Devices Included in this Data Sheet:
• PIC16F872

Microcontroller Core Features:
• High-performance RISC CPU
• Only 35 single word instructions to learn
• All single cycle instructions except for program branches which are two cycle
• Operating speed: DC - 20 MHz clock input DC - 200 ns instruction cycle
• 2K x 14 words of FLASH Program Memory
   128 x 8 bytes of Data Memory (RAM)
   64 x 8 bytes of EEPROM Data Memory
• Pinout compatible to the PIC16C72A
• Interrupt capability (up to 10 sources)
• Eight level deep hardware stack
• Direct, indirect and relative addressing modes
• Power-on Reset (POR)
• Power-up Timer (PWRT) and Oscillator Start-up Timer (OST)
• Watchdog Timer (WDT) with its own on-chip RC oscillator for reliable operation
• Programmable code-protection
• Power saving SLEEP mode
• Selectable oscillator options
• Low-power, high-speed CMOS FLASH/EEPROM technology
• Fully static design
• In-Circuit Serial Programming (ICSP) via two pins
• Single 5V In-Circuit Serial Programming capability
• In-Circuit Debugging via two pins
• Processor read/write access to program memory
• Wide operating voltage range: 2.0V to 5.5V
• High Sink/Source Current: 25 mA
• Commercial and Industrial temperature ranges
• Low-power consumption:
   - < 2 mA typical @ 5V, 4 MHz
   - 20 µA typical @ 3V, 32 kHz
   - < 1 µA typical standby current

Peripheral Features:
• Timer0: 8-bit timer/counter with 8-bit prescaler
• Timer1: 16-bit timer/counter with prescaler, can be incremented during sleep via external crystal/clock
• Timer2: 8-bit timer/counter with 8-bit period register, prescaler and postscaler
• One Capture, Compare, PWM module
   - Capture is 16-bit, max. resolution is 12.5 ns
   - Compare is 16-bit, max. resolution is 200 ns
   - PWM max. resolution is 10-bit
• 10-bit multi-channel Analog-to-Digital converter
• Synchronous Serial Port (SSP) with SPI (Master Mode) and I2C (Master/Slave)
• Brown-out detection circuitry for Brown-out Reset (BOR)