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.…

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

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

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

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

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…

4 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…

4 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…

5 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…

5 months ago