At a high level, Microchip has four 8-bit architectures which fill a wide range of pricing and performance options: the low-cost and small sized baseline family contains PIC10, some PIC12 and some PIC16 devices; the mid-range family brings optimal cost to performance ratio featuring members of the PIC12 and PIC16 families; the enhanced mid-range family expands on the mid-range devices adding more performance and  memory at a cost-effective price point, and is identified by the one and three subsequent digits following the “F” in the product identification number; and PIC18 devices, featuring the highest performing members in the 8-bit family adding advanced peripherals such as Ethernet, USB, CAN and Real Time Clock Calendar. Microchip’s 8-bit families feature products in a variety of packages with pin counts ranging from six to one hundred pins, providing flexibility to meet most customer design and space requirements.