DEVICE OVERVIEW

The PIC16(L)F1516/7/8/9 are described within this data sheet. Figure 1-1 shows a block diagram of the PIC16(L)F1516/7/8/9 devices. Table 1-2 shows the pinout descriptions.

Reference Table 1-1 for peripherals available per device.

Devices Included In This Data Sheet:

• PIC16F1516 • PIC16LF1516

• PIC16F1517 • PIC16LF1517

• PIC16F1518 • PIC16LF1518

• PIC16F1519 • PIC16LF1519

High-Performance RISC CPU:

• C Compiler Optimized Architecture

• Only 49 Instructions

• Up to 28 Kbytes Linear Program Memory Addressing

• Up to 1024 Bytes Linear Data Memory Addressing

• Operating Speed:

- DC – 20 MHz clock input @ 2.5V

- DC – 16 MHz clock input @ 1.8V

- DC – 200 ns instruction cycle

• Interrupt Capability with Automatic Context Saving

• 16-Level Deep Hardware Stack with Optional Overflow/Underflow Reset

• Direct, Indirect and Relative Addressing modes:

- Two full 16-bit File Select Registers (FSRs)

- FSRs can read program and data memory

Flexible Oscillator Structure:

• 16 MHz Internal Oscillator Block:

- Software selectable frequency range from 16 MHz to 31 kHz

• 31 kHz Low-Power Internal Oscillator

• External Oscillator Block with:

- Four crystal/resonator modes up to 20 MHz

- Three external clock modes up to 20 MHz

• Fail-Safe Clock Monitor

- Allows for safe shutdown if peripheral clock stops

• Two-Speed Oscillator Start-up

• Oscillator Start-up Timer (OST)

Analog Features:

• Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC):

- 10-bit resolution

- Up to 28 channels

- Auto acquisition capability

- Conversion available during Sleep

• Voltage Reference module:

- Fixed Voltage Reference (FVR) with 1.024V, 2.048V and 4.096V output levels

• Temperature Indicator

Extreme Low-Power Management PIC16LF1516/7/8/9 with XLP:

• Sleep mode: 20 nA @ 1.8V, typical

• Watchdog Timer: 300 nA @ 1.8V, typical

• Secondary Oscillator: 600 nA @ 32 kHz

• Operating Current: 30 A/MHz @ 1.8V, typical

Special Microcontroller Features:

• Operating Voltage Range:

- 2.3V-5.5V (PIC16F1516/7/8/9)

- 1.8V-3.6V (PIC16LF1516/7/8/9)

• Self-Programmable under Software Control

• Power-on Reset (POR)

• Power-up Timer (PWRT)

• Low-Power Brown-out Reset (LPBOR)

• Extended Watchdog Timer (WDT)

• In-Circuit Serial Programming™ (ICSP™) via two pins

• In-Circuit Debug (ICD) via Two Pins

• Enhanced Low-Voltage Programming (LVP)

• Programmable Code Protection

• Low-Power Sleep mode

• 128 Bytes High-Endurance Flash

- 100,000 write Flash endurance (minimum)

Peripheral Highlights:

• Up to 35 I/O Pins and 1 Input-Only Pin:

- High current sink/source 25 mA/25 mA

- Individually programmable weak pull-ups

- Individually programmable interrupt-on-change (IOC) pins

• Timer0: 8-Bit Timer/Counter with 8-Bit Prescaler

• Enhanced Timer1:

- 16-bit timer/counter with prescaler

- External Gate Input mode

- Low-power 32 kHz secondary oscillator driver

• Timer2: 8-Bit Timer/Counter with 8-Bit Period Register, Prescaler and Postscaler

• Two Capture/Compare (CCP) modules:

• Master Synchronous Serial Port (MSSP) with SPI and I2CTM with:

- 7-bit address masking

- SMBus/PMBusTM compatibility

• Enhanced Universal Synchronous Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter (EUSART) module:

- RS-232, RS-485 and LIN compatible

- Auto-Baud Detect

- Auto-wake-up on start