The PIC18F8520 is the natural extension of the PIC18F452 device, providing more RAM, more I/Os, a second serial communication port (as well as more timers and CCP modules) on top of the same peripheral set. It is also upward software compatible with PIC16 and PIC17 devices with a pin-out that is functionally compatible with the PIC17C76X family of OTP devices. This powerful (10 MIPS) 8-bit microcontroller packs Microchip's PIC18 architecture into a 80-pin package with 32 Kbytes of Enhanced Flash program memory, 2 Kbytes of RAM, 1 Kbyte of data EEPROM, double Addressable USART, and the largest selection of analog and digital peripherals, including External Memory Addressing (up to 2 Mbytes). It is ideal for connectivity applications that benefit from the availability of the double asyncronous serial port, the flexible synchronous serial port (I²C™ or SPI™) as well as large amounts of RAM buffer memory and Flash program memory. These include instrumentation panels, TCP/IP enabled embedded applications as well as metering and industrial control and monitoring applications.
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The Explorer 8 Development Kit is a full-featured development board and platform for 8-bit PIC® microcontrollers. This kit is a versatile development solution, featuring several options for external sensors, off-board communication and human interface. Additionally, it offers ample room for expansion, making it an excellent solution for developers and engineers looking for a...
Microchip’s PICkit™ 3 In-Circuit Debugger/Programmer uses in-circuit debugging logic incorporated into each chip with Flash memory to provide a low-cost hardware debugger and programmer. In-circuit debugging offers these benefits:
Debug Features:
Break on stack overflow:True
Pgm-memory HW breakpoints:1
Data-memory breakpoints:1
Pass counter:True
MPLAB® ICD 3 In-Circuit Debugger System is Microchip's most cost effective high-speed hardware debugger/programmer for Microchip Flash Digital Signal Controller (DSC) and microcontroller (MCU) devices. It debugs and programs PIC® Flash microcontrollers and dsPIC® DSCs with the powerful, yet easy-to-use graphical user interface of MPLAB Integrated Development Environment (IDE).
Debug Features:
Break on stack overflow:True
Pgm-memory HW breakpoints:1
Data-memory breakpoints:1
Pgm-memory SW breakpoints:Unlimited
Pass counter:True
MPLAB REAL ICE In-Circuit Emulator System is Microchip’s next generation high speed emulator for Microchip Flash DSC® and MCU devices. It debugs and programs PIC® and dsPIC® Flash microcontrollers with the easy-to-use but powerful graphical user interface of the MPLAB Integrated Development Environment (IDE), included with each kit.
The MPLAB REAL ICE probe is connected...
Debug Features:
SPI Trace:True (Requires Compiler Support)
Break on stack overflow:True
Pgm-memory HW breakpoints:1
Data-memory breakpoints:1
I/O Port Trace:True (Requires Compiler Support)
Pgm-memory SW breakpoints:Unlimited
Pass counter:True
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MPLAB® ICD 3 In-Circuit Debugger System is Microchip's most cost effective high-speed hardware debugger/programmer for Microchip Flash Digital Signal Controller (DSC) and microcontroller (MCU) devices. It debugs and programs PIC® Flash microcontrollers and dsPIC® DSCs with the powerful, yet easy-to-use graphical user interface of MPLAB Integrated Development Environment (IDE).
Microchip’s PICkit™ 3 In-Circuit Debugger/Programmer uses in-circuit debugging logic incorporated into each chip with Flash memory to provide a low-cost hardware debugger and programmer. In-circuit debugging offers these benefits:
MPLAB REAL ICE In-Circuit Emulator System is Microchip’s next generation high speed emulator for Microchip Flash DSC® and MCU devices. It debugs and programs PIC® and dsPIC® Flash microcontrollers with the easy-to-use but powerful graphical user interface of the MPLAB Integrated Development Environment (IDE), included with each kit.
The MPLAB REAL ICE probe is connected...









