Four new high pin-count, high-density members of the PIC18Fxxxx family are now available. These devices offer a cost-effective 96 and 128 KB of self-reprogrammable, high-endurance flash memory with up to 10 MIPS performance over a wide operating voltage range (2 to 5.5 V). These features, combined with nanoWatt Technology power management and a rich set of analog and digital peripherals, allow the microcontroller series to compete with 16-bit devices in high-end embedded applications while retaining ease of use and helping you to preserve your 8-bit development tool and software investments.

This family meets the needs of engineers with 8-bit code and development tools. There’s a growing need for microcontrollers with increased computational power and larger program memory sizes because of the transition of code development methodologies from assembly to C language. The PIC18F8722 8-bit microcontroller series addresses these performance and memory needs by providing linear access (no pages) to a memory space as large as 2 MB, while offering complete code and tool compatibility with smaller Microchip microcontrollers. In addition, the new microcontrollers include two synchronous serial ports (capable of SPI or I2C) and two asynchronous serial ports (LIN-capable USARTs) for expanded connectivity. Pricing starts at $6.81 in 10,000-piece quantities.

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