Pic Microcontroller (Pic 16) Pic16F877A

The Pic Microcontroller (Pic 16) Pic16F877A is an 8-bit flash microcontroller from Microchip's PIC16 family and one of the most widely taught chips in university and school embedded systems courses. It combines 33 I/O pins, an 8-channel 10-bit ADC, timers, PWM and serial interfaces in one chip, and it can be programmed in assembly or C with MPLAB X and a PICkit programmer.

Pic Microcontroller (Pic 16) Pic16F877A Specifications

• Core: 8-bit PIC16 mid-range, 35 instructions
• Program memory: 8K words (14.3 KB) flash
• RAM: 368 bytes
• EEPROM: 256 bytes
• Maximum clock: 20 MHz
• I/O pins: 33 (ports A to E)
• ADC: 8 channels, 10-bit
• Timers: Timer0 (8-bit), Timer1 (16-bit), Timer2 (8-bit)
• Capture / compare / PWM: 2 CCP modules
• Communication: USART, SPI and I²C (MSSP), parallel slave port
• Analog comparators: 2
• Supply voltage: 5 V typical

Pic Microcontroller (Pic 16) Pic16F877A Applications

• University and school microcontroller labs
• LCD, keypad and seven-segment display projects
• Motor and LED brightness control with PWM
• Data acquisition with the built-in ADC
• Serial communication with PCs, GSM and Bluetooth modules

What's in the Box

• 1 × PIC16F877A microcontroller

Tip: A basic circuit needs a 5 V supply, a 10 kΩ pull-up resistor on the MCLR pin and a crystal of up to 20 MHz with two 22 pF capacitors. Program it in-circuit through the MCLR, PGC (RB6) and PGD (RB7) pins with a PICkit programmer.

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