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Product Profile
8-bit PIC® Microcontrollers
Microchip’s PIC® family of microcontrollers combine high-performance, low cost and small package size to offer the best price/
performance ratio in the industry. Based on a powerful RISC core, these 8-bit PIC® microcontrollers fall into three product architecture
categories, providing a variety of options for any application requirement:
• Baseline 8-bit architecture: 12-bit instruction set, 6-44 pin count, 384-3.5 Kbytes program memory, up to 5 MIPS
• Mid-Range 8-bit architecture: 14-bit instruction set, 8-68 pin count, 896-14 Kbytes program memory, up to 5 MIPS
• High-Performance (PIC18) 8-bit architecture: 16-bit instruction set, 18-100 pin count, 8K-128 Kbytes program memory, up to 16 MIPS
The common architecture provides users with an easy migration path from 6 to 100 pins among all families with little or no code
change required. Advanced features available are:
• Sophisticated timing peripherals
• Embedded analog peripherals including A/D and D/A converters, comparators, PBOR, PLVD, DAC, Vref, Op Amps and PSMC
• Communications peripherals (I
2
C™/SPI/USB/CAN and USARTs)
• Low-power, single-chip RF solutions targeting RF connectivity for high-volume embedded control applications
• Battery management solutions
• Flexible programming options including In-Circuit Serial Programming™ (ICSP™) technology, self-programming (Enhanced Flash),
One-Time-Programmable (OTP), QTP, SQTP and ROM
16-bit PIC® Microcontrollers
The PIC24 microcontrollers build upon the high performance, wide selection of peripherals, Flash memory sizes and packaging
choices found in the 8-bit PIC18 family. The PIC24 architecture, paired with the optimized MPLAB® C30 C Compiler, provides the high
throughput and C code density needed to achieve system performance goals and product launch schedules.
• Leadership 16-bit microcontroller performance and C code efficiency
• Extension of the 8-bit PIC18 microcontroller performance, memory and peripherals
• Easy migration path to dsPIC® digital signal controllers with over 40 MIPS, DSP capability and MPLAB
®
IDE compatibility
16-bit dsPIC® Digital Signal Controllers (DSC)
Microchip’s 16-bit high-performance digital signal controllers combine in a single core the best features of microcontrollers with the
best features of DSPs. These dsPIC DSC devices reach speeds of up to 40 MIPS, are very efficient for C programming, and have Flash,
data EEPROM, powerful peripherals and a variety of software libraries that allow high performance embedded solutions to be designed
effortlessly and rapidly. With a familiar microcontroller “feel”, tools and design environment, these dsPIC DSCs target applications,
such as motor control and power conversion, speech and audio, internet and modem connectivity, telecom, encryption, high-speed
sensing and automotive applications.
Stand-Alone Analog & Interface Products
Microchip offers a broad portfolio of analog and related products:
• Linear and Mixed-Signal. ADCs/DACs, digital potentiometers, op amps and comparators.
• Power Management. LDO and switching regulators, charge pumps, voltage references, CPU/system supervisors and voltage
detectors, battery chargers and power MOSFET drivers.
• Thermal Management. Temperature sensors (logic output, voltage output, and serial output), brushless DC fan controllers and
fan fault detectors.
• Interface. Peripheral products supporting industry-standard networking protocols like CAN, LIN and infrared (including IrDA
®
Standard
infrared), as well as products that provide embedded system input/output expansion capability.
Secure Data Products
Microchip’s KeeLoq® code hopping algorithm combines high security, a small package outline and a very low cost to make this an ideal
solution for unidirectional RKE systems. The KeeLoq code hopping technology creates a high degree of security using a long code word
length together with encryption and synchronization techniques.
Memory Products
Microchip offers one of the broadest selections of serial EEPROMs in densities from 128 bits to 1 Mbit, with operating voltages down
to 1.8V, in all popular bus protocols (I
2
C™, Microwire and SPI compatible). They are available in all standard temperature ranges from
-40°C to +125°C, up to 16 Kbits in 5-lead SOT-23 and up to 256 Kbits in 8-lead MSOP.
Development Systems
Microchip offers a full range of microcontroller development systems, including the MPLAB® ICE 2000 and ICE 4000 in-circuit
emulators; MPLAB Integrated Development Environment; MPLAB C18 and C30 Compiler; the MPLAB ICD In-Circuit Debugger,
MPLAB PM3 full-featured device programmer; PICSTART® low-cost development system; the PICkit™ 2 Flash Starter Kit, SEEVAL®
Serial EEPROM Evaluation Kit and various demonstration boards. Microchip has shipped more than 432,000 development systems
worldwide.