Category: Hardware Development Tools
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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 program memory with the aid of a device programmer. The type of device programmer depends on the type microcontroller to be programmed. For instance, some device programmers can only program PIC16 series, whereas some can…
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Development Boards for PIC Microcontrollers Programming
Development boards are helpful microcontroller learning tools. Simple development boards contain just a microcontroller and the required clock circuitry. More sophisticated development boards contain LEDs, pushbuttons, LCD, serial ports, USB port, power supply circuit, device programming hardware, and so forth. Some of the commercially available PIC18 microcontroller development boards include: PICDEM 2 Plus This development…
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Basic Elements of an Arduino UNO Revision 3 Board
Arduino is a small-sized microcontroller board with supplementary components that has been designed to facilitate the use of a microcontroller in control projects. The basic board, Arduino UNO Revision 3, uses the 8-bit Atmel microcontroller, ATmega328P. The board has a universal serial bus (USB) plug to enable it to be directly connected to a computer…