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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.
■ eXtreme Low Power (XLP)—the Benchmark in
Low Power!
•    Down to 10 nA in Deep Sleep
•    As low as 400 nA with RTCC active
■ Fast wake-up from Deep Sleep
•    Minimize CPU run time
•    Flexible wake-up sources
■ Efficient instruction set; 90% single-cycle instruction
•    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
■ Low Power Design Guide: A single source for low power
consumption from the viewpoint of the MCU (AN1416)
■ nanoWatt XLP Technology: An Introduction to
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)
500 days
800 days
PIC24F16KA102 Competitor T
Competitor A
Featured XLP Products
PIC® MCU with XLP
Technology
PIC24F16KL402
PIC24FJ64GB004
PIC24FJ128GA310
Flash
(KB)
4–16
32–64
64–128
Pins
14/20/28
28/44
64/100
Sleep
(nA)
30
200
330
Deep Sleep
(nA)
–
20
10
WDT
(nA)
210
200
270
32 kHz
SOSC/RTCC
(nA)
690
500
400
µA/MHz
150
250
150
www.microchip.com/xlp
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