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Ask Our Experts is our series of educational videos where our experts answer frequently asked questions on a variety of topics. Each playlist revolves around one topic. The list of topics is shown below and will be updated as new videos become available. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to receive a notification when a new video comes out.

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Core Independent Peripherals

Learn how Core Independent Peripherals (CIPs) in modern 8-bit PIC® and AVR® microcontrollers (MCUs) can help you automate common task handling in hardware. Using CIPs eliminates the need for writing, debugging and rewriting software, speeds up your development time, and often creates a lower-power and more responsive system. You can also interconnect integrated hardware to create custom peripherals that provide increased flexibility when you are developing innovative applications.

Episodes include:

  • What Are Core Independent Peripherals (CIPs)?
  • What Are the Advantages of Adding Core Independent Intelligence to Analog Peripherals?
  • How Can Core Independent Peripherals Reduce Power Consumption in Applications?
  • How Can Core Independent Peripherals Improve System Response?
  • How Can Users Create Custom Peripherals?

Memory

In this series, you will discover how to get external memory up and running quickly in your design, get an overview of EEPROM and Flash memory, find out how to overcome technical hurdles like selecting the right I2C bus pull-up resistors, and learn about advanced techniques and features such as wear leveling and enhanced write protect.

Episodes include:

  • What Are the Differences Between Serial EEPROM and Serial Flash?
  • What Pull-Up Resistors Do I Use for My I2C EEPROM?
  • Can I Identify My Individual Consumable Products?
  • How Do I Program Flash/EEPROM?
  • How Do You Add a MAC Address to an IoT Application?
  • What Is Wear Leveling for EEPROM and NOR Flash Memory?
  • What Is I2C High-Speed Mode?
  • What Is Write Protect on an EEPROM?

Platform Firmware Security

Did you know that hackers can take over a device just by making small changes to its firmware? In this series, we dive into some common threats to platform security and look at a few methods we use to combat these malicious parties and keep your data safe. Even if you don’t really know what firmware is, this is the place to start.

Episodes include:

  • What Is Platform Firmware and What Does It Do?
  • What Security Risks and Protections Are Associated With Firmware?
  • Does Firmware Need to Be Updated Periodically?
  • Why Does Firmware Security Matter to IoT Devices?
  • How Can a Secure Development Lifecycle Be Created for Firmware?
  • What Is Device/Platform Attestation?
  • What Is the Difference Between Secure Boot and Platform Root Of Trust?

Secure Elements

During this series, we provide a concise overview of embedded security standards and regulations that impact semiconductor vendors and their customers. We discuss Common Criteria versus Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and standards such as ISO 21434 for automotive cybersecurity, ISA/IEC 62443 for automation and control cybersecurity, EN 303 645 for consumer IoT cybersecurity in Europe, and Qi® 1.3 wireless charging. Don’t miss the overview session and select from the additional topics that relate to your specific design requirements.

Episodes include:

  • What's New with Security Standards and Regulations?
  • What Is FIPS?
  • What Is JIL for Secure Elements?
  • What Is JIL Inside an EAL Rating?
  • What Is ISO21434 for Automotive?
  • What Is Qi 1.3 Wireless Charging?
  • What Is IEC 62443 for Industrial Systems?
  • What Is the EN303645 IoT Standard for Europe?

Silicon Carbide

Learn how to adopt Silicon Carbide (SiC) with ease, speed, and confidence. SiC technology enables higher voltages and operating temperatures with extremely low switching losses. This improves system efficiency, increase power density and reduces design complexity to create a smaller footprint with reduced system size, weight, and cost in high-voltage power applications. Learn more about the industry’s broadest and most flexible portfolios of SiC diodes, MOSFETs and gate drivers that are available in bare die, discrete and power module form factors.

Episodes include:

  • What Is Microchip’s History With Silicon Carbide?
  • What Are the Main Benefits of Silicon Carbide Over Silicon?
  • What Can Silicon Carbide Devices Do for the Cost of an Application?
  • What Is the Advantage of Using 3.3 kV Silicon Carbide for an Application?
  • What Is the Future of Silicon Carbide Semiconductors?

Motor Control

In this series, we will answer the most frequently asked questions on motor control and motor control algorithms. Whether you are new to motor control or need support to get started on your next motor control design, you can start here. Learn about complex motor control concepts in a simplified way with our expert and explore how we can help you get started on your next motor control application.   

Episodes include:

  • What Is the Most Efficient BLDC Control Algorithm?
  • What Is the Function of a Motor Encoder?
  • How Do the Different Components of a BLDC Speed Control Algorithm Work in FOC?
  • How Complex Can the Programming of the Stepper Motor Controllers or Brushless Motor Drivers Be?
  • What Is the Advantage of Digital Control in Electric Motors?
  • What Does the Motor Controller in Electric Vehicles Do?

Power over Ethernet (PoE)

In this series of Ask Our Experts videos, we will address some fundamental, most frequently asked questions about PoE technology.

Whether you are new to PoE or need support to get started on your PoE journey, we recommend you check out these episodes:

  • What is Power over Ethernet?
  • What is the difference between PoE, PoE+ and PoE++?
  • Do all PoE devices comply with industry standards?
  • What applications use Power over Ethernet?
  • What is a PoE Power Sourcing Equipment (PSE) IC?
  • What is a PoE Powered Devices (PD) IC?

We’re here to help you embark on your new PoE project. Talk to our experts to simplify and leverage PoE technology in your business.

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Clocks and Timing

If you think you know what a clock is, you may be surprised to find out how complex the concept of a clock can be. In the first seven YouTube videos of this series, you will learn about the fundamental timing concepts that introduce you to the very intricate and complicated world of timing in systems around the world. The approach here is to begin with a clean slate and gradually build up the concepts in a way that even a beginner with no background in timing can self-teach. These videos build upon the foundations laid in previous videos so that you can start at a place in the series where you are comfortable and then increase your knowledge by progressing to the next videos.

These seven episodes include:

  • What Is a Clock and Why Do We Need Good Clocks?
  • What Is an Ideal Clock?
  • What Is Clock Phase?
  • What Is the Relationship Between Frequency and Phase?
  • What Is Stability?
  • What Is the Difference Between Stability and Accuracy?
  • What Are Some Other Important Timing Parameters?