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PIC Microcontrollers: Microcontroller

PIC microcontrollers are a family of specialized microcontroller chips produced by Microchip Technology. A microcontroller includes a processor, memory, and peripherals to govern the operation of embedded systems. PIC microcontrollers appeal to hobbyists due to their wide availability, low cost, ease of reprogramming, extensive documentation, and abundance of development tools and online information. They contain registers that function as RAM, special control registers, and a stack to save return addresses.

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PIC Microcontrollers: Microcontroller

PIC microcontrollers are a family of specialized microcontroller chips produced by Microchip Technology. A microcontroller includes a processor, memory, and peripherals to govern the operation of embedded systems. PIC microcontrollers appeal to hobbyists due to their wide availability, low cost, ease of reprogramming, extensive documentation, and abundance of development tools and online information. They contain registers that function as RAM, special control registers, and a stack to save return addresses.

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PICs

PIC microcontrollers
PIC microcontrollers are a family of specialized microcontroller chips
produced by Microchip Technology in Chandler, Arizona. The acronym PIC
stands for "peripheral interface controller," although that term is rarely used
nowadays. A microcontroller is a compact microcomputer designed to govern
the operation of embedded systems in motor vehicles, robots, office
machines, medical devices, mobile radios, vending machines, home
appliances, and various other devices. A typical microcontroller includes
a processor, memory, and peripherals.

The PIC microcontrollers appeal to hobbyists and experimenters, especially in


the fields of electronics and robotics. Key features include wide availability,
low cost, ease of reprogramming with built-in EEPROM(electrically erasable
programmable read-only memory), an extensive collection of free application
notes, abundant development tools, and a great deal of information available
on the Internet. The PIC microcontrollers often appear under the brand name
PICmicro.

Every PIC microcontroller has a set of registers that also function


as RAM (random access memory). Special purpose control registers for on-
chip hardware resources are also mapped into the data space. Every PIC has
a stack that saves return addresses. The stack was not software-accessible
on the earlier versions of the PIC, but this limitation was removed in later
devices.

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