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Welcome to the latest edition of Microchip Insider. In this issue we shine a spotlight on the educational opportunities that Microchip offers to help you enhance your knowledge, skills and connections. From immersive in-person experiences to on-demand digital learning, we have something for everyone who’s eager to advance their understanding of how to design smart, connected and secure embedded control solutions. Let’s dive into a few standout opportunities.

Microchip MASTERs

The Microchip Annual Strategic Technical Exchange and Review (MASTERs) Conference is our flagship annual engineer-to-engineer training event, designed to provide a deep dive into Microchip’s products and technologies. In August, we gathered for the 24th annual MASTERs in an immersive environment where attendees gained valuable hands-on experience and direct interaction with subject matter experts. Among the conference features they said they liked best, attendees emphatically valued the opportunity to develop and design in a classroom setting. They also highlighted the tips and tutorials, and the live interaction to ask questions ?about their design projects.

In addition to hosting our annual conference in our home state of Arizona, Microchip also hosts MASTERs events in Europe and other locations around the world. For the latest information on upcoming live events near you, including MASTERs, please visit our events page.

At every MASTERs event, you can expect to network with experts both in the classroom and during informal meetups, gain practical experience and know-how, engage face-to-face with Microchip’s technical leaders, network with fellow customers, distributors and Microchip staff, and get special support ?from ?our industry experts.

Watch the video recap of MASTERs 2024 in Arizona here:

Microchip University

Looking for on-demand learning? Wherever you are in the world or on your project design journey, Microchip University offers a rich catalog of free online embedded control design courses that allow you to learn at your own pace. Whether you’re an experienced engineer or just starting out, there’s something for everyone.

Take a look at a few courses our experts recommend:

?●???? Rapid Prototyping with the Curiosity Nano Platform

Discover how to leverage this platform and its on-board debugger and various user interfaces when getting started with a new MCU or developing a new prototype.

●???? ?Arm? Cortex?-M Architecture Overview

Deepen your understanding of today’s popular Arm Cortex-M? cores, their architectural differences and how to choose the right one for your project..

●???? Advanced C Programming

Refine your programming skills with this course on advanced C programming language constructs and techniques to create more structured and portable code.

Microchip Developer Help

Microchip Developer Help is your go-to resource on how to design, develop, and deploy software and hardware solutions using Microchip's microcontrollers, microprocessors, analog and power devices, and other components. This platform covers everything from how to get started to advanced programming techniques, and provides the detailed documentation, code examples, videos, tutorial and other information to help you get the most out of Microchip products. You can also benefit from expertise throughout the Microchip community via forums where you can ask questions, share ideas and collaborate with other developers.

Explore Microchip Developer Help for an extensive library of solutions, tools and expert advice.

FIRST Robotics

Microchip proudly supports the FIRST Robotics Competition, an annual international event that inspires high school students to pursue STEM careers. The competition challenges students to build and program robots to complete tasks, providing a fun yet rigorous environment to apply engineering skills. Pairing students with professionals, the event is a career-molding and exciting experience for all. We even showcase the program at our annual MASTERs Conference, where attendees have the opportunity to watch a match and meet the youth teams.

This year, 20 teams from across Arizona came together for the event, hosted in partnership with Arizona State University. Teams gained ranking points throughout the morning, had alliance selections after lunch where they then played double elimination style playoffs for the state championships. Take a look at photos from the competition. Congratulations to Team 6413 from the Si Se Puede Foundation, Team 498 from Cactus High School and Team 3944 from Tempe Preparatory Academy.

Learn more about FIRST Robotics and discover how Microchip plays a role in inspiring the next generation of engineers.

Microchip TRY

Explore the newest innovations from Microchip through interactive demos online at Microchip Try. This interactive platform gives you access to real application demos through a remote user-interface. Each demo gives you an introduction to the new feature, why it’s useful and finally a demonstration. There is no need to buy any hardware, everything can be accessed remotely through your browser.?

Start your journey with Microchip TRY and interact with our cutting-edge technologies through intuitive demos and this training use case. New courses will be available soon.

Academic Partner Program

Our Academic Partner Program brings Microchip products and technologies into the classroom. From providing content that can be repurposed for classroom use, to offering academic discounts on most Microchip tools, to making Microchip University training freely available to our academic partners, our goal is to inspire and encourage students of all ages to pursue careers in the design and development of embedded systems.

Learn more about how to become an academic partner through our Academic Partner Program.

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