http://www.microchip.com/16bit The top challenges facing todays embedded system designer are attaining product specifi cation and performance goals, achieving on-time market launch and meeting cost goals. Microchips PIC24 16-bit Microcontroller Families deliver the performance, peripherals, software and hardware development tools and production support to reach these objectives. UART: Asynchronous channel supporting LIN, IrDA®, RS-232, RS-485 with 4-deep FIFO buffer or DMA SPI: High-speed synchronous channel including 8-deep FIFO buffer or DMA I2C™: Support Multi-Master/Slave mode with 7-bit/10-bit addressing