Our microcontrollers (MCUs) with an integrated LCD controller offer the following benefits for segmented displays:
- Support direct LCD panel drive capability; no external components needed
- Lower system cost
- Generate different voltage levels through integrated voltage bias generation
- Support a range of fixed and variable bias options and variable clock inputs
Featured Products: PIC24F ‘GU/GL/GP' MCUs with Autonomous Animation LCD
Most display applications involve a few common animations like blinking, periodically alternating between displays and blanking of pixels. By using the integrated LCD driver with autonomous animation available on our PIC24F GU/GL family of eXtreme Low Power (XLP) MCUs, you can offload most of these animation routines from the CPU. This allows you to enable animation in power-saving modes while the CPU is in doze, idle or sleep mode.
Autonomous Blinking
Alternating Display
Animation in Low-Power Modes
Quickly Design a Display Interface with MPLAB® Code Configurator (MCC)
Reduce your display design time to minutes with the help of MCC. It eliminates the meticulous and time-consuming task of mapping the pins and segments and allows you to import display icons to easily customize your display design.
Software Contrast Control
- Use firmware to boost or dim the contrast of the display
- Boost the contrast up to VDD or beyond using MCUs with an integrated charge pump
- Vary the contrast on the LCD to account for different operating conditions such as temperature, lighting and humidity
- Invaluable for portable applications especially when the battery level drops
picoPower® Technology
- Ultra-low-power MCUs (490 nA backup with Real-Time Clock (RTC), 39 uA/MHz active)
- Faster wake-up times and on-the fly user-selectable performance levels
- Event System, SleepWalking peripherals and multiple power domains
- LCD with Direct Memory Access (DMA) and SleepWalking support
eXtreme Low Power Technology
- Lowest power (sleep currents down to 20 nA, active mode currents down to 50 µA/MHz) for longest battery life
- Sleep mode flexibility: RAM retention, fast wake-up and flexible wake-up sources
- Brown-out rest down to 45 nA provides protection as batteries are depleted
- Watchdog Timer down to 200 nA provides protection against system failure
- RTC down to 400 nA provides precise timekeeping
- Drive glass in sleep mode, for reduced power consumption and longer battery life
Peripheral Touch Controller
- Supports low-power, high-sensitivity, robust touch buttons, sliders and wheels
- Supports up to 256 mutual-capacitance channels and up to 32 self-capacitance channels
- Low power consumption: 4 uA standby with multi-button wake-up on touch
Charge Time Measurement Unit (CTMU)
- Provides constant current source with a range from 0.550 µA to 550 µA
- Used in applications like capacitive touch, time domain reflectometry, humidity measurement, precise time measurement, temperature measurement and more
Real-Time Clock and Calendar (RTCC)
- Available in many PIC® MCUs for timekeeping and calendar applications
- Can be calibrated and provides hours, minutes, and seconds using the 24-hour format
- Highly configurable alarm and can wake up external devices without CPU intervention
- Can run in deep sleep mode and is optimized for long-term battery operation
- Reduces cost and speeds up development, especially in applications which require display of time or day
SAM L22 Xplained Pro Evaluation Kit
Part Number: ATSAML22-XPRO-B
- ATSAML22N18A 32-bit Arm® Cortex®-M0+ based MCU
- Touch segment LCD display
- User LED and QTouch® sensor button
- ATECC508A secure element
- Embedded debugger
- Embedded current measurement circuitry
PIC24F LCD and USB Curiosity Boards
Part Numbers: DM240017, DM240018
- PIC24FJ512GU410/PIC24FJ128GL306 low-power MCU
- 8 × 56 segmented LCD with backlight
- Full-speed USB interface
- Two mikroBUS™ interfaces for Click boards™
- VBAT emulation circuitry
- Integrated programmer/debugger
PICDEM™ LCD2 Demo Board
Part Number: DM163030
- Demonstrates the key features of 28- ,40-, 64- and 80-pin LCD PIC® MCUs
- Sample LCD glass display included for custom prototyping
- Features LCD voltage booster and software contrast control
The MPLAB® development ecosystem is a single tool chain supporting all PIC® and SAM microcontrollers (MCUs).
MPLAB® X Integrated Development Environment
A single Integrated Development Environment (IDE) supporting all PIC® and SAM MCUs
MPLAB® XC Compiler
A comprehensive solution for your software development that integrates with MPLAB X IDE to provide a full graphical front end
MPLAB® ICD 4 In-Circuit Debugger
Part Number: DV164045
Our fastest and cost-effective debugging and programming tool for PIC® and SAM MCUs
- MCUs with Integrated LCD Controller
- LCD Analog-to-Digital Converters
- Stand-Alone LCD Driver
- Application Notes
- Other
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| AN563 - Using PIC16C5x Microcontrollers as LCD Drivers | Download |
| AN_42605 - AT13155: SAM L22 Segment Liquid Crystal Display(SLCD) Controller | Download |
| TB1098 - Low-Power Techniques for LCD Applications | Download |
| AN781 - Solving Sensor Offset Problems (TC7106) | Download |
| AN582 - Low-Power Real-Time Clock | Download |
| AN658 - LCD Fundamentals and the LCD Driver Module of 8-Bit PIC Microcontrollers | Download |
| AN1428 - AN1428, LCD Biasing and Contrast Control Methods | Download |
| AN587 - Interfacing PICmicro® MCUs to an LCD Module | Download |
| AN1070 - Driving Liquid Crystal Displays with the PIC16F913/914/916/917/946 | Download |
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New PIC24F GU/GL Family of Low Power MCUs
The PIC24F ‘GU/GL’ family of eXtreme Low Power (XLP) microcontrollers (MCUs) enables the development of an array of innovative applications, both with and without displays. Packed with many Core Independent Peripherals (CIPs) that can function in power-saving modes, these MCUs offer ultra-low-power operation for battery-powered and power-conscious IoT designs.
New PIC24F GU/GL Family of Low Power MCUs
New PIC24F GU/GL Family of Low Power MCUs
The PIC24F ‘GU/GL’ family of eXtreme Low Power (XLP) microcontrollers (MCUs) enables the development of an array of innovative applications, both with and without displays. Packed with many Core Independent Peripherals (CIPs) that can function in power-saving modes, these MCUs offer ultra-low-power operation for battery-powered and power-conscious IoT designs.
PIC® MCU Solutions for LCD Displays
PIC® MCU Solutions for LCD Displays
Microchip's LCD PIC microcontroller family is a Flash-based, power managed family of LCD-enabled microcontrollers. Microchips LCD PIC microcontroller family meets low power design requirements including driving the LCD display in sleep mode while maintaining desired functional features. With the ability to select from an array of available LCD PIC microcontrollers, a designer can provide additional value by creating scalable designs and products. This gives the designer flexibility to offer different solutions based on the demand of varying market segments all from a single design.