• Only 35 instructions to learn

– All single-cycle instructions except branches

• Operating speed:

– DC – 20 MHz oscillator/clock input

– DC – 200 ns instruction cycle

• Interrupt capability
• 8-level deep hardware stack
• Direct, Indirect, and Relative Addressing modes

Special Microcontroller Features:

• Internal and external oscillator options

– Precision Internal 4 MHz oscillator factory

calibrated to ±1%

– External Oscillator support for crystals and

resonators

– 5 μs wake-up from SLEEP, 3.0V, typical

• Power saving SLEEP mode
• Wide operating voltage range – 2.0V to 5.5V
• Industrial and Extended temperature range
• Low power Power-on Reset (POR)
• Power-up Timer (PWRT) and Oscillator Start-up

Timer (OST)

• Brown-out Detect (BOD)
• Watchdog Timer (WDT) with independent

oscillator for reliable operation

• Multiplexed MCLR/Input-pin
• Interrupt-on-pin change
• Individual programmable weak pull-ups
• Programmable code protection
• High Endurance FLASH/EEPROM Cell

– 100,000 write FLASH endurance

– 1,000,000 write EEPROM endurance

– FLASH/Data EEPROM Retention: > 40 years

• Standby Current:

– 1 nA @ 2.0V, typical

• Operating Current:

– 8.5 μA @ 32 kHz, 2.0V, typical

– 100 μA @ 1 MHz, 2.0V, typical

• Watchdog Timer Current

– 300 nA @ 2.0V, typical

• Timer1 oscillator current:

– 4 μA @ 32 kHz, 2.0V, typical

Peripheral Features:

• 12 I/O pins with individual direction control
• High current sink/source for direct LED drive
• Analog comparator module with:

– One analog comparator

– Programmable on-chip comparator voltage

reference (CVREF) module

– Programmable input multiplexing from device

inputs

– Comparator output is externally accessible

• Analog-to-Digital Converter module (PIC16F676):

– 10-bit resolution

– Programmable 8-channel input

– Voltage reference input

• Timer0: 8-bit timer/counter with 8-bit

programmable prescaler

• Enhanced Timer1:

– 16-bit timer/counter with prescaler

– External Gate Input mode

– Option to use OSC1 and OSC2 in LP mode

as Timer1 oscillator, if INTOSC mode

selected

• In-Circuit Serial ProgrammingTM (ICSPTM) via

two pins