- This microcontroller has NanoWatt Technology.
- Featured 6 enhanced power-managed software controlled modes.
- Power consumption as low as 0.1 microamps in standby mode.
- Wide operating voltage range from 2- to 5.5-volts.
- Ideal for battery managed applications.
- New low-current watchdog timer.
- 2-speed start-up from a reset or sleep mode.
- New fail-safe clock monitor that is used to detect an external clock failure.
- 10 MIPS.
- 77 single word instructions.
- CMOS FLASH based 10-bit microcontroller packs Microchip's powerful PIC® architecture into an 18-pin package.
- Compatible with the PIC16C5X, PIC12CXXX, PIC16CXX and PIC17CXX devices and thus providing a seamless migration path of software code to higher levels of hardware integration.
- Features a 'C' compiler friendly development environment.
- 128 bytes of EEPROM.
- Self-programming.
- Capture/compare/PWM functions.
- 7 channels of 10-bit Analog-to-Digital (A/D) converter.
- Addressable Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter (AUSART).
- Advanced Low Power Oscillator controls.
- Being used in applications including instrumentation and monitoring, data acquisition, power conditioning, environmental monitoring, telecom and consumer audio/video applications.
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