Microchip Technology nanoWatt XLP Resource Center enables research, trial, collaboration at element14

element14, a new online technology resource and community for electronic design engineers has launched a dedicated, interactive Microchip Technology nanoWatt XLP Resource Center on its site, providing engineers a single place to download critical technical documentation, ask questions to industry experts and share low power technology experiences with colleagues around the world. The site can be accessed at: http://www.element-14.com/community/community/suppliers/microchip/nanowatt_xlp

"Microchip has a broad offering of more than 50 8- and 16-bit PIC(R) microcontrollers with nanoWatt XLP eXtreme Low Power technology, for the world's lowest sleep currents--as low as 20 nA--enabling battery life of up to 20 years. The PIC microcontroller XLP portfolio provides designers with a rich and compatible low-power migration path that includes on-chip peripherals for USB and mTouch(TM) capacitive touch sensing," said Malcolm Campbell, Microchip's Global Channel Sales director. "Our eXtreme Low Power MCUs, along with an extensive offering of all Microchip products, are available off-the-shelf from Newark and Farnell (and Premier Electronics in China). The latest addition to their comprehensive offering is the new XLP Community within element14, which brings together all aspects of Microchip's XLP product offering, while enabling engineers to collaborate and discuss the benefits and applications of XLP for their designs."

"The ability for element14 to showcase technologies, such as Microchip's nanoWatt XLP technology, is making a difference to electronic design engineers around the world who are under immense pressure to develop products with very fast time to market and meet a plethora of legislative and environmental criteria", says Joanne Volakakis, Global Marketing Manager. "We are thrilled that Microchip has seen the inherent opportunities of element14 and have worked with us to create this space."

The element14 site was launched in June, and brings Web 2.0 to the global design engineering community, along with open access to more than 10,000 technical documents. Unlike mainstream social networks, element14 users can, not only broadcast their personal status and discuss and post content, but also collaborate on designs in a public, restricted or private space.

Editor Note:

A high- and low-resolution screenshot of the element14 Microchip webpage is available at: http://www.pinnaclecrc.com/PR_PICTURES/Premier_Farnell/PF265/

About Microchip Technology

Microchip Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MCHP) is a leading provider of microcontroller and analog semiconductors, providing low-risk product development, lower total system cost and faster time to market for thousands of diverse customer applications worldwide. Headquartered in Chandler, Arizona, Microchip offers outstanding technical support along with dependable delivery and quality. For more information, visit the Microchip website at http://www.microchip.com.

About element14

element14 is a new, innovative information portal and eCommunity specifically built for electronic design engineers. It provides product data, design tools and technology information, whilst incorporating web 2.0 functionality to facilitate communication, interaction, collaboration and information sharing between colleagues around the world. Users can consult experts, discover trends, post blogs, articles and comments in this world-wide forum.

element14 is another innovative offering from Premier Farnell plc (LSE:PFL), FTSE 250, a leader in multi-channel distribution and specialty services for electronic design engineers throughout Europe, the Americas and Asia Pacific. It has a stocked range of 480,000+ products, and access to 4,000,000 more items from 3,500 top manufacturers. The company has group sales of GBP 804.4m and over 4,100 employees globally.

For more information about element14 visit: www.element-14.com.

Note: PIC is a registered trademark of Microchip Technology Inc. in the USA and other countries. All other trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective companies.

SOURCE: element14

Shannon Leano 
element14 PR 
Strategic Project Marketing Manager 
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7851 4125 
E-mail: 
sleano@premierfarnell.com 
or 
Janice Fleisher 
element14 PR 
Communications Americas 
Tel: +001 (1) 773 907 5941 
Email: jfleisher@newark.com 
or 
Hui-Yun Chen 
element14 PR 
Communications APAC 
Tel: +65 6380 3239 
E-mail: hychen@premierfarnell.com 
or 
Jonathan Roberts 
Account Director 
Pinnacle Marketing Communications, Ltd 
Tel: +44 (0) 20 8869 9339 
E-mail: j.roberts@pinnaclemarcom.com 
or 
Claire Haikings 
element14 PR 
Communications Europe 
Tel: +44 (0) 133 2790101 ext 3433 
Email: chaikings@farnell.com

Related terms: arizona, asia, china, community, electronics, engineering, europe, market, marketing, nasdaq, note, peripherals, products, research, sales, semiconductors, technology, trial, web