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16-bit Embedded Control Solutions

PIC24 with eXtreme Low Power

16-bit eXtreme Low Power (XLP) Products

As more electronic applications require low power or

battery power, energy conservations becomes paramount.

Today’s applications must consume little power and in

extreme cases last up to 15–20 years while running from

a single battery. Products with Microchip’s eXtreme Low

Power (XLP) technology offer the industry’s lowest currents

for sleep, where most applications spend 90–99% of their

time. Ideal for applications including portable medical

devices, thermostats, energy monitoring, wireless sensors,

energy harvesting and security applications.

Low Power!

•    Down to 10 nA in Deep Sleep

•    As low as 400 nA with RTCC active

•    Minimize CPU run time

•    Flexible wake-up sources

•    Active mode currents as low as 150 µA/MHz

•    CoreMark™/MHz of 1.88, 12.53 CoreMark/mA

Software & App Notes

XLP Battery Life Estimator

The XLP Battery Life Estimator is a free software utility

to aid you in developing Low Power applications. The

tool estimates average current consumption and battery

life. The utility allows users to select the target device,

battery type, the application’s operating conditions

(such as voltage and temperature) and model the active

and power-down times for their applications. The tool

comes pre-loaded with specifications of Microchip’s PIC®

microcontrollerss featuring nanoWatt XLP technology and

commonly used batteries in embedded applications.

App Notes

consumption from the viewpoint of the MCU (AN1416)

Microchip’s Low-Power Devices (AN1267)

Development Tools

nanoWatt XLP 16-bit Development Board

(DM240311)

The XLP 16-bit Development Board is

designed with eXtreme Low Power in

mind. Designed as a true platform for low

power development, it enables designs

with sleep currents as low as 10 nA. The

board is suitable for prototyping many low

power applications including RF sensors, data loggers,

temperature sensors, electronic door locks, metering

sensors, remote controls, security sensors, smart cards

and energy harvesting. The PICtail™ interface supports

Microchip’s extensive line of daughter cards for easy

evaluation of your next low power application.

MPLAB®REAL ICE™ In-Circuit Emulator Power

Monitor (AC244008)

This add-on board fills the need for low power

monitoring and debugging. Breakpoints indicate

when current exceeds a specified threshold and

provides a graph of current, voltage and time

versus code execution. Also use time-stamping with

100 ns resolution to find large current codes.

Battery Life

nanoWatt XLP vs. Competition

(RTCC on, Run 1 ms/min., CR2032 Lithium Button Cell Battery)

PIC24F16KA102

Competitor TCompetitor A

500 days

800 days

Featured XLP Products

PIC®MCU with XLP

Technology

Flash

(KB)

Pins

Sleep

(nA)

Deep Sleep

(nA)

WDT

(nA)

32 kHz

SOSC/RTCC

(nA)

µA/MHz

PIC24F16KL402

4–16

14/20/28

30

–

210

690

150

PIC24FJ64GB004

32–64

28/44

200

20

200

500

250

PIC24FJ128GA310

64–128

64/100

330

10

270

400

150

www.microchip.com/xlp