Microchip PIC controller — high-performance RISC CPU
Microchip supports the entire performance range from 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit microcontrollers with a powerful architecture, flexible storage technologies and extensive easy-to-use development tools, as well as complete technical documentation. The advantages of the Microchip microcontroller solutions are quite clear:
• All PIC® MCUs and dsPIC® DSCs provide upward and downward scaling for your design projects
• The upwardly compatible architecture secures your investment in code development
• Easily switch between 8, 16 and 32-bit families
• Pin compatibility between the housing variants
• Low-risk product development
rapid time-to-market cycles
low overall system costs
• Many controllers are already supplied with a series of interesting features
• Analogue and digital peripherals can be integrated with a minimal number of components required