PIC12F629 is an eight-pin 8-bit PIC Microcontroller with an operating voltage from 2V to 5.5V. It has 128 bytes of EEPROM with 4 internal oscillator configuration up to 4MHz (RC oscillator) with power-on-reset. It also has two timers (8bit and 16-bit) and one comparator.

This powerful (200 nanosecond instruction execution) yet easy-to-program (only 35 single word instructions) CMOS Flash-based 8-bit microcontroller comes with Microchip’s powerful PIC MCU architecture into an 8-pin package and features 1 channel comparator and 128 bytes of EEPROM data memory. This device is easily adapted for automotive, industrial, appliances and consumer entry-level product applications that require field re-programmability.

 

PIC12F629 Features & Specifications

• Program Memory Type: Flash
• Program Memory Size (KB): 1.75
• CPU Speed (MIPS/DMIPS): 5
• SRAM (B): 64
• Data EEPROM/HEF (bytes): 128
• Timers: 1 x 8-bit, 1 x 16-bit
• Number of Comparators: 1
• Temperature Range (°C): -40 to 125
• Operating Voltage Range (V): 2 to 5.5
• Pin Count: 8
• 6 I/O pins with individual direction control
• Power saving SLEEP mode
• Operating Current: 8.5 µA @ 32 kHz, 2.0V, typical

 

Programming PIC Microcontroller

To program the PIC microcontroller you will need an IDE (Integrated Development Environment, a compiler, and an IPE (Integrated Programming Environment).

IDE: MPLABX v3.35

IPE: MPLAB IPE v3.35

Compiler: XC8

Microchip has given all these three software for free. They can be downloaded directly from their official page.

 

Additional Resources:

• PIC12F629 Datasheet
• Programming PIC Microcontroller