26. May 2010 by admin.

This Application Note covers the recharging of Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH), Nickel Cadmium (NiCd), and Lithium Ion (Li-Ion) batteries. It will also cover the recommended charge profiles for the NiMH/NiCd and Li-Ion battery chemistries.

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20. May 2010 by admin.

From http://www.mikroe.com/eng/products/view/19/pic-mcu-cards/

We would like to provide our customers with extra MCU parts for developing purposes. At present, we are offering components for several microcontroller’s compatible with our BIGPIC5 development systems.

BIGPIC5 MCU Card’s (80 pin) have a very good contact with the board thru a two-line connector. The bottom of the card is ground plane for noise prevention.

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17. May 2010 by admin.

Get it at http://digikey.com/PTM/PTMMaster.page?WT.z_homepage_link=hp_PTM&site=us&lang=en#Microchip-Technology 

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16. May 2010 by admin.

From: http://www.microchip-comps.com/ea-xlp

Electronica Azi nanoWatt XLP 16-bit Development Board Competition

For your chance to win a Microchip nanoWatt XLP 16-bit Development Board including a preprogrammed PIC24F16KA102 microcontroller, please enter your details in the entry form .

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11. May 2010 by admin.

From http://www.futureelectronics.com/en/promotions/EventsAndSeminars/Pages/Microchip_XLP_Lunch_and_Learn.aspx 

Qualify for a FREE Explorer 16 Demo Board 

Future Electronics is committed to support Green Initiatives by introducing the world’s lowest power microcontroller. This on site, free Lunch & Learn conducted by a Future Electronics Advanced Engineer will feature Microchip Technology’s cutting edge nanoWatt XLP (Extreme Low Power) Flash microcontroller family. This new family of devices offers the industry’s lowest currents for Sleep, where extreme low power applications spend 99% of their time. The XLP family offers all of the advantages of the well recognized PIC18F High Performance MCU and caters tobroadbase markets most notably Metering, Medical, Consumer, Safety & Security Human Interface and USB. Forget Low Power….go eXtreme.

Key Take-Aways from this FREE Lunch & Learn

• Identify key parameters and how they affect power sensitive applications

• Design using best practices for low-power applications

• Evaluate and use low-power features available on PIC® MCUs 

• Select the correct PIC MCU from the nanoWatt focused families

Register Today (http://www1.futureelectronics.com/event_seminars/microchip/xlp-lunch-and-learn/order.asp)

* offered to qualified customers only

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10. May 2010 by admin.

from: http://www.freertos.org/Documentation/FreeRTOS-documentation-and-book.html#FreeRTOS-Book-PIC32

FreeRTOS eBook PIC32 Edition:
“Using the FreeRTOS Real Time Kernel - a Practical Guide”

Overview

This is a concise, step by step, ‘hands on’ guide that describes both general multitasking concepts and FreeRTOS specifics. It presents and explains numerous examples that are written using the FreeRTOS API. Full source code for all the examples is provided in an accompanying .zip file.

The PIC32 Edition

The PIC32 edition includes sixteen examples written specifically for the PIC32 using the free MPLAB C Compiler for PIC32 MCUs and the free MPLAB IDE. The projects target the low cost PIC32 USB Starter Kit II (Microchip part number DM320003-2) development board with a PIC32MX795F512L-80I/PT microcontroller (80 MHz, 512K Flash, 128K RAM, USB Host/Device/OTG, Dual CAN, and more).

This book is a step by step ‘hands on’ guide. It does not contain a complete API reference. An API reference manual is available in a separate document.

Purchased documents are delivered by email to the email address used with your PayPal or Google account. Delivery will normally be made within the hour (when orders are placed within UK office hours) but can take longer when we are out of the office on business. Delivery will always be made within 24 hours, so please check your junk mail folder if you think you have not received your purchase within this time.

Purchase together with the FreeRTOS Reference Manual to save $10.

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7. May 2010 by admin.

From http://techtrain.microchip.com/usmasters/Home.aspx?redirects=usmasters 

The MASTERs Conference can help meet these needs by providing up to five days of engineering based technical training over a broad range of embedded control topics. This year we will offer more than 80 different classes that cover programming, USB, Wi-Fi, touch sensing, Ethernet, RTOS, power supplies, lighting & motor control, just to name a few.  Many of the classes are “hands-on” where you will actually write some of your own code as you learn how to use our products and demonstration boards. Most of the classes are taught by our own engineers offering you the unique advantage to learn from the same people who have developed the products, application notes and demo boards that you are using in class.  Attending not only means you will gain valuable knowledge, but you will also have the opportunity to network with other leading engineers from around the world.  

This year we are offering various discounts for all attendees: (Some restrictions apply)

• Early Bird- SAVE $150 on MASTERs & $55 on Pre-Conference - Available until May 14
• Design Partners- (non-commissioned only) - A minimum of 20% off if you are in the Microchip Design Partner Program
• Arizona Resident- 25% off if you don’t need a hotel room
• Academia Program for Professors- SAVE 30% of main pricing of MASTERs only if you are a Professor in the Microchip Academia Program
• Group Discounts- 25% off on 11 or more attendees from same company or 20% off on 6-10 attendees from same company
• Some discounts not applicable for Pre-Conference dates (August 23 & 24, 2010)

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5. May 2010 by admin.

Now through May 31, 2011. Get 20% off any Microchip dev tool on MicrochipDIRECT when you use coupon code ESCSV2010 at checkout.

 Did you go to the show? What’d you think?

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