The PIC16F range of microcontrollers from Microchip are 8-bit MCUs that incorporate Microchip’s PIC® architecture into a variety of pin and package options, from space efficient 14-pin devices to feature-rich 64-pin devices. Devices with Baseline, Mid-Range or Enhanced Mid-Range architecture are available with numerous different peripheral combinations, giving designers flexibility and choice for their applications.

The PIC16F526 family of microcontrollers is based upon Microchip’s Baseline core with a 2 level deep hardware stack and 33 instructions. These MCUs provide up to 5 MIPS, 1.5 Kbytes program memory, 67 bytes RAM and Data EEPROM of 64 bytes. On board is a configurable oscillator factory calibrated to ±1% accuracy.

20 MHz Max. CPU Speed
33 Instructions
2 Level Hardware Stack
8 MHz Internal Oscillator – Selectable Frequency Range 4 MHz or 8 MHz
12 I/O Pins
Power-On Reset (POR)
Watchdog Timer (WDT)
Device Reset Timer (DRT)
In-Circuit Serial Programming (ICSP)
In-Circuit Debug (ICD)

8-bit Analogue to Digital Converter (ADC) – 3 Channels
Two Comparators
One 8-bit Timer