 2002 Microchip Technology Inc.

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applications and the like is intended through suggestion only

and may be superseded by updates. It is your responsibility to

ensure that your application meets with your specifications.

No representation or warranty is given and no liability is

assumed by Microchip Technology Incorporated with respect

to the accuracy or use of such information, or infringement of

patents or other intellectual property rights arising from such

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rights.

Trademarks

The Microchip name and logo, the Microchip logo, FilterLab,

MPLAB, PIC, PICmicro, PICMASTER,

PICSTART, PRO MATE, SEEVAL and The Embedded Control

Solutions Company are registered trademarks of Microchip Tech-

nology Incorporated in the U.S.A. and other countries.

dsPIC, ECONOMONITOR, FanSense, FlexROM, fuzzyLAB,

In-Circuit Serial Programming, ICSP, ICEPIC, microPort,

Migratable Memory, MPASM, MPLIB, MPLINK, MPSIM,

MXDEV, PICC, PICDEM, PICDEM.net, rfPIC, Select Mode

and Total Endurance are trademarks of Microchip Technology

Incorporated in the U.S.A.

Serialized Quick Turn Programming (SQTP) is a service mark

of Microchip Technology Incorporated in the U.S.A.

All other trademarks mentioned herein are property of their

respective companies.

© 2002, Microchip Technology Incorporated, Printed in the

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Microchip received QS-9000 quality system

certification for its worldwide headquarters,

design and wafer fabrication facilities in

Chandler and Tempe, Arizona in July 1999. The

Company’s quality system processes and

procedures are QS-9000 compliant for its

devices, Serial EEPROMs and microperipheral

products. In addition, Microchip’s quality

system for the design and manufacture of

development systems is ISO 9001 certified.

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The PICmicro family meets the specifications contained in the Microchip Data Sheet.

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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.

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There are dishonest and possibly illegal methods used to breach the code protection feature. All of these methods, to our knowl-

edge, require using the PICmicro microcontroller in a manner outside the operating specifications contained in the data sheet.

The person doing so may be engaged in theft of intellectual property.

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Microchip is willing to work with the customer who is concerned about the integrity of their code.

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Neither Microchip nor any other semiconductor manufacturer can guarantee the security of their code. Code protection does not

mean that we are guaranteeing the product as “unbreakable”.

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Code protection is constantly evolving. We at Microchip are committed to continuously improving the code protection features of

our product.

If you have any further questions about this matter, please contact the local sales office nearest to you.