PIC - Introduction

PIC16F877 is one of the PIC series that has been developed by Microchip Technology. PIC stands for Programmable Interface Controller. PIC16F877 also one of the most popular microcontroller that has been used widely. PIC16F877 features 256 bytes of EEPROM data memory, self programming, an ICD, 8 channels of 10-bit Analog to Digital (A/D) converter, 2 additional timers, 2 capture/compare/PWM functions, the synchronous serial port that can be configured as either 3-wire Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) or the 2 wire InterIntegrated Circuit (I²C) bus and a Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter (USART). All of these features make it ideal for more advanced level Analog to Digital applications in automotive, industrial, appliances and consumer applications such as digital thermometer, automatic gate, calculator and etc.