PIC10, 14 and 17 series enquiry?

Einly · Joined: 10 Sep 2003 Posts: 60

Hi, May I know:

1. Which series/model of PIC support 16bit counter?

2. PIC10, PIC14 and PIC17 series instuction is how many bit? Because
use manual only shows 12, 16 and 18 series. Not including 10, 14 and 17. Are these 3 series new/old? Any special on them?

Thanks a lot!

Regards: Einly,
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Einly

Mark · Joined: 07 Sep 2003 Posts: 2838 Location: Atlanta, GA

You can always refer to the mircochip website for information about the chips. The 10's are new the other 2 are old. They also have DSPICs which are a hybrid between a DSP and a microcontroller. In the future, you will find a version of the DSPIC without the DSP functionality, yes a 16bit microcontroller from Microchip.

Einly · Joined: 10 Sep 2003 Posts: 60

As from the manual, 12 series is baseline category, 16 series is midrange and 18 series is a high end series.

So, 10, 14 and 17 belongs to which category? How many bits of each instruction length?

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REgards: Einly,
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Einly

PCM programmer · Joined: 06 Sep 2003 Posts: 21708

Here is a summary from Microchip of each PicMicro product.
It gives the instruction size.
http://www.microchip.com/stellent/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&nodeId=1962
The 10F series is new, so they don't have it on that page.
Look on this page for the 10F features:
http://www.microchip.com/stellent/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&nodeId=2061&param=en505736

Don't use the 16c5x series or the 17C series for new designs.
They are obsolete (even though Microchip doesn't say it
on those pages).