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Overview
- Microcontrollers Microcontroller
- Microchip Technology
- General Instrument
- Embedded systems Embedded system
- General Instrument CP1600
- 16-bit 16-bit computing
- Microprocessor
- Multiplexed bus
- RAM Random access memory
- Mask ROM Read-only memory
- EPROM
- EEPROM
- Flash memory
- Digital signal processing
- SMD Surface-mount technology
- DIP Dual in-line package
- ADC Analog-to-digital converter
- DAC Digital-to-analog converter
- UART
- I2C
- CAN CAN bus
- USB
- MPLAB X MPLAB
- MPLAB MPLAB devices
- PICKit
- MIPS MIPS instruction set
- Dhrystone
- JTAG
- SQI Serial Peripheral Interface
- MIPS Technologies
History
- Central processing unit
- Data Bus (computing)
- Address buses Address bus
- Dual inline package
- Memory mapped input/output Memory-mapped I/O
- Cassette deck
- Floppy disk drive
- Floppy disk controller
- Harvard architecture
- Code Machine code
- Data Data (computer science)
- Stored and managed Computer data storage
- Channel I/O
- Mainframe computers Mainframe computer
- Direct memory access
- Intellivision
- Intel MCS-48
- Microelectronics
- Plessey
- Serial communication
- UARTs Universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter
- Assembly language
- Instruction Instruction set architecture
- Bits Bit
- Prefix
- Acronym
- PIC16x84
Device families
- 12 bits 12-bit computing
- 14 bits 14-bit computing?action=edit&redlink=1
- 24 bits 24-bit computing
- PIC instruction listings
- Interrupts Interrupt
- I/O Input/output
- Polled Polling (computer science)
- Clones PIC microcontrollers
- Program counter
- KiB Kibibyte
- Frame pointer
- Vectored interrupts Vectored Interrupt
- Multiply–accumulate
- Barrel shifting Barrel shifter
- GCC GNU Compiler Collection
- RISC-V
- ARM Cortex-A
- Radiation-hardened Radiation hardening
Core architecture
- Accumulator machine
- PDP-8
- Apollo Guidance Computer
- Accumulator Accumulator (computing)
- Addressing modes
- Bank switching
- Flash ROM
- Call stack
- Register Processor register
- Branches Branch (computer science)
- Lookup tables Lookup table
- RISC Reduced instruction set computer
- PICkit
- SPI Serial Peripheral Interface Bus
- PWM Pulse-width modulation
- LIN Local Interconnect Network
- CAN Controller area network
- PSP Parallel slave port
- Orthogonal
- Immediate Constant (computer science)
- Task switching Computer multitasking
- Stacks Stack (data structure)
- Reentrant Reentrant (subroutine)
- Local variables Local variable
- Macros Macro (computer science)
- Parallax Parallax, Inc. (company)
Hardware features
- Watchdog timer
- RC RC circuit
- General purpose I/O pins GPIO
- USART
- Ethernet
- CAN Controller Area Network
- KEELOQ
Development tools
- Freeware
- IDE Integrated development environment
- Simulator
- Compilers
- Mikroelektronika
- Flowcode
- Proteus Design Suite
- FORTH Forth (programming language)
Device programmers
- Programmers Programmer (hardware)
- ICSP In-circuit serial programming (ICSP)
- Circuit Electronic circuit
- RS-232
- Serial Serial port
- Parallel port
Debugging
- ICSP In-circuit serial programming
- In-circuit emulators In-circuit emulator
Operating systems
- Real-time operating systems Real-time operating system
- FreeRTOS
- Task scheduling
- 2.11BSD Berkeley Software Distribution
Clones
- Parallax SX
- BASIC Stamp
- Russian Russia
- Russian Russian language
- GOST 28147-89
- Designations Soviet integrated circuit designation
- Holtek Semiconductor Holtek
- Hycon Technology Hycon Technology?action=edit&redlink=1
- Mixed-signal
- Multimeters Multimeter
- Kitchen scales Kitchen scale
- Hitachi/Renesas H8 microcontrollers H8 Family
- OTP One-time programmable
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Important terminology
pic instruction devices register microchip memory instructions series program available data code bits also cp1600 registers used ram using one
Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples
Extracted RDF-like relationships with confidence and source. The table includes structured facts and lower-confidence contextual relations.| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UART | instance of | and communications ports | 0.80 | text |
| I2C | instance of | and communications ports | 0.80 | text |
| CAN | instance of | and communications ports | 0.80 | text |
| and even USB | instance of | and communications ports | 0.80 | text |
| RS-232 or USB | instance of | Demo boards are available with a small factory-programmed bootloader that can be used to load user programs over an interface | 0.80 | text |
| thus obviating the need for a programmer device.Alternatively there is bootloader firmware available that the user can load onto the PIC using ICSP | instance of | Demo boards are available with a small factory-programmed bootloader that can be used to load user programs over an interface | 0.80 | text |
| FreeRTOS | instance of | Operating systemsPIC projects may utilize real-time operating systems | 0.80 | text |
| AVIX RTOS | instance of | Operating systemsPIC projects may utilize real-time operating systems | 0.80 | text |
| uRTOS | instance of | Operating systemsPIC projects may utilize real-time operating systems | 0.80 | text |
| Salvo RTOS or other similar libraries for task scheduling | instance of | Operating systemsPIC projects may utilize real-time operating systems | 0.80 | text |
| prioritization.An open source project by Serge Vakulenko adapts 2.11BSD to the PIC32 architecture | instance of | Operating systemsPIC projects may utilize real-time operating systems | 0.80 | text |
| under the name RetroBSD | instance of | Operating systemsPIC projects may utilize real-time operating systems | 0.80 | text |
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