DEVICE OVERVIEW This document contains device specific information about the following devices: • PIC16F73 • PIC16F74 • PIC16F76 • PIC16F77 PIC16F73/76 devices are available only in 28-pin packages, while PIC16F74/77 devices are available in 40-pin and 44-pin packages. High Performance RISC CPU: • 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 • Up to 8K x 14 words of FLASH Program Memory, Up to 368 x 8 bytes of Data Memory (RAM) • Pinout compatible to the PIC16C73B/74B/76/77 • Pinout compatible to the PIC16F873/874/876/877 • Interrupt capability (up to 12 sources) • Eight level deep hardware stack • Direct, Indirect and Relative Addressing modes • Processor read access to program memory Special Microcontroller Features: • 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 • In-Circuit Serial Programming™ (ICSP™) via two pins 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 • Two Capture, Compare, PWM modules - 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 • 8-bit, up to 8-channel Analog-to-Digital converter • Synchronous Serial Port (SSP) with SPI™ (Master mode) and I2C™ (Slave) • Universal Synchronous Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter (USART/SCI) • Parallel Slave Port (PSP), 8-bits wide with external RD, WR and CS controls (40/44-pin only) • Brown-out detection circuitry for Brown-out Reset (BOR) CMOS Technology: • Low power, high speed CMOS FLASH technology • Fully static design • Wide operating voltage range: 2.0V to 5.5V • High Sink/Source Current: 25 mA • Industrial temperature range • Low power consumption: - < 2 mA typical @ 5V, 4 MHz - 20 µA typical @ 3V, 32 kHz - < 1 µA typical standby current