The age of ARM microcontrollers for the electronics hobbyist is upon us, and luckily there are a few breadboard-friendly microcontrollers available in a DIP package. One of these chips is NXP&#8217… ...

Programming software. Our software-of-choice to run the hardware programmer is called AVRdude. ... Part 3: A pre-compiled HEX file was used to program the AVR microcontroller in Part 2 of the series.

The fact that the state machine approach often leads to longer programs is an attribute of many programming techniques that produce structure. And while the program is longer, it is nevertheless ...

The Microcontrollers Hands-on Course for Arduino Starters is a comprehensive learning package aimed at individuals with little to no prior experience in electronics or programming. The course ...

Once written and tested, the program must be downloaded onto the microcontroller. Many systems support ‘in-circuit’ programming close in-circuit programming Hardware and software that allows a ...

Developers using Mitsubishi Electric & Electronics USA's M16C microcontroller can now use Embedded C++ (EC++), courtesy of Tasking's M16C Software Development Toolset V2.1.

When students at Cornell University wanted to play Human Tetris (and ace a final project to boot), they taught a 20Mhz, 8-bit microcontroller how to follow their moves.

The goal of the training program is to expose more design engineers in China to Freescale flagship MCU/DSC products so they can experience first-hand the ease of design and smooth migration ...