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Engineering Blog

Technical articles, product announcements, how-to guides, and industry news from the icchips engineering team.

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Products

Introducing the PIC18-Q71 Family: Ultra-Low Power MCUs with On-Board Op-Amps

The new PIC18-Q71 family integrates op-amps, DACs, and a 12-bit ADC into a compact 8-bit MCU, reducing BOM cost and board space for edge sensing applications.

Alex Torres 5 min read
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Engineering

Motor Control Without the Hassle: Using MPLAB® Drive to Get Running in Minutes

MPLAB® Drive abstracts the complexity of motor control tuning. In this post we show how to go from zero to spinning a BLDC motor in under 30 minutes.

Priya Nair 8 min read
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Innovation

Post-Quantum Cryptography: Why Your Embedded Design Needs to Prepare Now

With NIST finalising its PQC standards, embedded systems must evolve. We explain what this means for your hardware security architecture.

Marcus Lee 10 min read
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How-To

How to Implement USB-C PD 3.1 on a PIC32CM LS60

Step-by-step guide to implementing USB Power Delivery 3.1 with EPR voltages up to 48V using the PIC32CM LS60 microcontroller and MPLAB® Harmony 3.

Sam Okafor 12 min read
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Events

MASTERs 2026 — What to Expect at This Year's Conference

Join thousands of engineers in Phoenix this August for 3 days of hands-on labs, technical sessions, and networking with icchips engineers.

Editorial Team 4 min read
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Industry News

icchips Joins RISC-V International as a Premier Member

Reaffirming our commitment to the open RISC-V ecosystem, icchips joins RISC-V International at the Premier membership level.

Editorial Team 3 min read
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