confused on all the types of pics

[kud0s]

hello, im just starting out to lern pics i did a quick search but could't find the answer to my question,

can someone explane what is the meaning of the end two/three letters on the pic number eg.

PIC16F873-04/P
PIC16F876-04/SP
PIC16F872-I/SP
PIC16F872-I/SP
PIC16C711/JW

etc, im refearing to the parts in bold

probly simple explanation :roll: but hay we all start some where right.


thanks
robert

 

[samcheetah]

04/P means that microchip recommends that this specific part should be used with a crystal having a maximum frequency of 4MHz and the package of the part is Plastic DIP

04/SP means the same as far as the frequency is concerned but SP tells you that the package is a skinny plastic DIP.

in I/SP the I means that the part is an industrial grade part and i have already told you about the SP

JW tells you that the part is a windowed part.

i hope that helps

 

[kud0s]

thanks for that

all is clear to me now, new it was somethink as simple as that but didt know what quite lol 8)

 

[pboese]

Microchip data sheets

The package information for each of Microhip's device families can usually be found in the data sheets. Visit their website https://www.microchip.com/ and take a look at the product pages. There will be links specifc to each device family e.g.: **broken link removed** A very user friendly website IMHO