Features: • High-performance RISC CPU
• Only 35 single word instructions to learn
• All single cycle instructions except for program branches, which are two cycle
• Operating speed: DC - 20 MHz clock input DC - 200 ns instruction cycle
• 2K x 14 words of Program Memory, 128 x 8 bytes of Data Memory (RAM)
• Interrupt capability
• Eight level deep hardware stack
• Direct, indirect, and relative addressing modes
• Power-on Reset (POR)
• Power-up Timer (PWRT) and Oscillator Start-up Timer (OST)
• Watchdog Timer (WDT) with its own on-chip RC oscillator for reliable operation
• Brown-out detection circuitry for Brown-out Reset (BOR)
• Programmable code-protection
• Power saving SLEEP mode
• Selectable oscillator options
• Low-power, high-speed CMOS EPROM technology
• Fully static design
• In-Circuit Serial Programmingä (ICSP)
• Wide operating voltage range: 2.5V to 5.5V
• High Sink/Source Current 25/25 mA
• Commercial, Industrial and Extended temperature ranges
• Low-power consumption:
- < 2 mA @ 5V, 4 MHz
- 22.5 mA typical @ 3V, 32 kHz
- < 1 mA typical standby current
• Timer0: 8-bit timer/counter with 8-bit prescaler
• Timer1: 16-bit timer/counter with prescaler, can be incremented during sleep via external crystal/clock
• Timer2: 8-bit timer/counter with 8-bit period register, prescaler and postscaler
• Capture, Compare, PWM module
• Capture is 16-bit, max. resolution is 12.5 ns, Compare is 16-bit, max. resolution is 200 ns, PWM
maximum resolution is 10-bit
• 8-bit multi-channel Analog-to-Digital converter
• Synchronous Serial Port (SSP) with Enhanced SPIä and I2CäPinoutSpecifications
Program Memory Type |
OTP |
Program Memory (KB) |
3.5 |
CPU Speed (MIPS) |
5 |
RAM Bytes |
128 |
Digital Communication Peripherals |
1-SSP(SPI/I2C) |
Capture/Compare/PWM Peripherals |
1 CCP |
Timers |
2 x 8-bit, 1 x 16-bit |
ADC |
5 ch, 8-bit |
Temperature Range (C) |
-40 to 85 |
Operating Voltage Range (V) |
2.5 to 5.5 |
Pin Count |
28 |
Ambient temperature under bias................................................................................................-55°C to +125°C
Storage temperature ................................................................................................................ -65°C to +150°C
Voltage on any pin with respect to VSS (except VDD, MCLR, and RA4).................................. -0.3V to (VDD + 0.3V)
Voltage on VDD with respect to VSS ................................................................................................ -0.3V to +7.5V
Voltage on MCLR with respect to VSS (Note 2)................................................................................. 0V to +13.25V
Voltage on RA4 with respect to Vss ..................................................................................................... 0V to +8.5V
Total power dissipation (Note 1)......................................................................................................................1.0W
Maximum current out of VSS pin ..................................................................................................................300 mA
Maximum current into VDD pin .....................................................................................................................250 mA
Input clamp current, IIK (VI < 0 or VI > VDD).............................................................................................. ±20 mA
Output clamp current, IOK (VO < 0 or VO > VDD) ....................................................................................... ±20 mA
Maximum output current sunk by any I/O pin..................................................................................................25 mA
Maximum output current sourced by any I/O pin ............................................................................................25 mA
Maximum current sunk by PORTA and PORTB (combined) .............................................................................200 mA
Maximum current sourced by PORTA and PORTB (combined).........................................................................200 mA
Maximum current sunk by PORTC...................................................................................................................200 mA
Maximum current sourced by PORTC .............................................................................................................200 mADescriptionThis powerful (200 nanosecond instruction execution) yet easy-to-program (only 35 single word instructions) CMOS OTP-based 8-bit microcontroller packs Microchip's powerful PIC? architecture into an 28-pin package and is upwards compatible with the PIC16C5X and PIC12CXXX devices. The PIC16C72A features 5 channels of 8-bit Analog-to-Digital (A/D) converter with 2 additional timers, a capture/compare/PWM function and the synchronous serial port can be configured as either 3-wire Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI?) or the 2-wire Inter-Integrated Circuit (I2C?) bus. All of these features make it ideal for more advanced level A/D applications in automotive, industrial, appliances and consumer applications.