Peripheral set and I/O count
Sixteen general-purpose I/O lines are available, along with on-chip peripherals including brown-out detect and reset (BOR), power-on reset (POR), a PWM timer, and a watchdog timer. The Slope A/D converter provides a basic analog measurement path without requiring an external ADC — enough for thermistor or potentiometer readout in a control loop.
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