The PIC18F family is Microchip’s highest performing 8-bit MCU. This family has up to 128kB of Flash program memory and is available in a variety of packages. The RISC architecture with single instruction word execution allows for optimal performance with up to 16 MIPS of processing speed. The PIC18F family is subdivided into three categories: the traditional PIC18F, the PIC18 J-series, the new PIC18F K-series.