The PIC microcontroller from Microchip is one the famous and most used microcontrollers. Because of its reliability it is commonly preferred by embedded engineers for industrial applications. The below list of PIC Tutorials and PIC Projects helps you to learn PIC series of microcontrollers from very basic level to advanced applications. Most of these projects are built with 8-bit PIC16F877A microcontroller and will be programmed using the MPLABX IDE. All projects/tutorials are explained with neat circuit diagram, code and hardware demonstration.
Robotic arms are widely used in industrial automation, research, and educational projects. Building and controlling one is a great way to learn the fundamentals of embedded systems, motion control, and robotics.
In this project, we will design and build a 4-degree-of-freedom (4-DOF) robotic arm controlled…
In the era of Internet of Things (IoT), wireless communication is getting increasingly popular in everyday life. Nowadays, devices can talk to each other over the cloud or local network. When we talk about local wireless communication, we need an RF system module that executes these tasks, we see can find various RF system modules with various configurations like Bluetooth…
A Secure Digital (SD) card is used to store information in many electronic devices, especially smartphone and digital cameras. But did you know that you can read and write information on an SD card with the help of a simple 8-bit microcontroller? You heard that right, it's possible to do so, this opens up a bag full of opportunities in embedded systems and design. Since…
IR remote is one of the simplest, easiest, and cheapest ways to transfer data wirelessly. The range of this device is not that much but that's exactly why it is perfect for simple Home Automation projects, TV Remotes, and others. Because of such a project, I had to interface an IR remote with a PIC microcontroller. My initial objective was to find a library for IR…
MQ series Gas sensors are very common types of sensors used in Gas Detectors to detect or measure certain types of Gases. These sensors are widely used in all Gas related devices like from simple Smoke Detectors to Industrial Air Quality Monitors. We have already used these MQ gas sensors with Arduino to measure some harmful gases like Ammonia. In this article, we will learn…
The three main parameters to consider while developing a portable IoT device would be Low Power Consumption, Wireless Connectivity, and Security. With exactly these three in mind, Microchip has launched a new development board called the PIC IoT WG. The board is powered by a 16-bit PIC microcontroller with ATWINC Wi-Fi module and many more interesting things. In this article…
Temperature and Humidity measurement is often useful in many applications like Home Automation, Environment Monitoring, Weather station, etc. The most popularly used Temperature sensor next to LM35 is the DHT11, we have previously built many DHT11 Projects by interfacing it with Arduino, with Raspberry Pi and many other development boards. In this article, we will learn how…
Digital and Analog is an integral part of Electronics. Most of the devices have both ADC as well as DAC and they are used when there is a need of converting signals either from analog to digital or digital to analog. Also the real world signals like sound and light are analog in the nature, so whenever these real world signals have to be used, the digital signals have to be…
From the assembly line of automobile manufacturing industries to the telesurgery robots in space, Robotic Arms are to be found everywhere. The mechanisms of these robots are similar to a human which can be programmed for similar function and increased capabilities. They can be used to perform repeated actions faster and accurate than humans or can be used in harsh…
A Rotary encoder is an input device which helps the user to interact with a system. It looks more like a Radio potentiometer but it outputs a train of pulses which makes its application unique. When the knob of the Encoder is rotated it rotates in form of small steps which helps it to be used for stepper/Servo motor controlling, navigating through a sequence of the…
Home Automation has always been inspiring projects for most of us. Toggling an AC load from the comfort of our chairs or bed of any room without reaching for the switch in another room sounds cool doesn’t it!!. And now in the era of IoT, thanks to the ESP8266 module which made it easy to control anything from anywhere in the world.
In this…
PWM signal generation is a vital tool in every embedded engineers arsenal, they come in very handy for lot of applications like controlling the position of servo motor, switching few power electronic ICs in converters/invertors and even for a simple LED brightness control. In PIC microcontrollers PWM signals can be generated using the Compare, Capture and PWM (CCP) modules…
