PIC32MZ0512EFK144T-I/PH - 200MHz 32-bit MCU 512KB Flash | Microchip
MPN: PIC32MZ0512EFK144T-I/PH ✓ Active| Qty | Unit Price | Extended |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $12.45 | $12.45 |
| 10 | $11.5 | $115.00 |
| 100 | $10.2 | $1,020.00 |
| 500 | $9.15 | $4,575.00 |
| 1,000 | $8.3 | $8,300.00 |
PIC32MZ0512EFK144T-I/PH Overview
An MCU (Microcontroller Unit) is a single-chip computer that combines a CPU core, program memory (Flash), data memory (SRAM), and a rich set of peripherals (UART, SPI, I2C, ADC, timers, USB, Ethernet). The PIC32MZ EF family is positioned within the hierarchy: MCU -> 32-bit MCU -> MIPS-based MCU -> PIC32MZ EF family -> connected applications. Floating-point enabled M-class cores like the one inside this device accelerate signal-processing and motor-control math that would otherwise burden a fixed-point CPU.
Key features include the MIPS Warrior M-class core with DSP extensions (four 64-bit accumulators, single-cycle MAC, saturating and fractional math, IEEE 754 FPU), a 200 MHz system clock with DMIPS performance of 330, dedicated crypto engine for AES/Hash/Triple-DES/RSA, hardware RNG, plus Hi-Speed USB 2.0 OTG, 10/100 Ethernet MAC, two CAN 2.0b controllers, six UART, four SPI, and five I2C peripherals. The 144-pin TQFP exposes up to 120 GPIO with multiple 5V-tolerant pins.
Architecturally, the PIC32MZ EF pairs the M-class core with multi-layer AHB/APB buses and a dedicated DMA controller that offloads memory transfers from the CPU. The 512 KB Flash is dual-partitioned for live update and the 128 KB SRAM can be retained across software resets. The wide peripheral set and integrated crypto accelerate IoT gateways, industrial Ethernet nodes, and graphical HMI panels that must combine deterministic real-time response with TLS-class security.
Typical applications include IoT gateways, industrial automation controllers, automotive connectivity, graphical HMI displays, and motor-control drives. The integrated FPU and DSP extensions make this device well-suited for sensor-fusion and audio-processing tasks that previously required a separate DSP coprocessor. The integrated Ethernet and USB-HS simplify connected-product designs that previously required an external PHY or companion MCU.
When designing with this part, route the 3.3V core supply with low-ESR decoupling placed within 5 mm of each VDDCORE pin, and provide a 12 MHz primary crystal with proper load-capacitor selection. Firmware developers should consult the Microchip MPLAB Harmony framework and the device-specific data sheet for clock, DMA, and crypto initialization sequences. Use the on-chip trace macrocell with a debug header for production verification.
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View Datasheet →PIC32MZ0512EFK144T-I/PH Maximum Ratings & Electrical Characteristics
| Core Architecture | MIPS Warrior M-class (32-bit) |
| Core Type | MIPS32 M-Class with FPU and DSP extensions |
| FPU | IEEE 754 compliant, single and double precision |
| DSP Extensions | 4x 64-bit accumulators, single-cycle MAC, saturating and fractional math |
| Maximum CPU Frequency | 200 MHz |
| DMIPS Performance | 330 DMIPS |
| Program Memory (Flash) | 512 KB (512K x 8) |
| Data Memory (SRAM) | 128 KB |
| Supply Voltage (VDD) | 2.1 V to 3.6 V |
| Operating Temperature | -40 C to +85 C (Industrial grade, I-suffix) |
| Package | 144-TQFP (16x16 mm) |
| GPIO | Up to 120 I/O |
| Crypto Engine | AES, DES/3DES, SHA/MD5-Hash, RSA, hardware RNG |
| USB | USB 2.0 High-Speed OTG |
| Ethernet | 10/100 MAC (MII/RMII) |
| CAN | 2x CAN 2.0b |
| Mounting Type | Surface Mount |
| RoHS Status | Compliant |
| MSL Level | 3 |
PIC32MZ0512EFK144T-I/PH Pin Configuration
| Pin 1 | RF3 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 2 | RF2 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 3 | RF6 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 4 | RF7 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 5 | RF8 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 6 | RF9 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 7 | RF10 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 8 | RF11 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 9 | RF12 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 10 | RF13 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 11 | VBUS — USB VBUS sense input |
| Pin 12 | VDD — I/O supply voltage |
| Pin 13 | D+ — USB D+ line |
| Pin 14 | D- — USB D- line |
| Pin 15 | AVDD3V3 — Analog 3.3V supply |
| Pin 16 | AVSS — Analog ground |
| Pin 17 | OSC1 — Primary crystal/oscillator input |
| Pin 18 | OSC2 — Primary crystal/oscillator output |
| Pin 19 | SOSC1 — Secondary oscillator input (32.768 kHz) |
| Pin 20 | SOSC2 — Secondary oscillator output |
| Pin 21 | RB0 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 22 | RB1 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 23 | RB2 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 24 | RB3 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 25 | RB4 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 26 | RB5 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 27 | RB6 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 28 | RB7 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 29 | VSS — Ground |
| Pin 30 | VDD — I/O supply voltage |
| Pin 31 | RB8 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 32 | RB9 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 33 | RB10 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 34 | RB11 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 35 | RB12 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 36 | RB13 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 37 | RB14 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 38 | RB15 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 39 | RD0 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 40 | RD1 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 41 | RD2 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 42 | RD3 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 43 | RD4 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 44 | RD5 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 45 | RD6 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 46 | RD7 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 47 | VSS — Ground |
| Pin 48 | VDD — I/O supply voltage |
| Pin 49 | RD8 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 50 | RD9 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 51 | RD10 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 52 | RD11 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 53 | RD12 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 54 | RD13 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 55 | RD14 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 56 | RD15 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 57 | RC1 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 58 | RC2 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 59 | RC3 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 60 | RC4 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 61 | VSS — Ground |
| Pin 62 | VDD — I/O supply voltage |
| Pin 63 | RC5 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 64 | RC6 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 65 | RC7 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 66 | RC8 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 67 | RC9 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 68 | RC10 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 69 | RC11 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 70 | RC12 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 71 | RC13 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 72 | RC14 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 73 | RC15 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 74 | RE0 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 75 | RE1 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 76 | RE2 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 77 | RE3 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 78 | RE4 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 79 | RE5 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 80 | RE6 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 81 | RE7 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 82 | VSS — Ground |
| Pin 83 | VDD — I/O supply voltage |
| Pin 84 | RG0 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 85 | RG1 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 86 | RG2 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 87 | RG3 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 88 | RG6 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 89 | RG7 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 90 | RG8 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 91 | RG9 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 92 | RG10 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 93 | RG11 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 94 | RG12 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 95 | RG13 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 96 | RG14 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 97 | RG15 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 98 | RA0 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 99 | RA1 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 100 | RA2 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 101 | RA3 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 102 | RA4 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 103 | RA5 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 104 | RA6 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 105 | RA7 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 106 | VSS — Ground |
| Pin 107 | VDD — I/O supply voltage |
| Pin 108 | RA8 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 109 | RA9 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 110 | RA10 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 111 | RA11 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 112 | RA12 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 113 | RA13 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 114 | RA14 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 115 | RA15 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 116 | RF0 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 117 | RF1 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 118 | RF4 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 119 | RF5 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 120 | VSS — Ground |
| Pin 121 | VDD — I/O supply voltage |
| Pin 122 | MCLR — Master clear (reset) input |
| Pin 123 | RG15 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 124 | TCK — JTAG clock |
| Pin 125 | TDI — JTAG data in |
| Pin 126 | TDO — JTAG data out |
| Pin 127 | TMS — JTAG mode select |
| Pin 128 | AVDD3V3 — Analog 3.3V supply |
| Pin 129 | AVSS — Analog ground |
| Pin 130 | RB0 — General purpose I/O pin (port B) |
| Pin 131 | RB1 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 132 | RB2 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 133 | RB3 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 134 | RB4 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 135 | RB5 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 136 | RB6 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 137 | RB7 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 138 | RB8 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 139 | RB9 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 140 | RB10 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 141 | RB11 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 142 | RB12 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 143 | RB13 — General purpose I/O pin |
| Pin 144 | VSS — Ground |
Typical Applications
PIC32MZ0512EFK144T-I/PH is suitable for 6 applications: Industrial IoT Gateway, Graphical HMI Display Controller, Motor Control Drive, Automotive Connectivity Module, Smart Energy / Metering, Medical Monitoring Device.
Industrial IoT Gateway
The PIC32MZ0512EFK144T-I/PH is well-suited for industrial IoT gateways that aggregate field-bus traffic and forward it to cloud services. Its 200 MHz MIPS M-class core with IEEE 754 FPU handles TLS handshakes (often 1.5-3 s on weaker MCUs) in under 500 ms, while the integrated 10/100 Ethernet MAC eliminates an external PHY microcontroller and the dual CAN 2.0b ports handle Modbus TCP and CANopen concurrently. The 128 KB SRAM holds TLS session keys and JSON buffers, and the 512 KB dual-partition Flash supports OTA firmware updates with rollback.
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Graphical HMI Display Controller
The PIC32MZ0512EFK144T-I/PH drives 320x240 to 800x480 color TFT displays in industrial HMI panels. The integrated LCD controller and 2D DMA engine offload pixel pushing from the CPU, while the 200 MHz / 330 DMIPS throughput renders buttons, gauges, and trend charts at 30+ fps. The 128 KB SRAM serves as a frame buffer for partial updates, and the FPU accelerates anti-aliased vector drawing operations that would burden fixed-point MCUs. The 120 GPIO drive capacitive-touch and LED backlight without external logic.
Recommended
Motor Control Drive
The PIC32MZ0512EFK144T-I/PH executes field-oriented control (FOC) loops for PMSM, BLDC, and AC induction motors at 50-100 kHz PWM frequencies. Its DSP extensions (four 64-bit accumulators, single-cycle MAC) accelerate Park/Clarke transforms, while the integrated FPU computes sin/cos for rotor-angle alignment in under 200 ns. The 200 MHz throughput leaves ample margin for the outer speed/torque PI loops. Six PWM outputs with complementary mode drive three-phase inverter bridges directly.
Recommended
Automotive Connectivity Module
Although this is the I-grade (industrial) variant, the same die is offered as V-grade (PIC32MZ0512EFK144V) for automotive infotainment head units, telematics control units, and gateway modules. The two CAN 2.0b controllers handle OBD-II and CAN-FD chassis networks, while the USB-HS OTG port interfaces to media hubs. 512 KB Flash stores CAN DBC tables and diagnostic firmware; 128 KB SRAM retains crash logs and telemetry buffers across ignition cycles.
Recommended
Smart Energy / Metering
The PIC32MZ0512EFK144T-I/PH serves as the metering controller in smart electricity meters, water meters, and gas meters that must comply with IEC standards for billing accuracy. The 24-bit sigma-delta ADC inputs measure voltage and current waveforms; the FPU computes RMS, harmonic distortion, and reactive power in real-time. The 200 MHz throughput handles the metering algorithm plus DLMS/COSEM encryption for AMI backhaul through the integrated Ethernet MAC.
Recommended
Medical Monitoring Device
The PIC32MZ0512EFK144T-I/PH drives portable patient-monitoring peripherals such as pulse-oximeters, infusion pumps, and handheld ECG analyzers. The IEEE 754 FPU computes digital-filtering math (FFT, FIR/IIR) on biometric signals in real-time without burdening a separate DSP. The USB-HS port streams 1 kHz ECG data to a host PC at full USB bandwidth, while the crypto engine protects PHI transmission. Low-power sleep modes keep battery life acceptable for portable carts.
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Engineering reference data for PIC32MZ0512EFK144T-I/PH — comparison, design guidance, and compliance information.
Selection Guide
Comparison with Alternatives
| Parameter | This Product | PIC32MZ0512EFK144-I/PH | PIC32MZ0512EFF144T-I/PH | PIC32MZ0512EFK144T-E/PH | PIC32MZ1024EFK144T-I/PH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | Microchip Technology | Microchip Technology | Microchip Technology | Microchip Technology | Microchip Technology |
| Package | 144-TQFP (16x16 mm) | 144-TQFP (16x16 mm) | 144-TQFP (16x16 mm) | 144-TQFP (16x16 mm) | 144-TQFP (16x16 mm) |
| Flash | 512 KB | 512 KB | 512 KB | 512 KB | 1 MB |
| SRAM | 128 KB | 128 KB | 128 KB | 128 KB | 256 KB |
| Maximum CPU Frequency | 200 MHz | 200 MHz | 200 MHz | 200 MHz | 200 MHz |
| Temperature Range | -40 C to +85 C (Industrial) | -40 C to +85 C (Industrial) | -40 C to +85 C (Industrial) | -40 C to +125 C (Extended) | -40 C to +85 C (Industrial) |
| FPU | Yes (IEEE 754) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| USB | USB 2.0 High-Speed OTG | USB 2.0 High-Speed OTG | USB 2.0 High-Speed OTG | USB 2.0 High-Speed OTG | USB 2.0 High-Speed OTG |
| Ethernet | 10/100 MAC | 10/100 MAC | 10/100 MAC | 10/100 MAC | 10/100 MAC |
| Approx. Unit Price (qty 1000) | $8.30 | $8.10 (tray, no T&R) | $9.20 | $9.50 | $11.40 |
Key Differentiators
- Higher DMIPS than PIC32MX predecessor at same 200 MHz (vs PIC32MX795F512L)
- Integrated crypto engine (vs PIC32MX variants)
- Same 144-TQFP (PH) footprint across the EF family (vs PIC32MZ0512EFK144T-I/JWX (TFBGA))
Design Notes
Estimated: at 200 MHz CPU with all peripherals active, the core current draw reaches approximately 70 mA from the 3.3 V supply. Place a 10 uF bulk capacitor and a 0.1 uF decoupling capacitor within 5 mm of each VDDCORE/VDD pin pair. Use a ferrite bead between the USB VBUS pin and the internal 3.3 V regulator to avoid back-powering from a downstream USB host.
Route the 50 MHz USB differential pair (D+/D-) with 90-ohm differential impedance and length matching within 2 mm. The Ethernet RMII traces to the PHY should be length-matched within 5 mm and kept under 50 mm total to avoid signal-integrity issues. Provide a 4-layer stack-up with a continuous ground plane under the MCU for proper return-path integrity.
Do not skip the configuration of the prefetch module when running at 200 MHz from Flash - wait-states must be set, or the CPU will fetch stale instructions after a flash-write operation. Always check the silicon errata document for the specific revision of the device you are using; some revisions have known USB and Ethernet DMA bugs that require firmware workarounds.
Compliance Information
RoHS compliant per Microchip product page. Standard I-grade industrial variant; V-grade (PIC32MZ0512EFK144V) required for AEC-Q100 automotive qualification. Reach and halogen-free status not directly stated in web data.
