Users of Microchip’s MPLAB will be interested to know about their latest addition to the IDE known as Harmony. MPLAB Harmony is a new process for software design, development, testing and documentation. It consists of a set of peripheral libraries, drivers, system services, middleware, and third-party code that will make it easier to create all […]
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App note: Four channel digital voltmeter with display and keyboard
Here’s an old but quite clever approach app note from Microchip on utilizing microcontroller I/O’s to handle multiple display and switches with only few pins. This application note demonstrates the capability of the PIC16C71 and has been broken down into four subsections: • Multiplexing Four 7-Segment LED Displays • Multiplexing Four 7-Segment LED Displays and […]
App note: Tone Generation and Melody Player
Two application guides (Tone generation and Melody player) from Microchip to get you started on tone generation basics, these might help create musical greeting cards to give to your fellow geeks this coming holidays. A general purpose resonator routine is implemented using a PIC17C42. This routine is used to generate multiple tones. A tone signal […]
App note: LCD biasing and contrast control method
Application note on direct Liquid crystal display driving using PIC microcontrollers. This Application Note provides methods that can be used to provide biasing voltages for Liquid Crystal displays. This document covers most of the biasing methods used in the PIC microcontrollers with an LCD controller.
App note: PICmicro device programming, what you always wanted to know (but didn’t know who to ask)
The basics of how to get your firmware into your PIC microcontroller. App note can be found here. For more than a decade, Microchip has published a lot of information about programming its 8-bit microcontrollers. There is now so much information out there, in fact, that it’s sometimes hard for engineers and technicians who are […]
App note: Measuring temperature with PIC16F84A WDT
Here’s an app note from Microchip on how you can use the watch dog timer of an old trusty PIC16F84A as temperature sensor. Almost all temperature sensor circuits use some form of discrete component (such as a thermistor or a solid-state sensor) to actually measure the environment?s temperature. It is left to the microcontroller to […]
App note: Low-Cost Shunt Energy Meter using MCP3909 and PIC18F25K20
Here’s a low-cost single phase energy metering solution using Microchip’s MCP3909 metering ADC and PIC18F25K20 8-bit microcontroller. App note can be found here. The meter was tested for a range of current from 0.1A to 20A using the Fluke 6100A Electrical Power Standard. Measurement results are visible on the LCD or on the Pulse Output. […]
App note: Capacitive Multibutton Configurations
A capacitive mutibutton configuration application note from Microchip describing how to scan and detect button presses on more than 4 capacitive buttons. This application note will discuss three different approaches to implementing multiple touch buttons using Microchip microcontrollers. The first approach creates a simple 4 sensor system using the on-chip 4-to-1 analog multiplexers tied to […]
Another chipKIt Motor shield, chipKIT WF 32, chipKIT DP 32, and chipKit Cmod winners
Today we announce the winners of the chipKIt Motor shield, chipKIT WF 32, chipKIT DP 32, and chipKit Cmod! There were lots of great ideas, thanks for your submissions. Congratulations to Andrew Rohne, his idea for a mobile ham radio logging system scored him a chipKIT WF 32: Since the WF32 has a built-in USB host, if I won, I’d build a […]
GIVEAWAY: Another chipKIt Motor shield, chipKIT WF 32, chipKIT DP 32, and chipKit Cmod
Later today we will announce the winners of the chipKIT WF 32, chipKIt Motor shield, chipKIT DP 32, and chipKit Cmod! Leave a comment on the original contest post with an idea for a cool project. The chipKIt Motor shield is available for $29.99, chipKIT WF 32 for $69.00, chipKIT DP 32 for $23.99, and chipKit Cmod for $29.00 from Digilent.
GIVEAWAY: Another chipKIt Motor shield, chipKIT WF 32, chipKIT DP 32, and chipKit Cmod
We decided to EXTEND the giveaway just a little bit longer! Tomorrow we announce the winners of the another chipKIT WF 32, chipKIt Motor shield, chipKIT DP 32, and chipKit Cmod! Leave a comment on yesterday’s post with a project idea, and one of these boards could be yours on Friday. The chipKIT WF32 is based on the popular Arduino™ open-source […]
Reminder: Another chipKIt Motor shield, chipKIT WF 32, chipKIT DP 32, and chipKit Cmod giveaway
Tomorrow we’ll give away another chipKIT WF 32, chipKIt Motor shield, chipKIT DP 32, and chipKit Cmod! Leave a comment on yesterday’s post with a project idea, and one of these boards could be yours on Thursday. The chipKIt Motor shield is available for $29.99, chipKIT WF 32 for $69.00, chipKIT DP 32 for $23.99, and chipKit Cmod for $29.00 from Digilent.
GIVEAWAY: Another chipKIt Motor shield, chipKIT WF 32, chipKIT DP 32, and chipKit Cmod
Another chipKIt Motor shield, chipKIT WF 32, chipKIT DP 32, and chipKit Cmod to give away this week. Leave a comment on this post with a project idea, and one of these boards could be yours on Thursday. The chipKIT WF32 is based on the popular Arduino™ open-source hardware prototyping platform and adds the performance of the Microchip […]
chipKIt Motor shield, chipKIT WF 32, chipKIT DP 32, and chipKit Cmod winners
Today we announce the winners of the chipKIt Motor shield, chipKIT WF 32, chipKIT DP 32, and chipKit Cmod! There were lots of great ideas, thanks for your submissions. Congratulations to Wedecon Design , his idea for home automation system – Connected home networking scored him a chipKIT WF 32: A home automation system to control motor controlled windows opening based […]
GIVEAWAY: chipKIt Motor shield, chipKIT WF 32, chipKIT DP 32, and chipKit Cmod
Later today we will announce the winners of the chipKIT WF 32, chipKIt Motor shield, chipKIT DP 32, and chipKit Cmod! Leave a comment on the original contest post with an idea for a cool project. The chipKIt Motor shield is available for $29.99, chipKIT WF 32 for $69.00, chipKIT DP 32 for $23.99, and chipKit Cmod for $29.00 from Digilent.
Reminder: chipKIt Motor shield, chipKIT WF 32, chipKIT DP 32, and chipKit Cmod giveaway
Tomorrow we’ll give away a chipKIT WF 32, chipKIt Motor shield, chipKIT DP 32, and chipKit Cmod! Leave a comment on yesterday’s post with a project idea, and one of these boards could be yours on Friday. The chipKIt Motor shield is available for $29.99, chipKIT WF 32 for $69.00, chipKIT DP 32 for $23.99, and chipKit Cmod for $29.00 from Digilent.
GIVEAWAY: chipKIt Motor shield, chipKIT WF 32, chipKIT DP 32, and chipKit Cmod
Microchip and Digilent handed over a chipKIT WF 32, chipKIt Motor shield, chipKIT DP 32, and chipKit Cmod to give away this week. Leave a comment on this post with a project idea, and one of these boards could be yours on Friday. The chipKIT WF32 is based on the popular Arduino™ open-source hardware prototyping platform and […]
App note: Low-power design guide
An application note from Microchip: Lowering power consumption on PIC microcontrollers Low-power applications represent a significant portion of the future market for embedded systems. Every year, more designers are required to make designs portable, wireless and energy efficient. This document seeks to simplify the transition to low-power applications by providing a single location for the […]
App note: digital constant current power LED driver
Here is an app note from Microchip describing how a PIC12HV615 MCU can be used to implement a digital current control loop for power LEDs: This document describes a power LED driver solution using the PIC12HV615 microcontroller (MCU). The PIC12HV615 is an 8-pin MCU with many integrated analog features. The LED driver circuit is a […]
App note: Using the CLC module to implement a PCM IR driver
Here is an application note from Microchip describing how to implement pulse code modulation infrared remote control. This technical brief shows how to construct a simple, low-power IR (infrared) remote control transmitter using a PIC16F1708 microcontroller. The remote control transmitter makes use of the Configurable Logic Cell (CLC) and Pulse-Width Modulation (PWM) to create a […]