PIC16C5X Data Sheet
EPROM/ROM-Based 8-bit
CMOS Microcontroller Series
© 2002 Microchip Technology Inc.
Preliminary
DS30453D
Note the following details of the code protection feature on PICmicro® MCUs.
• • • The PICmicro family meets the specifications contained in the Microchip Data Sheet.
Microchip believes that its family of PICmicro microcontrollers is one of the most secure products of its kind on the market today, when used in the intended manner and under normal conditions.
There are dishonest and possibly illegal methods used to breach the code protection feature.
All of these methods, to our knowledge, require using the PICmicro microcontroller in a manner outside the operating s...