More about microcontrollers (574)

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...

1-12-2008 | The .NET (“dot-net”) Framework is a powerful tool for programming PCs as it relieves the developer of much time-consuming work. The framewor...

1-05-2008 | A little over a year ago Microchip [1] launched the first Ethernet controller with SPI connectivity — and just 28 pins. With the ENC28J60 av...

1-04-2008 | It is impossible to imagine modern electronics without microcontrollers. What used to be done with combinational or sequential logic is now...

1-03-2008 | A voice changer that emulates a so-called Cylon voice can be implemented with the help of a small microcontroller. Those of you who have wat...

1-10-2007 | Embedded-system designers work in a very dynamic world, and a wide range of products are dependent on their efforts. However, the average em...

1-05-2007 | Controlling the speed of an asynchronous motor requires a three-phase frequency inverter. The ATAVRMC200 evaluation kit from Atmel is based...

1-05-2007 | The very simple transmitter described here will let you test RDS equipped receivers and investigate faults, and could be used as the basis f...

1-01-2007 | It’s not well known but it’s quite a simple job to boost the clock rate of almost all Centrino® notebooks with Intel i915 chipsets and Penti...