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Microchip expands Detroit Automotive Technology Center for electrification projects

January 09, 2024

Microchip Technology has expanded its Detroit Automotive Technology Center in Novi, Michigan. The 24,000-square-foot facility is designed to support automotive clients in exploring new technologies and meeting with technical experts for their end applications and designs.

The recent completion of phase three of its expansion project has more than doubled its lab space, including new labs focusing on high-voltage and E-Mobility applications.

The center’s key capabilities include a dedicated high-voltage lab for demonstrations of reference designs featuring Microchip’s silicon carbide mSiC solutions, dsPIC® Digital Signal Controllers (DSCs), and a wide range of analog and mixed-signal solutions. It also offers support for central compute and zonal networks in ADAS platforms using Microchip’s PCIe® Gen 4 and Gen 5 switching hardware, single-pair Ethernet devices, and development tools.

Microchip offers a broad portfolio of automotive products that are qualified in accordance with AEC-Q100 requirements, including microcontrollers, DSCs, USB and networking solutions, analog and interface products, SiC MOSFETs, serial EEPROMs, and more. The company also provides a range of ISO 26262 functional safety-ready and functional safety-compliant devices.

“The new high-voltage lab will help our automotive customers develop systems using our reference design platforms and analog, digital control and power solutions,” said Clayton Pillion, vice president of Microchip’s silicon carbide business unit. “As more OEMs transition to our E-Mobility offerings, we are ready to support them from the design phase to implementation.”

“Microchip’s automotive business is a cornerstone of our company’s legacy. We remain focused on developing total system solutions, and this expansion provides our customers with immediate access to state-of-the-art resources,” said Rich Simoncic, executive vice president of Microchip.