FRIDAY HACK CHAT: 8-BIT MICROS WITH MICROCHIP

A few years ago, Microchip acquired Atmel for $3.56 Billion. There are plenty of producers of 8-bit microcontrollers, but everyone makes 8051s, as well as the MSP430 isn’t as prominent as it ought to be. Microchip’s acquisition of Atmel created what is most likely the largest producer of 8-bit micros, with a portfolio ranging from ATtinys smaller than a grain of rice to enormous PICs.

This Friday, we’re hosting a Hack chat with the technical advertising engineer of 8-bitters at Microchip. If you love AVR, this is the man to talk to. If you’re still rocking the vintage 1993 PICkit, this is the man to talk to.

On the docket for this Hack chat are some new PICs as well as some very fascinating peripherals coming down the line. ADCC — A2D with computation — is on the table, along with configurable logic cells. This Hack chat is likewise going to review Microchip style tools like MP lab Xpress.

Of course, these Hack Chats are a concern as well as response session for the community. We’re encouraging everybody to ask a few questions about what Microchip is doing. We’ve opened up a discussion guide for this Hack Chat. If you have a question, just add it to the list.

If you can’t make the Hack Chat, don’t worry. We’re going to have a transcript of the entire chat. That ought to be offered right here soon after the chat concludes.

Here’s exactly how To Take Part:

Our Hack Chats are online neighborhood events on the Hackaday.io Hack chat group messaging. This hack chat will take location at midday Pacific time on Friday, June 9th. Here’s a fancy time as well as date converter if you requirement timezone help.

Log into Hackaday.io, check out that page, as well as look for the ‘Join this Project’ Button. when you’re part of the project, the button will modification to ‘Team Messaging’, which takes you directly to the Hack Chat.

You don’t have to wait until Friday; join whenever you want as well as you can see what the neighborhood is talking about