Microchip Simplifies Automotive Design with ISO 26262-Compliant, AUTOSAR-Ready Devices and Ecosystem

New dsPIC33C Digital Signal Controller (DSC) adds support for AUTOSAR, OS, MCAL drivers and

Functional safety support for powerful and safe automotive solutions

As the electric and autonomous vehicle markets develop, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) face increasing application complexity and demand for functional safety and reliable solutions that comply with AUTOSAR and ISO 26262. To support automotive developers in designing scalable applications for future technologies while meeting the latest automotive regulations, Microchip Technology Inc. (Microchip Technology) today announced a comprehensive ecosystem centered around the AUTOSAR-ready dsPIC33C digital signal controller (DSC), helping to accelerate development and achieve high levels of system optimization while reducing total system costs.

Microchip has been expanding its extensive dsPIC33C DSC portfolio to cover the large memory market segment by launching the new dsPIC33CK1024MP7xx series that complies with the ISO 26262 standard. This new series of dsPIC33C DSCs has 1 MB flash memory and supports running a variety of automotive software such as AUTOSAR, OS, MCAL drivers, ISO 26262 functional safety diagnostics and safety libraries. The dsPIC33 DSC product family also includes a high-performance central processing unit (CPU) with deterministic response and dedicated peripherals for automotive, advanced sensing and control, digital power and motor control applications.

“The AUTOSAR-ready dsPIC33C DSCs enable designers to achieve a high level of system optimization by implementing AUTOSAR-based applications, functional safety goals and safety use cases in a single microcontroller (MCU) while meeting robust automotive application requirements,” said Joe Thomsen, vice president of Microchip’s 16-bit microcontroller business unit. “This opens up a broad range of opportunities for designers looking to collaborate with Microchip while also expanding into electric vehicles and advanced sensing and control applications.”

The benefit of adopting AUTOSAR-ready devices is that customers can improve risk and complexity management while reducing development time through reusability. Customers who have previously designed bare-metal or non-AUTOSAR automotive applications and are now adopting AUTOSAR can scale by staying within the dsPIC33C DSC ecosystem and continuing to take advantage of Microchip's value-added solutions, customer support and new AUTOSAR-ready dsPIC33C DSC product advantages. The AUTOSAR ecosystem for dsPIC33C DSCs includes Vector's MICROSAR Classic, KPIT Technologies Ltd.'s KSAR OS and Microchip's ASPICE- and ASIL B-compliant MCAL drivers.

“Together with our partners, we are delivering an integrated solution to simplify development for automotive OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers,” said Matthias Kaestner, vice president of Microchip’s automotive products business unit. “This integrated solution provides deep insight into AUTOSAR-based development. It simplifies the evaluation of ECU projects using AUTOSAR 4.3.x and enables customers to quickly become familiar with systems based on AUTOSAR-ready dsPIC33 DSCs.”   

Microchip has expanded its functional safety package, including FMEDA reports, safety manuals and diagnostic libraries, to include the dsPIC33CK1024MP7xx DSCs that comply with ISO 26262. These AUTOSAR-ready dsPIC33C DSCs, when paired with Microchip’s TA100 CryptoAutomotive™ security integrated circuits (ICs), enable robust safety in automotive designs.

development tools

Microchip's software and tools include a certified MPLAB® XC16 compiler functional safety license, MPLAB X Integrated Development Environment (IDE), MPLAB Code Configurator (MCC), programming and debugging tools for dsPIC33C DSCs, MCAL drivers for dsPIC33C DSCs that comply with ISO 26262 and ASPICE standards, ISO 26262 functional safety packages for dsPIC33C DSCs, and software libraries and reference code for safety use cases. Third-party software includes Vector's MICROSAR Classic and KPIT Technologies Ltd's KSAR OS. Third-party hardware tools include Lauterbach's TRACE32® debugger.

Availability

The dsPIC33CK1024MP708 DSC offers up to 100 MHz real-time performance, 1 MB Flash, dual CAN FD interfaces and dedicated peripherals for advanced sensing and control, digital power, motor control and high-performance general automotive applications.

Learn more about the ISO 26262 Functional Safety package, safety solutions and tool ecosystem for AUTOSAR-ready dsPIC33C DSCs.

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