John Mulindi

John Mulindi has a background in a technical field and he writes on topics ranging from automation, computer systems, embedded systems, mechatronics to measurement and control.

Rigid-Flex PCBs: Enhancing Durability and Flexibility in Electronic Devices

The world of electronics is constantly evolving, allowing designers and manufacturers to push the boundaries of device performance with cutting-edge…

7 months ago

Key Features of PIC16X84 Family of Microcontrollers

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

1 year ago

ADD Instruction in Intel 8051 (MCS-51) Microcontroller

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

1 year ago

Main Features of Intel 8086 Microprocessor

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

1 year ago

Basic Features of 68HC11 Family of Microcontrollers

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

1 year ago

Process Synchronization using Semaphores

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

1 year ago

The Procedure for Designing a Microcontroller-Based System

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

1 year ago

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

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

1 year ago

Key Features of Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs)

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

1 year ago

How a Microcontroller can be used in a Temperature Measurement System

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

1 year ago