Microchip is aiming at closed-loop control with a part of microcontroller families: PIC18 Q10 and ATtiny1607 Both families have features for functional safety, and operate up to 5V to increase noise immunity and increase compatibility with the majority of analogue output and digital sensors. Both also have peripherals that can co-operate while the processing core sleeps. ...

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