A new family of the world’s smallest eight-bit microcontrollers with an integrated IEEE 802.3-compliant Ethernet communications peripheral is now available. The PIC18F97J60 family is optimized for embedded applications. It has an on-chip medium access controller (MAC) and physical layer device (PHY). By integrating a 10Base-T Ethernet controller onto a 10-MIPS PIC18 microcontroller with up to 128 KB of flash program memory, Microchip is providing embedded systems designers with a single-chip remote-communication solution for a wide range of applications.

Embedded engineers have long wanted to add remote monitoring and communication to their embedded designs, but previous solutions were expensive and complex. Due to the integration of the PIC18 8-bit microcontroller with a complete Ethernet controller, designers can now have network connectivity in 64- to 100-pin packages that is one of the most cost effective and easy-to-use Ethernet solutions. A free TCP/IP software stack to reduce development time is also available.

Key features for all nine members of the family include seamless migration from previous PIC18 designs, IEEE 802.3 compliance, and a dedicated 8-KB Ethernet buffer. The family also features 128 KB of flash memory and 4 KB of SRAM. This memory accommodates the TCP/IP stack with web server and leaves ample space for user application code.

All nine members of the PIC18F97J60 microcontroller family are available starting at $4.24 each in 10,000-unit quantities.  

Microchip Technology, Inc.
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