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An application note from Microchip:  Practical guide to implementing Solar Panel MPPT Algorithms (PDF!) This application note describes how to implement MPPT using the most popular switching power supply topologies. There are many published...
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Here’s an app note from Microchip describing the best design practices when developing capacitive touch applications in noisy environments: This application note will begin by defining the problems caused by noise, and explain how that...
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Here is an application note from Microchip describing how a PIC12HV615 MCU can be used to implement a digital current control loop for power LEDs: This document describes a power LED driver solution using the PIC12HV615 microcontroller (MCU). The...
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Here is an application note from Microchip describing how to get maximum power out of a solar panel. The focus of this application note is to identify how to get the maximum power out of a solar panel to power a remote application. The Maximum...
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BodyCom™ Technology provides a secure communication channel using the human body: Microchip’s BodyCom™ Technology is a short-range, low-data-rate communication solution for securely connecting to a wide range of wireless applications....
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Bit Banging I2C on mid-range MCUs with the XC8 C compiler: This application note is intended to serve as a reference for communicating with Microchip’s 24XXXX series Serial EEPROM devices without relying on a hardware serial port to handle...
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The MCP19111 enhanced power analog controller is a 1.2 MHz buck controller with an integrated PIC12F inside. It features programmable coil current limit, over and under voltage protection, adjustable feed back loop, as well as up to 12 GPIOs.

We often use the peripheral pin select (PPS) feature of PIC24F devices. This feature gives you the option to map some peripherals onto many different pins, instead of being locked onto specific pins. Here’s the reference manual for PPS. Most...
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Here’s an app note from Microchip describing how to use USB flash devices with microcontrollers that have USB host capability. The article also provides instructions on how to use the USB OTG Configuration tool. This document describes the...
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Here’s an app note from Microchip describing the implementation of the mTouch capacitive voltage divider (CVD) capacitive sensing. CVD is a capacitive sensing technique designed to only require a single ADC pin to function. CVD measures...
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