Mid-range devices are available in various peripheral configurations and feature serial analog and digital peripherals, all of which are summarized in this slide. This on-chip integration is valuable since it is often necessary to interface the main microcontroller with external memories, digital sensor ICs, display devices or other controllers in a system. The EUSART and master SPI/I2C peripherals allow flexibility in configuration to many communication protocols. Furthermore, Microchip’s precision 10-bit ADCs and dual comparators with S/R Latch mode can replace costly external ADCs, 555 timers, simple op amps and other analog function ICs, thereby reducing system BOM and PCB footprint.