PIC Microcontroller
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How to Build an Interactive Robotic Arm using PIC Microcontroller? 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… |
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Microchip Introduces MPLAB PICkit Basic, an Affordable Debugger for Developers Microchip has introduced the MPLAB PICkit Basic, an affordable and compact debugging tool designed for students, hobbyists, and engineers working with PIC, AVR, dsPIC DSCs, and SAM microcontrollers. Priced at just $29.99, this new debugger offers a cost-effective solution for programming and debugging a variety of Microchip devices. It is fully CMSIS-DAP compatible, allowing integration with… |
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Interfacing nRF24L01 RF Module with PIC Microcontroller 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… |
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Save and Store Data in SD Card with PIC Microcontroller 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… |
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Understanding IR Remote Protocols to build your own IR Signal Decoder using TSOP and PIC Microcontroller 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… |
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New Family of PIC18 Microcontrollers with Easy to Use Development Tools for Real-Time Control and Connected Applications Microchip has introduced the next generation PIC18-Q43 family of PIC Microcontrollers that helps developers in offloading many software tasks to the hardware in order to reduce time to market. The Family has a combination of peripherals that provides greater versatility and simplicity to the users while creating custom hardware-based functions with easy to use development… |
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Gas Detection and PPM Measurement using PIC Microcontroller and MQ Gas Sensors 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… |
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PIC-IoT WG Development Board to Connect Embedded Applications to Google Cloud Mouser Electronics is now stocking the PIC-IoT WG Development Board (AC164164) from Microchip Technology. Featuring a PIC microcontroller, Wi-Fi module, and CryptoAuthentication secure element IC, the PIC-IoT WG Development Board offers an ideal launching point for virtually all Internet of Things (IoT) devices and applications. The plug-and-play development board is… |
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Generating PWM signals on GPIO pins of PIC Microcontroller 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… |
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Heart Beat Monitoring using PIC Microcontroller and Pulse Sensor Heart Beat rate is most important parameter in monitoring any person’s health. In the modern era of wearable devices, there are lot of devices which can measure heartbeat, blood pressure, footsteps, calories burnt and lot of other things. These devices has pulse sensor inside them to sense the pulse rate. Today, we will also use a pulse sensor with PIC Microcontroller to… |
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AVR Microcontrollers are Now Supported in MPLAB X IDE Designers who have been using PIC microcontrollers (MCUs) and developed with the MPLAB ecosystem can now easily evaluate and use AVR microcontrollers into their applications. The majority of AVR microcontrollers are now beta supported with the release of MPLAB X Integrated Development Environment (IDE) version 5.05, available now from Microchip. New… |
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Thermal Printer interfacing with PIC16F877A Thermal printer is often referred as receipt printer. It is widely used in restaurants, ATM, shops and many other places where receipts or bill is required. It is a cost-effective solution and very handy to use from the user’s side as well as from the developer’s side. A thermal printer uses a special printing process which uses thermochromic paper or thermal paper for… |
