To identify and eliminate code by designers that consumes high current in real time, a new MPLAB REAL ICE Power Monitor Module has been launched by Microchip Technology. Combined with the MPLAB REAL ICE in-circuit emulator and MPLAB X IDE, this development platform allows users to measure, graphically profile and optimise code power consumption for all of Microchip's more than 1000 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit PIC microcontrollers. Additionally, it offers unsurpassed micro-Amp current measurement, with an overall dynamic range up to 1 Amp, and a voltage range of 1.25V to 5.5V.
Microchip's Power Monitor Module provides programmable power to the target, as well as sampling intervals, enabling users to run at specific voltage levels and see tailored measurements.
Derek Carlson, Vice President of Development Tools, Microchip Technology said, "The MPLAB REAL ICE Power Monitor Module meets our customers' need for a low-cost software optimisation tool that enables them to squeeze every last drop of power efficiency out of their code. Together with our XLP PIC microcontrollers for battery-powered applications, and our MCUs and dsPIC digital signal controllers for digital power conversion, motor control and metering, Microchip now provides the industry's first complete low-power embedded design platform."
The MPLAB REAL ICE Power Monitor Module is available.
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