Microchip Technology AC244045 Data Sheet

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© 2009 Microchip Technology Inc.
DS41341E-page 291
PIC16F72X/PIC16LF72X
APPENDIX A:
DATA SHEET 
REVISION HISTORY
Revision A
Original release.
Revision B
Electrical Specification updates; Package Drawings;
miscellaneous updates.
Revision C
Revised data sheet title; Revised Low-Power Features
section; Revised Section 6.2.2.4 RA3/AN3/V
REF
;
Revised Figure 16-8 Synchronous Reception.
Revision D
Removed the Preliminary Label; Updated the
“Electrical Characteristics” section; Added charts in the
“Char. Data” section; Deleted “Based 8-Bit CMOS”
from title; Updated the “Special Microcontroller
Features” section and the “Peripheral Features”
section; Changed the title of the “Low Power Features”
section into “Extreme Low-Power Management
PIC16LF72X with nanoWatt XLP” and updated this
section; Inserted new section – “Analog Features”
(page 1); Changed the title of the “Peripheral Features”
section into “Peripheral Highlights” and updated the
section. 
Revision E
Added paragraph to section 5.0 (LDO Voltage
Regulator); Updated the Electrical Specifications
section (Added another absolute Maximum Rating;
Updated section 23.1 and Table 23-4); Updated the Pin
Diagrams with the UQFN package; Updated Table 1,
adding UQFN; Updated section 23.5 (Thermal
Considerations); Updated the Packaging Information
section adding the UQFN Package; Updated the
Product Identification System section.
APPENDIX B:
MIGRATING FROM 
OTHER PIC
®
 
DEVICES
This discusses some of the issues in migrating from
other PIC
®
 devices to the PIC16F72X family of
devices.
B.1
PIC16F77 to PIC16F72X
TABLE B-1:
FEATURE COMPARISON
Feature
PIC16F77
PIC16F727
Max. Operating Speed
20 MHz
20 MHz
Max. Program 
Memory (Words)
8K
8K
Max. SRAM (Bytes)
368
368
A/D Resolution
8-bit
8-bit
Timers (8/16-bit)
2/1
2/1
Oscillator Modes
4
8
Brown-out Reset
Y
Y
Internal Pull-ups
RB<7:0>
RB<7:0>
Interrupt-on-change
RB<7:4>
RB<7:0>
Comparator
0
0
USART
Y
Y
Extended WDT
N
N
Software Control 
Option of WDT/BOR
N
N
INTOSC Frequencies
None
500 kHz - 
16 MHz
Clock Switching
N
N