WEEK 9

Try study more about PIC16F877A

Microcontroller PIC16F877A is one of the PICMicro Family Microcontroller. It is popular for beginner because it is easy to use and it has FLASH memory technology that can be write and erase until thousand times. The superiority this RISC Microcontroller compared to another is at the speed and code compression. This PIC16F877A have 40 pins by 33 path of I/O.

 PIC16F877A fits for many uses and it is also ideal for smart cards as well as for battery supplied device because of its low consumption. The EEPROM memory makes it easier to apply microcontrollers to device where permanent storage of various parameter such as codes for transmitters, motor speed, receiver frequencies and etc are needed. PIC16F877A is applicable in many areas due to the low cost, low consumption, easy handling and the flexibility. The capability of this PIC is it can be used to create assembly line production, store calibration data only after final testing and can improve programs on finished products.

The reason of using this chip as main part is because of this PIC have small instruction set to learn, RISC architecture, built in oscillator with selectable speeds and wide range of interfaces such as USB, USART, A/D, PWM, programmable comparator, PSP and Ether