This powerful 10 MIPS (100 nanoseconds instruction execution), but easy to program (only 77 one-word instructions) CMOS Flash-based 8-bit microcontroller packs Microchip's powerful PIC® architecture into a 28-pin package and is upward compatible. Provides a seamless migration path for PIC16C5X, PIC12CXXX, PIC16CXX and PIC17CXX devices and software code to higher levels of hardware integration.