Microcontrollers

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.…

10 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…

10 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…

10 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…

11 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…

11 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…

11 months ago

How to Interface PIC Microcontroller to Input & Output Devices

In this article, we discuss how to interface the PIC microcontroller to various types of input and output devices. A…

12 months ago

The MOV Instruction in Intel 8051 (MCS-51) Microcontroller

The MOV instruction tells the CPU to move (in actual fact COPY) the source operand to the destination operand. MOV…

12 months ago

How to Interface LCD Display to a Microcontroller

LCD crystal displays allow a better user interface compared with LED displays as it is much easier to display text…

12 months ago

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…

12 months ago