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. PIC16F84 is the enhanced version of PIC16C84.

Microcontroller & Peripheral Related Features

PIC16X84 family of microcontrollers possess the following key … Read More

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 IDE that works with PIC microcontrollers. In this project, eight LEDs are connected to PORTC of a PIC18F45K22 microcontroller. … Read More

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 register A. Recall, A is the accumulator register typically used for all arithmetic and logic instructions.

ADD Instruction in Intel 8051 (MCS-51) Microcontroller

The ADD instruction is … Read More

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 1984. The production of these chips was later done by Freescale semiconductor. Currently they are fabricated by NXP semiconductors which … Read More

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 initial problem statement to a programmed microcontroller that can be embedded in application hardware. In this article, we look at … Read More

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 features of these microcontrollers are listed in the following sections but it is important to note that, you can get … Read More

Common Instructions Types in PIC Microcontrollers

Every microcontroller family has its own set of instructions that are typically carried out in a similar set of operations though using different syntax. This is exhibited in the variation in the internal architecture of various types of microcontrollers. … Read More

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 key point to recall when dealing with PIC is that, each pin in the I/O ports may be configured in … Read More

6 Types of Microprocessor Addressing Modes

Microprocessors perform operations on data stored in the register or memory. This data is specified in the operand field of the instruction. The data can be specified in various ways as direct data value or stored in some register or … Read More

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

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 destination, source   ; copy source to destination

Programming in assembly language requires that at least you understand the architecture of … Read More