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News Release from: Microchip Technology | Subject: PICmicro Flash microcontroller family
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 19 September 2001
You can't find a smaller more powerful
CAN device
Microchip says its new self-programmable PICmicro Flash microcontroller family, with intelligent CAN 2.0B active interface, are the smallest, most powerful CAN devices available.
Microchip says its new self-programmable PICmicro Flash microcontroller family, with intelligent CAN 2.0B active interface, are the smallest, most powerful CAN devices available With 10MIPS performance at 10MHz, the new PIC18F248, PIC18F258, PIC18F448 and PIC18F458 devices provide significantly more power than any other microcontroller in the smallest 28- and 40-lead packages
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 10 Apr 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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The 40-lead PIC18F448 and PIC18F458 include the enhanced capture/compare/pulsewidth module, which is capable of outputting four 10bit PWM signals with an autoshutdown feature.
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The new devices are available in 28-lead SDIP and SOIC, 40-lead PDIP and 44-lead TQFP and PLCC packages.
Samples are available November with volume shipments planned for January 2002.
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