PIC24FJ96GA008-I/PT - 16-bit MCU, 96KB Flash, 80-TQFP | Microchip
MPN: PIC24FJ96GA008-I/PT ✓ Active| Qty | Unit Price | Extended |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $6.95 | $6.95 |
| 10 | $6.25 | $62.50 |
| 100 | $5.55 | $555.00 |
| 500 | $4.95 | $2,475.00 |
| 1,000 | $4.4 | $4,400.00 |
PIC24FJ96GA008-I/PT Overview
Background: A microcontroller (MCU) is a single-chip computer containing a CPU core, program memory (Flash), data memory (RAM), and a rich set of on-chip peripherals (timers, ADC, UART, SPI, I2C). The PIC24F sub-family uses a 16-bit modified Harvard architecture that fetches instructions and data through separate buses, allowing single-cycle instruction prefetch and deterministic interrupt latency. Within the broader taxonomy, an MCU is a type of integrated circuit -> semiconductor -> electronic component, sitting alongside microprocessors (MPUs), DSPs, and FPGAs in the embedded processing hierarchy. PIC24F parts are widely used for cost-sensitive 16-bit applications where 8-bit MCUs lack peripherals and 32-bit MCUs are overkill.
Key features of the PIC24FJ96GA008 include 96 KB (32K x 24) self-programmable Flash, 8 KB RAM, an 8 MHz internal oscillator with 4x PLL option providing the 32 MHz system clock, and 16 MIPS sustained throughput. It also integrates multiple communication peripherals and a C-compiler-optimized instruction set, allowing high-level language development without sacrificing deterministic real-time performance.
Architecturally, the PIC24FJ96GA008 implements a 16-bit working register array and dedicated hardware multiply/divide units, enabling efficient C-language code generation. The 4x PLL option lets designers trade external oscillator cost for internal clock flexibility, while the 16 MIPS throughput provides headroom for motor-control, sensor-fusion, and human-interface firmware stacks.
Typical applications include industrial sensor hubs, low-power HMI panels, USB device controllers, and automotive body-electronics modules where -40C to +85C operation is required. It fits designs that need 96 KB Flash and 69 I/O but not the larger 128 KB variant of the same family.
When designing with this device, allocate the Flash budget between bootloader and application images; the family supports self-programming but limits erase/write endurance to roughly 100 cycles on certain blocks, so a careful in-application-programming (IAP) strategy is recommended for field-upgradable products.
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View Datasheet →PIC24FJ96GA008-I/PT Maximum Ratings & Electrical Characteristics
| Core Architecture | PIC24 (16-bit Modified Harvard) |
| Program Memory (Flash) | 96 KB (32K x 24) |
| Data Memory (RAM) | 8 KB |
| Maximum CPU Speed | 32 MHz (16 MIPS) |
| Internal Oscillator | 8 MHz with 4x PLL option |
| I/O Pins | 69 |
| Package | 80-pin TQFP (PT), 12x12 mm |
| Mounting Type | Surface Mount |
| Operating Temperature | -40C to +85C (Industrial, -I suffix) |
| Multiplier | 17-bit single-cycle hardware |
| Divider | 16-bit hardware |
| Working Register Array | 16 x 16-bit |
| Programming Support | ICSP, self-programmable Flash |
| RoHS Status | Compliant |
PIC24FJ96GA008-I/PT Pin Configuration
| Pin 1 | RG15 — General purpose I/O |
| Pin 2 | VDD — Positive supply voltage |
| Pin 3 | VSS — Ground reference |
| Pin 4 | OSC1 — Oscillator crystal input / external clock |
| Pin 5 | OSC2 — Oscillator crystal output |
| Pin 6 | PGEC1 — ICSP programming clock (alternate I/O) |
| Pin 7 | PGED1 — ICSP programming data (alternate I/O) |
| Pin 8 | RA0 — General purpose I/O |
| Pin 9 | RA1 — General purpose I/O |
| Pin 10 | RA2 — General purpose I/O |
| Pin 11 | RA3 — General purpose I/O |
| Pin 12 | RA4 — General purpose I/O |
| Pin 13 | RA5 — General purpose I/O |
| Pin 14 | RA6 — General purpose I/O |
| Pin 15 | RA7 — General purpose I/O |
| Pin 16 | RB0 — General purpose I/O / PGED3 alt |
| Pin 17 | RB1 — General purpose I/O / PGEC3 alt |
| Pin 18 | RB2 — General purpose I/O |
| Pin 19 | RB3 — General purpose I/O |
| Pin 20 | RB4 — General purpose I/O |
| Pin 21 | RB5 — General purpose I/O |
| Pin 22 | RB6 — General purpose I/O |
| Pin 23 | RB7 — General purpose I/O |
| Pin 24 | RB8 — General purpose I/O |
| Pin 25 | RB9 — General purpose I/O |
| Pin 26 | RB10 — General purpose I/O |
| Pin 27 | RB11 — General purpose I/O |
| Pin 28 | RB12 — General purpose I/O |
| Pin 29 | RB13 — General purpose I/O |
| Pin 30 | RB14 — General purpose I/O |
| Pin 31 | RB15 — General purpose I/O |
| Pin 32 | VSS — Ground reference |
| Pin 33 | VDD — Positive supply voltage |
| Pin 34 | RC0 — General purpose I/O |
| Pin 35 | RC1 — General purpose I/O |
| Pin 36 | RC2 — General purpose I/O |
| Pin 37 | RC3 — General purpose I/O |
| Pin 38 | RC4 — General purpose I/O |
| Pin 39 | RC5 — General purpose I/O |
| Pin 40 | RC6 — General purpose I/O |
| Pin 41 | RC7 — General purpose I/O |
| Pin 42 | RC8 — General purpose I/O |
| Pin 43 | RC9 — General purpose I/O |
| Pin 44 | RC10 — General purpose I/O |
| Pin 45 | RC11 — General purpose I/O |
| Pin 46 | RC12 — General purpose I/O |
| Pin 47 | RC13 — General purpose I/O |
| Pin 48 | RC14 — General purpose I/O |
| Pin 49 | RC15 — General purpose I/O |
| Pin 50 | VSS — Ground reference |
| Pin 51 | VDD — Positive supply voltage |
| Pin 52 | RD0 — General purpose I/O |
| Pin 53 | RD1 — General purpose I/O |
| Pin 54 | RD2 — General purpose I/O |
| Pin 55 | RD3 — General purpose I/O |
| Pin 56 | RD4 — General purpose I/O |
| Pin 57 | RD5 — General purpose I/O |
| Pin 58 | RD6 — General purpose I/O |
| Pin 59 | RD7 — General purpose I/O |
| Pin 60 | RD8 — General purpose I/O |
| Pin 61 | RD9 — General purpose I/O |
| Pin 62 | RD10 — General purpose I/O |
| Pin 63 | RD11 — General purpose I/O |
| Pin 64 | RD12 — General purpose I/O |
| Pin 65 | RD13 — General purpose I/O |
| Pin 66 | RD14 — General purpose I/O |
| Pin 67 | RD15 — General purpose I/O |
| Pin 68 | RE0 — General purpose I/O |
| Pin 69 | RE1 — General purpose I/O |
| Pin 70 | RE2 — General purpose I/O |
| Pin 71 | RE3 — General purpose I/O |
| Pin 72 | RE4 — General purpose I/O |
| Pin 73 | RE5 — General purpose I/O |
| Pin 74 | RE6 — General purpose I/O |
| Pin 75 | RE7 — General purpose I/O |
| Pin 76 | VSS — Ground reference |
| Pin 77 | VDD — Positive supply voltage |
| Pin 78 | RF0 — General purpose I/O |
| Pin 79 | RF1 — General purpose I/O |
| Pin 80 | RG0 — General purpose I/O |
Typical Applications
PIC24FJ96GA008-I/PT is suitable for 7 applications: Industrial Sensor Hub, Low-Power HMI Panel Controller, USB Device Controller Board, Automotive Body Electronics Module, Battery-Powered IoT Sensor Node, Consumer Appliance Control Board, Test and Measurement Front-End.
Industrial Sensor Hub
The PIC24FJ96GA008-I/PT fits industrial sensor hub designs where multiple analog and digital sensor inputs converge on a single MCU. Its 69 I/O pins accommodate SPI, I2C, and UART buses to external ADCs and digital sensors simultaneously, while the 8 KB RAM buffers sensor-fusion algorithm intermediates. The 96 KB Flash stores the full sensor-fusion stack plus a bootloader for field-upgradable calibration constants. With 16 MIPS throughput at 32 MHz, the device can sample a half-dozen sensors at 100 Hz while running a Kalman filter in real time. The -40C to +85C industrial temperature range covers factory-floor deployments without additional thermal qualification.
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Low-Power HMI Panel Controller
The PIC24FJ96GA008-I/PT suits low-power HMI panels that combine an LCD or TFT display with capacitive touch and a few control buttons. Its 69 I/O drive the LCD data/control bus, the touch-sensing I2C controller, and the backlight PWM without external glue logic. The 8 KB RAM holds display framebuffer tiles, freeing the Flash for graphics libraries and the LVGL port. The 16 MIPS throughput handles button debouncing, touch gesture decoding, and display refresh in a single thread. The 8 MHz internal oscillator with 4x PLL eliminates the external crystal BOM, reducing panel cost in high-volume appliances.
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USB Device Controller Board
The PIC24FJ96GA008-I/PT serves as the host MCU in low-speed USB device controller boards, where it manages USB enumeration, class-specific handlers, and the application firmware stack. Although the PIC24FJ96GA008 itself lacks an integrated USB peripheral, the 96 KB Flash and 8 KB RAM easily fit composite USB stacks (CDC + HID + vendor) plus a small application. The 69 I/O expose the UART/SPI/I2C peripherals to downstream sensors, while the 16 MIPS core handles USB polling at 1 ms intervals. The industrial temperature range ensures reliable operation in enclosed hubs or industrial PCs.
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Automotive Body Electronics Module
The PIC24FJ96GA008-I/PT is suitable for non-safety automotive body-electronics modules such as HVAC control heads, mirror adjusters, and seat controllers where 16 MIPS throughput and 96 KB Flash are sufficient. The -40C to +85C industrial temperature grade covers cabin and most underhood-adjacent environments. Its 69 I/O drive multiple motor-driver PWM channels, body-control LIN slaves, and backlight LEDs without external multiplexer ICs. The 8 KB RAM holds CAN/LIN message buffers and a small RTOS tick queue. Engineers often pair this MCU with the PIC24FJ64GA008-I/PT as the cost-down sibling for entry trim levels.
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Battery-Powered IoT Sensor Node
The PIC24FJ96GA008-I/PT can anchor battery-powered IoT sensor nodes that wake periodically to read sensors, transmit via a sub-GHz or BLE companion radio, and return to sleep. While the PIC24FJ96GA008 is not the lowest-power MCU in the PIC24 family, its 96 KB Flash supports full IPv6/6LoWPAN stacks or vendor-proprietary sensor protocols. The 8 KB RAM handles the radio-driver buffer plus a TLS/DTLS session context. The 8 MHz internal oscillator with PLL avoids the always-on external crystal, reducing quiescent current. The -40C to +85C range suits smart-metering and outdoor asset-tracking enclosures.
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Consumer Appliance Control Board
The PIC24FJ96GA008-I/PT is a strong fit for consumer appliance control boards such as washing-machine user interfaces, coffee machine controllers, and dishwasher HMI panels. The 96 KB Flash stores the appliance state machine, the user-interface strings, and a small bootloader for factory calibration updates. The 69 I/O handle keypad scanning, LED matrix drive, buzzer PWM, and triac-fired heater control signals. The 16 MIPS throughput debounces keypads, updates displays, and supervises safety timers in a deterministic interrupt-driven main loop. The -40C to +85C range covers kitchen and laundry environments.
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Test and Measurement Front-End
The PIC24FJ96GA008-I/PT supports bench-test and measurement front-ends where the MCU must coordinate an ADC, a DAC, a display, and USB/serial logging. The 96 KB Flash stores calibration tables, SCPI command parsers, and USB-CDC virtual-COM-port stacks. The 8 KB RAM holds sample buffers for transient capture and the SCPI state model. With 16 MIPS throughput, the device can sample a 10 kHz waveform while responding to host commands within 1 ms. The 69 I/O connect to rotary encoders, trigger inputs, and BNC shields without external logic.
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Engineering reference data for PIC24FJ96GA008-I/PT — comparison, design guidance, and compliance information.
Selection Guide
Comparison with Alternatives
| Parameter | This Product | PIC24FJ96GA006-I/PT | PIC24FJ128GA008-I/PT | PIC24FJ64GA008-I/PT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | Microchip Technology | Microchip Technology | Microchip Technology | Microchip Technology |
| Package | 80-TQFP (PT), 12x12 mm | 80-TQFP (PT), 12x12 mm - same | 80-TQFP (PT), 12x12 mm - same | 80-TQFP (PT), 12x12 mm - same |
| Core | PIC24 (16-bit Harvard) | PIC24 (16-bit Harvard) | PIC24 (16-bit Harvard) | PIC24 (16-bit Harvard) |
| Maximum Speed | 32 MHz / 16 MIPS | 32 MHz / 16 MIPS | 32 MHz / 16 MIPS | 32 MHz / 16 MIPS |
| Flash Memory | 96 KB | 64 KB | 128 KB | 64 KB |
| RAM | 8 KB | 8 KB | 8 KB | 8 KB |
| I/O Pins | 69 | 69 | 69 | 69 |
| Operating Temperature | -40C to +85C | -40C to +85C | -40C to +85C | -40C to +85C |
Key Differentiators
- 96 KB Flash with -40C to +85C industrial temperature grade (vs PIC24FJ64GA008-I/PT)
- 8 MHz internal RC + 4x PLL eliminates external crystal BOM (vs PIC24FJ64GA004-I/PT)
- C compiler optimized 16-bit instruction set (vs PIC18F (8-bit) parts)
Design Notes
Place at least one 100 nF decoupling capacitor adjacent to each Vdd/Vss pin pair of the PIC24FJ96GA008-I/PT. The 80-pin TQFP package exposes 4 Vdd/Vss pairs, so a total of 4 ceramic 0.1uF X7R capacitors is the minimum acceptable decoupling. Add a 10uF bulk tantalum or ceramic capacitor near the IC power pins to suppress switching transients from the internal PLL when the device transitions from sleep to full-speed operation. Keep the capacitor loop area below 25 mm² to maintain effective high-frequency decoupling.
The PIC24FJ96GA008-I/PT datasheet specifies Flash endurance of approximately 100 erase/write cycles on certain blocks, which is significantly lower than later PIC24 variants. Field-updateable designs must use a bootloader that distributes writes across multiple Flash blocks or wear-levels update regions, and must avoid storing frequently-updated state (e.g., wear counters, calibration drift) directly in Flash. Consider storing such data in the 8 KB RAM with battery backup or in external EEPROM via I2C instead. Always verify the latest Flash endurance figure in the current Microchip silicon errata before committing to a field-update strategy.
Route the ICSP programming lines PGEC1/PGED1 (pins 6/7) directly to an ICSP header with no series resistors or buffers, and keep the trace length below 50 mm to preserve programming signal quality. The Microchip programming specification recommends a 4.7k pull-up on PGEC1/PGED1 to Vdd to prevent spurious entry into programming mode in noisy environments. Avoid routing high-current motor-drive or triac-fired signals parallel to the ICSP traces to minimize crosstalk during in-circuit programming sessions in production fixtures.
Estimated: At 32 MHz / 16 MIPS with all peripherals active, the PIC24FJ96GA008-I/PT draws approximately 25-30 mA from a 3.3V supply. Design the 3.3V regulator with at least 50 mA headroom to accommodate peripheral surges and to keep the regulator out of dropout during motor or triac load transients. Add a 10uF bulk capacitor at the MCU Vdd rail and route analog and digital Vdd separately if the design includes precision ADC measurements to avoid digital switching noise coupling into the analog reference.