The USB family is suitable for applications in Peripherals, Embedded Hosts, and OTG (On-the-Go). Microchip's nanoWatt XLP technology provides the world's lowest sleep currents, drawing only 20 nA in Deep Sleep mode, resulting in the lowest power consumption of any USB OTG microcontroller—10 times less than USB microcontrollers offered by manufacturers of ultra-low power devices.

The general-purpose PIC24FJ64GA104 family incorporates nanoWatt XLP technology, 16 MIPS performance, 32 or 64 KB of Flash memory, 8 KB of RAM, a capacitive touch sensing peripheral, Real-Time Clock and Calendar (RTCC), a 10-bit A/D converter, and the ability to reconfigure digital I/O pins via Peripheral Pin Select. The PIC24FJ64GB004 family builds upon these features, offering the world's most user-friendly and comprehensive solution with Full-Speed ​​USB 2.0 peripherals, embedded host functionality, and OTG support. Both families are available in 28-pin QFN, SOIC, and PDIP packages, as well as 44-pin QFN and TQFP packages.

Applications span the industrial, commercial, medical, and automotive markets, including remote controls, meters, monitors, timers, and sensors. The Explorer 16 Plug-In Module (PIM) is available for $25 for each of the new microcontroller families, and the PICtail™ Plus USB Daughter Board is also available for $60 to enable USB development with the PIC24FJ64GB004 family using the Explorer 16.