Microchip — dsPIC33A Digital Signal Controllers (DSCs)

Microchip dsPIC33A Family of Digital Signal Controllers (DSCs)

Delivering top-notch performance

The dsPIC33A family of DSCs by Microchip with low latency responsiveness is designed for high-performance and real-time precision control applications. These DSCs combine the advantages of MCUs with the signal processing capabilities of Digital Signal Processors (DSPs), making them suitable for a wide variety of applications that require quick control loop computations using multiple sensor inputs.

The dsPIC33AK128MC1xx DSCs include up to 128 KB Flash and an extensive peripheral set, offered in various packages including SSOP, VQFN and TQFP options ranging from 28 to 64 pins, with package dimensions as small as at 4 × 4 mm. Future dsPIC33A families with additional memory, peripherals and larger pin counts will complete the portfolio.

Functional Safety

The dsPIC33A DSCs offer a range of integrated hardware safety features that help you develop safety-critical applications to meet the ISO 26262 (ASIL B), IEC 61508 (SIL 2) and IEC 60730 (Class B) functional safety requirements.

• Hardware safety features include ECC Flash, ECC RAM with MBIST, IO pin integrity monitors, clock monitoring with backup oscillator, Deadman Timer (DMT), Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC), Watchdog Timer (WDT) and more
• Failure Modes, Effects and Diagnostic Analysis (FMEDA) reports, safety manuals and diagnostic software libraries developed following the TÜV-Rheinland-certified functional safety management system
• TÜV SUD-certified MPLAB® XC Compiler and a complete and fully qualified development environment*

*For more information on the dsPIC33A Functional Safety program, contact your local Future Electronics sales representative.
 

Embedded Security

dsPIC33A DSCs offer a range of scalable security features for implementing protection measures in your embedded applications.

• Device locking
• Immutable Root of Trust (IRT)
• Configurable Flash protection regions
• Flash segment access control

The hardware security features enable realizing secure use cases such as:

• Secure boot and secure firmware update
• Secure debug and disable entry into debug
• Immutable Root of Trust (IRT)
• Code protection
• ICSP program/erase disable to configure the entire Flash as One-Time Programmable (OTP) memory
• Firmware IP protection
• Flash write protection

dsPIC33A Family Highlights

Hardware

• dsPIC33A Curiosity Platform Development Board
• MCS MCLV-48V-300W Inverter Board
• Digital Power Development Board

Associated Tools Available

• General purpose:
  • EV74H48A : dsPIC33A Curiosity Platform Development Board
  • EV02G02A: dsPIC33AK128MC106 General Purpose Dual In-Line Module (DIM)
• Motor Control:
  • EV18H47A: MCS MCLV-48V-300W Development Board EV68M17A: dsPIC33AK128MC106 Motor Control DIM
• Digital Power:
  • DM330029: Digital Power Development Board EV67K87A: dsPIC33AK128MC106 Digital Power Plug-In Module (PIM)