, and medical applications.

Supported in the MPLAB® Code Configurator (MCC) tool, the development time gets significantly reduced by allowing users to configure the devices and libraries with just a few clicks. To address the evolving focus on safety and security, these MCUs offer hardware safety features and secure protection schemes, simplifying the design of smart, safe, secure, and connected applications. These MCUs feature protection schemes such as Flash one-time programmable (OTP) by ICSP™ Write Inhibit which allows the entire Flash to be configured as OTP memory and CodeGuard™ Flash Security which facilitates to segment the memory and implement access restrictions. These features together with Microchip’s CryptoAuthentication™ chips enable users to implement security in their applications. Offering an extended operating temperature of up to 125°C with AEC Q100 Grade 1 qualification, this family is also well suited for automotive and industrial applications. A range of hardware safety features on this family facilitates users’ application’s compliance with safety requirements. With a high level of analog integration, this family simplifies sensor interfacing and analog measurement, while reducing the overall system BoM cost. The rich feature set of the new PIC24FJ GU4/GL4 MCU family is ideal for metering and other handheld animated, autonomous LCD applications.

Features

• High memory with dual Flash partition for live update
• Growing need for ultra-low power operation
• Ultra-low sleep current high memory MCU with LCD - full RAM retention
• Core independent operation in power down modes – LCD animation, MCCPs, CLCs, ADC with threshold compare and more
• Segmented LCD with animation – a core independent peripheral
• Cost-effective MCUs for applications with or without display
• Ideal for a range of use cases – LCD, USB, integrated analog including 10/12-bit ADC (400 KSPS) and 10-bit DAC (1 MSPS)
• Increased focus on robustness and protection
• CodeGuard protection and OTP features for access restriction
• Reliability in extreme operating conditions, AEC Q100 Grade 1 qualified
• Development tools
• MPLAB X IDE, XC16 compiler, MCC