Microchip Introduces New PIC18Cxxx Microcontroller Family

		Microchip Introduces New Family of Microcontrollers: PIC18Cxxx

	Company:	Microchip
	Category:	Microcontroller Cores (new Cores)
	Date:	10-Nov-1998

	Chandler, AZ (microcontroller.com) - Microchip Technology introduced a new family of 8-bit microcontrollers - the PIC18Cxxx - that will support higher clock speeds and a new selection of advanced serial peripherals. The first four microcontrollers in the new PIC18Cxxx 8-bit microcontroller family will support the CAN 2.0b microcontroller family (see related story) and will have an extended linear program memory addressing range of 2Mbytes. Additional members of the PIC18Cxxx family will support the Universal Serial Bus (USB) The PIC18Cxxx family will be Microchip's high-end microcontroller family. Features p/ns: PIC18Cxxx Family PIC18 8-bit RISC Core - Register-based architecture 16-bit Instruction Length Higher clock speeds of over 40MHz 8x8 Hardware Multiply in one cycle up to 2M words linear Program Memory Space Flash, OTP, and ROM Program Memory Options up to 4K bytes RAM Watchdog Timer Selection of timers and PWM modules 10-bit A/D Serial Interfaces: UARTs, I²C, SPI CAN 2.0b (active) 1999 Universal Serial Bus (USB) planned IrBus planned 64-pin and 84-pin Packages Pricing and Availability The PIC18Cxxx microcontrollers will be sampling first half 1999, with production quantites available the second half of 1999. Pricing will range from $6 to $10. For more information on these products, contact Microchip Technology. Code Compatibility The PIC18Cxxx will be upwardly code-compatible with Microchip's PIC12Cxxx, PIC16C5x, PIC16Cxxx, and PIC17Cxxx microcontroller families. Development Tools In-Circuit emulation for the PIC18Cxxx family will be supported via an on-chip 8-bit bi-directional bus. Microchip's PIC microcontroller families have excellant development tool support, with an extensive vendor list of In-circuit emulators and compilers. About Microchip Microchip Technology Inc. manufactures the PICmicro™ family of 8-bit RISC-based microcontrollers—with OTP, Flash, and ROM memory technologies; serial EEPROMs and related specialty memory products; and KEELOQ® code hopping devices. These products target thousands of embedded control applications in the consumer, automotive, office automation, communications and industrial markets. Microchip’s quality systems are ISO 9001 certified. Headquartered near Phoenix in Chandler, Ariz., Microchip employs approximately 2,200 people worldwide and has sales offices throughout Asia, Europe, Japan and the Americas.
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