The PIC18F8620 features a 'C' compiler friendly development environment, 1024 bytes of EEPROM, Self-programming, an ICD, 5 capture/compare/PWM functions, 16 channels of 10-bit Analog-to-Digital (A/D) converter, an additional timer, External Memory Addressing, 2 Comparators, the synchronous serial port can be configured as either 3-wire Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI™) or the 2-wire Inter-Integrated Circuit (I²C™) bus and 2 Addressable Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter (AUSART). All of these features make it ideal for manufacturing equipment, instrumentation and monitoring, data acquisition, power conditioning, environmental monitoring, telecom and consumer audio/video applications.