• 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
• 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
• Programmable code-protection
• Power saving SLEEP mode
• Selectable oscillator options
Low-power, high-speed CMOS EPROM/ROM
technology
• Fully static design
• Wide operating voltage range: 2.5V to 6.0V
• Commercial, Industrial, and Extended
temperature ranges
• Low-power consumption:
•< 2 mA @ 5V, 4 MHz
•15 µA typical @ 3V, 32 kHz
•< 1 µA typical standby current
PIC16C6X Peripheral Features:
• 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 (CCP) module(s)
• Capture is 16-bit, max resolution is 12.5 ns,
Compare is 16-bit, max resolution is 200 ns,
PWM max resolution is 10-bit.
• Synchronous Serial Port (SSP) with SPIand I2C
• Universal Synchronous Asynchronous Receiver
Transmitter (USART/SCI)
• Parallel Slave Port (PSP) 8-bits wide, with
external RD, WR and CS controls
• Brown-out detection circuitry for
Brown-out Reset (BOR)
