MICROPROCESSOR AND MICROCONTROLLER

PIC MICROCONTROLLER

ARCHITECTURE OF 8085

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In the PIC 16FXX, the program Counter is ____ bit wide
A
14
B
16
C
17
D
13
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Usually, PIC16F877 devices have a 13-bit wide program counter that is capable of addressing 8K×14 bit program memory space.

Detailed explanation-2: -PC is a 16-bit register. It contains a memory address. PC contains that very memory address from where the next instruction is to be fetched for execution.

Detailed explanation-3: -Each PIC18F member has a 21-bit program counter and hence is capable of addressing 2 MB of memory space.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Program Counter is a 13-bit wide register that keeps the position of the program while in execution.

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