More about microcontrollers (572)

1-12-2010 | Embedded Beaker!Beaker from the Muppet Show can be built as an interactive puppet and his presence and responses (sort of) enjoyed for all t...

1-09-2010 | The originality of the vision system described in this article lies in the method developed for acquiring video images — a method that is en...

1-09-2010 | There are various ways to implement math on a given processor, some processors are optimised for math usage by way of their particular hardw...

1-06-2010 | The DMX512 protocol is a professional standard for controlling lighting equipment. However, truly general-purpose DMX driver interfaces are...

1-06-2010 | A few months ago, we introduced Sceptre, a fast prototyping system fitted with a 32-bit microcontroller. The extension board described here...

1-04-2010 | Minimod18 is a very compact general-purpose microcontroller module. It includes frequently required peripheral components, such as pushbutto...

1-02-2010 | Do small embedded systems need a multitasking operating system? Can’t you just program everything in one big loop? Sure. But have you ever n...

1-09-2009 | We recently announced that we would bring you an R32C starter kit project, including not only its own power supply, I2C and SD card interfac...

1-02-2009 | So just what exactly is Arduino? At first sight, Arduino is a small microcontroller board with a USB port that comes in several models. Ther...

1-01-2009 | There is plenty of cable in the world, most of it tangled up behind various pieces of equipment. An alternative is data transfer using low-c...