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Microchip Technology Inc. (USA) has introduced two new products to the world's smallest PIC10F microcontroller series. The new devices are all 8-bit Flash PIC? microcontrollers, adding an on-chip 8-bit analog-to-digital converter (ADC) and using a 6-pin SOT-23 package, providing customers with more choices.
The functions integrated into the ultra-small size are very suitable for various space- and cost-constrained applications. PIC10F is Microchip's first and only 6-pin microcontroller series. The improved performance of the new devices, combined with the analog-to-digital converter, further expands digital intelligence to more non-traditional applications.
"Since its launch a year ago, the PIC10F series has been widely welcomed by traditional and non-traditional microcontroller users in the market," said Steve Drehobl, vice president of Microchip's security, microcontroller and technology division. The new devices are equipped with an analog-to-digital converter, the device size is only the size of a surface-mount transistor, and the instruction execution speed can reach up to 2 MIPS, providing engineers with a wider space to explore innovative applications of PIC microcontrollers."
Product Features
The two new members of the PIC10F 8-bit Flash microcontroller series are PIC10F220 and PIC10F222. The new devices add an 8-bit analog-to-digital converter to complement the comparator peripherals in two of the four original family members. Standard features of the PIC10F microcontroller family include: Precision 8 MHz internal oscillator with 33 instructions and two-level stack 1.125ms Device Reset Timer (DRT) Flash program memory that can store 256 to 512 instructions (x12-bit program words) 16 bytes to 23 bytes of data RAM memory 25 mA source/sink I/Os Low-power sleep current of 100 nA Wide operating voltage range: 2V-5.5V One 8-bit timer and one watchdog timer Support for In-Circus Serial Programming? (ICSP?) technology, allowing the microcontroller to be programmed after it is embedded in the circuit board Equipped with power-on reset and energy-saving sleep modes