PIC MCU range moves more software tasks to hardware

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Posted by awneil: Wed. Feb 12, 2020 - 12:57 PM
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Yes, it's about PIC - but these "Core Independent Peripherals" are also making their way into AVRs; eg,

https://www.microchip.com/wwwappnotes/appnotes.aspx?appnote=en598826

 

 

Today's EE News wrote:

Microchip’s PIC18-Q43 family adds more Core Independent Peripherals with an extensive development tool ecosystem to improve real-time control.

 

The configurable peripherals on the chip have smart interconnection which allows near-zero latency sharing of data, logic inputs or analog signals without additional code. The series is intended for a wide range of real-time control and connected applications, reducing board space, BoM, costs and time to market.

 

https://www.eenewsembedded.com/news/pic-mcu-range-moves-more-software-tasks-hardware?news_id=125472

 

 

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Posted by clawson: Wed. Feb 12, 2020 - 01:35 PM
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I thought these Core Independent Peripherals and the CCL kind of "glue logic" were what we were already being given in the likes of AVR-01/AVR-1 so is this just PIC playing "catch up" ?

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Posted by gchapman: Wed. Feb 12, 2020 - 01:39 PM (Reply to #2)
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other way round wink

https://www.avrfreaks.net/forum/what-are-avr28da128-avr32da128-avr48da128-avr64da128#comment-2747026 (ZCD)

 

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Posted by jgmdesign: Wed. Feb 12, 2020 - 02:02 PM
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clawson wrote:

I thought these Core Independent Peripherals and the CCL kind of "glue logic" were what we were already being given in the likes of AVR-01/AVR-1 so is this just PIC playing "catch up" ?

 

XMEGAs have had this from day one as well.

 

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Posted by awneil: Wed. Feb 12, 2020 - 02:46 PM (Reply to #4)
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jgmdesign wrote:
XMEGAs have had this from day one as well.

and other manufacturers have similar schemes - which they may or may not invent their own Special NamesTM for ...

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