This powerful (200 nanosecond instruction execution) yet easy-to-program (only 35 single word instructions) CMOS Flash-based 8-bit microcontroller packs Microchips powerful PIC MCU architecture into an 8-pin package and features 4 channels for the10-bit Analog-to-Digital (A/D) converter, 1 channel comparator and 128 bytes of EEPROM data memory. This device is easily adapted for automotive, industrial, appliances and consumer entry-level product applications that require field re-programmability.