The PIC10F family was introduced over two years ago as the world’s first 6-pin microcontroller, and has seen wide acceptance by both traditional and non-traditional microcontroller users, including many space- and cost-constrained applications where electronic intelligence was not previously used. The 6- and 8-pin PIC microcontrollers are also ideal for providing functions in a larger system such as LED control, power sequencing or battery authentication.
The devices are already supported by Microchip’s world-class development tools, including the free MPLAB® Integrated Development Environment (IDE) software and all of Microchip’s programmers. In addition, the PICkit™ 2 Starter Kit (DV164120) makes it easy for engineers to get started with Microchip’s low pin count microcontrollers.
In a RoHS-compliant 2×3 DFN package, the PIC10F and Baseline PIC microcontrollers are available now for general sampling.