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.

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.…

3 months ago

How to Create a PIC Tracing LEDs Project in C

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

3 months 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…

3 months 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…

3 months 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…

3 months 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,…

4 months 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…

4 months 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…

4 months 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…

4 months 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…

4 months ago