Tag - Microcontroller

Servo Motor

Interfacing Servo Motor with PIC Microcontroller

Servo Motor uses error sensing negative feedback to control the precise angular position. Servos are used for precise positioning in robotic arms, legs, RC Aeroplanes, Helicopters etc. Please read the article Servo Motor for more information about its working and construction. Hobby Servo Motors have three wires, two of them (RED and BLACK) are used to given power and the third one is used to give control signals. Servo can be easily be controlled using microcontrollers using Pulse Width...

June 17, 2012By MikroC, PIC Microcontroller, Tutorials, , , 44 CommentsRead more...
Stepper Motor or Step Motor

Interfacing Stepper Motor with PIC Microcontroller

Introduction

A Stepper Motor is a brushless, synchronous DC electric motor, which divides the full rotation into a number of equal steps. It finds great application in field of microcontrollers such as robotics. Please refer the article Stepper Motor or Step Motor for detailed information about working of stepper motor, types and modes of operation. Unipolar Motor is the most popular stepper motor among electronics hobbyist because of its ease of operation and availability. Here I...

June 14, 2012By MikroC, PIC Microcontroller, Tutorials, , , 28 CommentsRead more...
Matrix Keypad

Reading Multiple Pressed Keys from Matrix Keypad using PIC Microcontroller

I have already post about Interfacing Matrix Keypad with PIC Microcontroller. I suggest to read that article before reading this. In some applications it may require to scan more than one key at a time. Reading Multiple Pressed Keys from Matrix Keypad is not simple as reading Single key. We want to change the program as well as the circuit of matrix keypad for reading multiple keys. The main problem is unexpected shorts may come to act when we press more...

June 11, 2012By MikroC, PIC Microcontroller, Tutorials, , , , 21 CommentsRead more...
dc motor

Interfacing DC Motor with PIC Microcontroller using L293D

This tutorial explains " How to interface DC Motor with PIC Microcontroller ? ".

DC Motor and L293D

We can't drive a DC Motor (depends) directly with a Microcontroller, as DC Motors requires high current and high voltage than a Microcontroller can handle. Microcontrollers usually operates at +5 or +3.3V supply and it I/O pin can provide only up to 25mA current. Commonly used DC Motors requires 12V supply and 300mA current, moreover interfacing DC Motors directly with Microcontrollers may affect...

June 5, 2012By MikroC, PIC Microcontroller, Tutorials, , , 141 CommentsRead more...
Digital Thermometer using PIC Microcontroller and LM35

Digital Thermometer using PIC Microcontroller and LM35 Temperature Sensor

Basics

A Digital Thermometer can be easily constructed using a PIC Microcontroller and LM35 Temperature Sensor. LM35 series is a low cost and precision Integrated Circuit Temperature Sensor whose output voltage is proportional to Centigrade temperature scale. Thus LM35 has an advantage over other temperature sensors calibrated in Kelvin as the users don't require subtraction of large constant voltage to obtain the required Centigrade temperature. It doesn't requires any external calibration. It is produced by National Semiconductor and can operate over a -55 °C to 150...

June 1, 2012By Embedded, PIC Microcontroller, Projects, , , , 116 CommentsRead more...
Digital Clock using PIC Microcontroller and DS1307 RTC

Digital Clock using PIC Microcontroller and DS1307 RTC

A Digital Clock can be made easily by using PIC Microcontroller, DS1307 and a 16x2 LCD. I have already posted about Interfacing DS1307 RTC with PIC Microcontroller. The DS1307 RTC can work either in 24-hour mode or 12-hour mode with AM/PM indicator. It automatically adjusts for months fewer than 31 days including leap year compensation up to year 2100.  DS1307 comes with built-in power sensing circuit which senses power failures and...

May 31, 2012By Embedded, PIC Microcontroller, Projects, , , , , , 325 CommentsRead more...

Multiplexing of Seven Segment Displays with PIC Microcontroller

When a Seven Segment Display is interface with PIC Microcontroller it needs minimum 7 pins to display a value. But real time applications like Digital Clock, Calculator, Digital Watch requires 3-6 seven segment displays. Lets assume that we need 6 digit display, ie we need 7 segment * 6 Display = 42 pins. Thus we actually need Microcontroller with 42 output pins. This is waste and not economical to use lot of pins of a Microcontroller just for display. The simplest...

May 23, 2012By MikroC, PIC Microcontroller, Tutorials, , , , , 24 CommentsRead more...
Voltmeter

Voltmeter and Ammeter using PIC Microcontroller

Voltmeter and Ammeter can be easily made using PIC Microcontroller having ADC (Analog to Digital Converter). I am using PIC16F877A and the result is displayed on an LCD Display. PIC16F877A is enough if you do this project only for testing purposes. I suggest to use PIC with low pin numbers and multiplexed 7 segment display if you wish to use this as your measuring instrument.

Prerequisite

If you don't know the basis of PIC ADC and LCD Interfacing please read the following...

May 20, 2012By Embedded, PIC Microcontroller, Projects, , , , 292 CommentsRead more...
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