At Embedded World in Nuremberg last week, I happened to say this to Bob Martin, Microchip’s delightfully-named Wizard of Make, and he said there is no need to be ashamed of this, and revealed an ...

Microchip and Digilent today announced the chipKIT™ platform--the first 32-bit-microcontroller-based, open-source development platform that is compatible with Arduino™ hardware and software.

This is (roughly) contemporary with the ATmega chip on the Arduino, so we’re curious as to why the designers saw fit to use an FPGA when the microcontrollers of the day were clearly up to the ...

CHANDLER, Ariz.-- (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Microchip Technology Inc. (NAS: MCHP) , a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, today announced from the Bay Area Maker ...