Interrupts are the name of the game for more functional microcontroller firmware. [Rajendra] just posted a tutorial covering all of the interrupt types for the PIC 16F688 microcontroller. He gives an ...

Microchip Technology introduced from Electronica in Germany the addition of the low-pin count PIC16(L)F161X family to its 8-bit PIC® microcontroller (MCU) portfolio. These peripheral-rich ...

In PIC microcontrollers, the MSSP (master synchronous serial port) module uses multiplexed pins for the I2C and SPI peripherals. There is typically no issue using either of the two peripherals. But ...

A fundamental skill that embedded software developers need to master is understanding how to write drivers. Within an embedded system, there a typically two types of drivers: microcontroller ...

What’s the biggest difference between writing code for your big computer and a microcontroller? OK, the memory and limited resources, sure. But we were thinking more about the need to directly ...

Eight-pin microcontrollers offer numerous peripheral features. However, the maximum number of I/O pins available is often limited to six, since two pins would be required for the chip's power supply.