16F8X Family

The PIC16F8X family
The PIC16F8X family of devices are CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor)
microcontrollers consisting of the PIC16F83, PIC16C83, PIC16F84, PIC16C84, PIC16LCR8X
and PIC16LF8X types.
CMOS technology offers a number of advantages over other technologies. For example, CMOS
circuits consume very little power, operate over quite a wide voltage range and are quite forgiving
of bad layout and electrical noise. The PIC16X8X is available in an 18 pin IC package as shown
in Figure 2.1. The IC consists of two pins for the power supply, two pins for the oscillator, OSC1
and OSC2, a pin for the master reset clear line MCLR and 13 pins for input/output (I/O) ports,
RA0 to RA4 and RB0 to RB7.