... significant developments in the continuing miniaturization of electronic hardware. Now, even trivial products, such as a musical birthday card or electronic price tag, can include an MCU. They ... later). In- Circuit Programming and Debugging Most PIC chips now support in- circuit programming and debugging (ICPD), which allows the program code to be downloaded and tested in the target hardware, ... Clock oscillator types ● Watchdog, power-up, brown-out timers ● Low-voltage programming ● Code protection ● In- circuit debug mode When programming the PIC microcontroller, certain...