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Microprocessors, Microcontrollers and DSPs
News Release from: Microchip Technology | Subject: PICmicro PIC16F
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 07 March 2003
Flash microcontrollers keep power drain
down
Microchip has added seven new low-power devices to its industry leading PICmicro PIC16F Flash microcontroller family.
Microchip has added seven new low-power devices to its industry leading PICmicro PIC16F Flash microcontroller family The devices feature "nanowatt technology" - Microchip's advanced PMOS or programmable electrically erasable cell (PEEC) process technology, circuit design, manufacturing and application techniques
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 10 Apr 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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The PIC16F627A, PIC16F628A, PIC16F648A, PIC16F818, PIC16F819, PIC16F87 and PIC16F88 microcontrollers feature a clock system with up to three enhanced "software controlled" power-managed modes.
This enables users to control the speed of code execution.
New low current modules include a watch-dog timer, brownout reset and timer.
The new microcontrollers have a power consumption of less than 1mA in standby mode and support a wide operating voltage range from 2 to 5.5V, making them ideal for robust embedded control environments as well as battery-based applications.
These new PIC16F devices offer up to 7Kbyte of Flash program memory, up to 368byte of RAM, 256byte of EEPROM, and an internal multifrequency oscillator up to 8MHz.
Additional features can include a 10bit analogue-to-digital convertor with up to seven channels, one capture/compare/PWM module, two comparators, an addressable USART module supporting RS485 and RS232, synchronous serial port module supporting SPI and I2C, a programmable 16-level low voltage detection module and programmable brownout reset.
The new devices are available in 18-pin PDIP, 20-pin SOIC, 20-pin SSOP and 6 x 6mm QFN packages.
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