The Infineon AM186CC-40KI is a microcontroller that belongs to the 8-bit Advanced Microcontroller (AM) family. It has a 16-bit core operating at up to 40 MHz and is based on the 8xC186 architecture. It features 4k bytes of on-chip RAM for program storage, 32k of on-chip ROM for data storage, and a JTAG debugging interface. It integrates a 16-bit timer and four 8-bit timer/counters, as well as one output capture/ compare unit, plus several peripheral modules such as a synchronous serial port and an analog to digital converter. It is a specialized industrial microcontroller with a specialized application in mind, capable of addressing intelligent real-time control, as well as communications applications.