T*he PIC16F161X family continues our longstanding tradition of innovation in 8-bit MCUs, with several features designed to enhance system response, efficiency, and security, while minimizing design time and effort. With pin counts from 8 to 20 pins, Program Memory sizes up to 14 KB, and a number of Core Independent Peripherals, the PIC16F161x devices can be used in a wide variety of applications, ranging from white goods to gas and electric power tools.
**Design in Man-Weeks, Not Man-Months
**By abstracting commonly requested system functions into flexible on-chip hardware modules, we’ve not only increased the PIC16F161x family’s throughput and CPU bandwidth, we’ve also enabled a significant reduction in software design effort necessary to architect those functions. Now, complex PID control loops can be created with as few as seven instructions to set them up. Power management signaling over standard communication protocols, such as HDMI, can be decoded without requiring custom hardware. Using MPLAB® Code Configurator, many functions can be set up in minutes, drastically reducing design time.
**Enablement**
The Math Accelerator offers completely Core Independent calculations, with the capability to perform 16-bit math and PID operations. Offloading these functions leaves the CPU free to perform other system tasks, consumes less program memory, and reduces the overall power consumption of the MCU.
