Key Features of PIC16X84 Family of Microcontrollers

3 months ago
John Mulindi

PIC microcontrollers are fabricated by Microchip Technology. PIC16C84 and PIC16F84 are the two microcontrollers in the PIC16X84 family of microcontrollers.…

How to Create a PIC Tracing LEDs Project in C

3 months ago

I am creating this project in C language using MPLAB X IDE XC8 compiler. However, you may use any other…

ADD Instruction in Intel 8051 (MCS-51) Microcontroller

3 months ago

The ADD instruction tells the microcontroller’s CPU to add the source byte to register A and put the result in…

Main Features of Intel 8086 Microprocessor

3 months ago

8-bit microprocessors are limited in their speed (the number of instructions that can be executed in 1 s), directly addressable…

Basic Features of 68HC11 Family of Microcontrollers

3 months ago

The 68HC11 (also abbreviated as 6811 or HC11) is an 8-bit microcontroller that was introduced by Motorola in the year…

Process Synchronization using Semaphores

3 months ago

Mutual exclusion typically imposes some conditions on access to a given resource by two or more different processes. For instance,…

The Procedure for Designing a Microcontroller-Based System

4 months ago

In envisaging a new microcontroller design, it is prudent to follow a design procedure that will take you from the…

Main Features of 80C51, 87C51 and 80C31 Microcontrollers

4 months ago

All these three types of microcontrollers are 8-bit manufactured by NXP semiconductors with embedded Intel processors. Some of the key…

Key Features of Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs)

4 months ago

A field programmable gate array (FPGA) utilizes an array of logic blocks, which can be configured by the user. The…

How a Microcontroller can be used in a Temperature Measurement System

4 months ago

The figure below illustrates the key elements of a temperature measurement system employing a MC68HC11 microcontroller. Fig: Temperature measurement system…