Electronic Design

Set DC-Motor Speed with Light-Controlled Microcontroller Circuit

This file type includes high resolution graphics and schematics when applicable. This 8051 microcontroller-based control circuit adjusts the speed of a small permanent-magnet dc motor via photosensors ...
Electronic Design

Microcontroller Enables Digital Control in SMPS

While DSPs are the primary controllers in uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) with power-factor correction (PFC), ac generation and battery management, microcontrollers serve secondary functions for ...
EDN

ZiLOG Offers In-Circuit Emulator Kit for Z8 Encore! 64K Family of 8-bit Microcontrollers

San Jose, Calif. — ZiLOG, Inc. is offering a high-end development tool that emulates its Z8 Encore! 64K series of 8-bit microcontrollers (MCUs). The In-Circuit Emulator (ICE) kit enables software ...
EDN

BPM design using Microchip’s analog devices and PIC24F microcontrollers circuit diagram

A Blood Pressure Meter (BPM) is a non-invasive device used to measure blood pressure. This application note demonstrates the implementation of a digital blood pressure meter using Microchip’s MCP6N16 ...
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Micro Python’s tiny circuits: Python variant targets microcontrollers

Slimmed-down version of Python, rebuilt from the ground up, is designed to run fast and lean on microcontroller hardware The Python programming language’s flexibility and ease-of-use have made it ...