The General Instruments Microcontrollers created a PIC or peripheral interface microcontroller in 1993. This microcontroller was controlled by suitable software & programmed in such a way that it performed numerous tasks. Compared to other microcontrollers, these types are nearly functional, simple to discover & economical. Similarly, the PIC16F84A microcontroller manufactured by Microchip Technology Inc. is a convenient and amazing PIC microcontroller that helps you add some logic to … [Read more...]
PIC18f2550 Microcontroller : PinOut, Specifications, Architecture, Interfacing, Datasheet & Its Applications
PIC18F2550 is one of the cheapest 8-bit PIC18FXXXX series microcontrollers, designed by MICROCHIP. This series of PIC microcontrollers is very famous because of its cheapness, multiple features & performance. This microcontroller can be directly interfaced with the other personal computer. This is a very popular microcontroller, so most of the engineers and developers use it. This PIC microcontroller keeps the peripheral still active whenever the CPU core is on standby & utilization of … [Read more...]
ATmega328P Microcontroller : PinOut, Specifications, Architecture, Interfacing & Its Applications
ATmega328P microcontroller is created by Atmel within the megaAVR family after Microchip Technology acquired Atmel Corporation in 2016. This is the most popular microcontroller as compared to all AVR microcontrollers because this chip has been featured as a major part of Arduino boards for many years. This ATmega328P microcontroller is an affordable, high-performance & low-powered microcontroller based on an 8-bit RISC processor core. So, this microcontroller is the best choice for different … [Read more...]
PIC16f676 Microcontroller : PinOut, Specifications, Architecture, Circuit, Working & Its Applications
The PIC microcontroller (peripheral interface controller) was first launched in 1993 by Microchip Technologies. After that, Microchip technologies have developed many PIC series microcontrollers which are used for lighting applications to the advanced ones. This microcontroller is based on Harvard architecture. PIC microcontrollers allow simple programming as well as interfacing within the design of embedded systems. At present, most of the PIC microcontrollers used are 8-bit type but Microchip … [Read more...]
PIC18F4550 Microcontroller : PinOut, Features, Architecture, Interfacing, Datasheet & Its Applications
PIC microcontroller is a programmable device that is used mostly in embedded systems, and also various engineering projects. There are various microcontroller families available like 8051, AVR, PIC, ARM, etc. Among them, PIC is one type of microcontroller family made by Microchip Technology. These microcontrollers are divided into four large families; PIC10, PIC12, PIC16 & PIC 17/18. The term ‘PIC’ stands for Peripheral Interface Controller and currently, it is developed as a Programmable … [Read more...]
PIC16f877A Microcontroller: PinOut, Specifications, Interfacing & Its Applications
The peripheral interface controller microcontroller is one of the mostly used microcontrollers and which was launched by microchip technologies. This microcontroller includes different types of higher memory modules, microprocessor units, I/O ports, communication ports, timers/counters, interfacing ports, etc. This microcontroller is programmed using flash memory technology and it allows the stored data to be erased electrically & reprogrammed. So that it is very convenient to use in … [Read more...]
PIC12f675 Microcontroller : PinOut, Specifications, Functions, Circuit & Its Applications
The PIC microcontroller was designed and developed in 1993 by Microchip Technologies. These controllers are mainly used for interfacing computers & every peripheral device. So, it is named a peripheral interface controller. After that Microchip launched many PIC series microcontrollers to use in any application. The programming of PIC microcontrollers can be done using different software which is already available in the market but still, assembly language is used by some people for … [Read more...]
MSP430 Launchpad : Pin Configuration, Features, Interfacing & Its Applications
There are different types of development boards available like AVR, PIC, Intel Edison, Raspberry Pi, MSP430 Launchpad & ESP32 board. Among them, a development board like MSP430 Launchpad is a 16-bit microcontroller. In MSP430 Launchpad, the term “MSP” stands for Mixed Signal Processor. The family of this development board is taken from TI (Texas Instruments) and this board was introduced on 14th Feb 1992 and designed with a 16-bit CPU. This board was mainly designed for inexpensive & … [Read more...]
Interfacing ADC Peripheral with N76E003AT20 Microcontroller
The N76E003AT20 is a low-power, high-speed microcontroller from the N76E003 family designed and developed by Nuvoton. It is an 8-bit unit based on 8051 architecture MCU, with a total of 20 pins, of which 18 pins are GPIO pins, peripherals, and memory. It comes with a powerful oscillator of 16MHz, SPI connector, I2C protocol, self-wake-up timer, an A/D converter (ADC) with 12-bit resolution, PWM with 8-channels, 18K flash memory and a fault brake for motor controlling operation. These … [Read more...]
N76E003AT20 Microcontroller: Pin Configuration, Features & Its Applications
Major companies such as Texas Instruments, PIC, ST, and others provide many microcontrollers with different features and prices. But when it comes to differentiating these microcontrollers based on features and form factor versus price, choosing the right MCU for application between them will be very difficult. However, in 2008, a Taiwan-based semiconductor company called Nuvoton which was spun off as a subsidiary of Winbond offered many useful cost-effective microcontrollers, cutting-edge … [Read more...]