John Mulindi

Interfacing LEDs & Electromechanical Relays to Microcontrollers

In this article, we briefly describe how to interface LEDs and electromechanical relays to microcontrollers. Note, a detailed description on…

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The Intel 8085 Microprocessor

The 8085 Microprocessor is one of the most popular microprocessors. In this article we look at some of the basic…

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Device Programmers for PIC Microcontrollers

Once the program is written and translated into executable code, the resulting HEX file is loaded to the target microcontroller’s…

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4 Types of Processor Architectures

Processor architecture can be classified as one of the following four architectures: Accumulator-based processor architecture Register-based processor architecture Stack-based processor…

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Basic Architecture of a Microprocessor

The microprocessor is typically referred to as the central processing unit (CPU). It is the part of the processor system…

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How Special Function Registers (SFRs) are Mapped into Memory Space

There are two basic primary architectures used for mapping special function registers into memory space. In the first type of…

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Basic Features of a Microprocessor-Based System

The microprocessor is the heart of a microcomputer system and can be described as a programmable device that accepts binary…

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Computer Number Systems

Being familiar with number systems is important as it helps you comprehend how data is represented before it can be…

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An Overview of Assembly Language for Programming Microcontrollers

Introduction Software is the term used for the instructions that tells a microprocessor or microcontroller what to do. The collections…

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The Difference between a Simulator and an Emulator

A simulator is software that runs on a PC and allows the microcontroller code to be simulated (run) on the…

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