PIC16F877A is the most commonly used entry-level 8-bit PIC Microcontroller. It is a 40-pin 8-bit Microcontroller with 14kB of program memory. It does not have an internal oscillator but can work up to 20MHz with external oscillators. The controller has 8 ADC channels with 10-bit resolution and also supports PWM on 2 pins. It has two 8-bit timers and one 16-bit timer and supports communication protocols like UART, SPI, and IIC. You can also check other PIC microcontroller Components.
PIC16F877A Features & Specifications
- CPU: 8-bit PIC
- Architecture: 8
- Program Memory Size (Kbytes): 14
- RAM (bytes): 368
- EEPROM/HEF: 256/HEF
- CPU Speed (MHz): 20
- Peripheral Pin select (PPS): No
- Internal Oscillator: No
- Of comparators: 2
- Of Operational Amplifier: 0
- Of ADC channels: 14
- Max ADC Resolution (bits): 10
- ADC with Computation: No
- Number of DAC Converter: 0
- Of 8-bit timers: 2
- Of 16-bit Timers: 1
- Of PWM outputs: 0
- Max PWM resolution: 10
- Of UART module: 1
- Of SPI Module: 1
- Of I2C module: 1
- Of USB Module: 0
- Minimum Operating Voltage (V): 2
- Maximum Operating Voltage (V): 5.5
Programming PIC Microcontroller
To program the PIC microcontroller you will need an IDE (Integrated Development Environment, a compiler, and an IPE (Integrated Programming Environment).
IDE: MPLABX v3.35
IPE: MPLAB IPE v3.35
Compiler: XC8
Microchip has given all these three software for free. They can be downloaded directly from their official page.
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