Microcontroller Core Features:

? 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 (up to 7 internal/external interrupt sources)

? 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

? Brown-out detection circuitry for Brown-out Reset (BOR)

? Programmable code-protection

? Power saving SLEEP mode

? Selectable oscillator options

? Low-power, high-speed CMOS EPROM technology

? Fully static design

? In-Circuit Serial Programming? (ICSP)

? Wide operating voltage range: 2.5V to 5.5V

? High Sink/Source Current 25/25 mA

? Commercial, Industrial and Extended temperature ranges

? Low-power consumption:

- < 2 mA @ 5V, 4 MHz

- 22.5 μA typical @ 3V, 32 kHz

- < 1 μA typical standby current

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 module

? Capture is 16-bit, max. resolution is 12.5 ns, Compare is 16-bit, max. resolution is 200 ns, PWM maximum resolution is 10-bit

? 8-bit multi-channel Analog-to-Digital converter

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