Imagine you’re stuck on a desert island, hundreds of miles away from the nearest person, and you finally have time to finish that project you’re working on. You have a single microcontroller ...

The advent of the Arduino brought the world of microcontrollers to hobbyists, students, and artist the world over. Right now we’re in the midst of a new expansion in hobbyist electronics with… ...

Its affordability makes it an attractive option for beginners exploring microcontroller programming, as well as for experienced developers working on cost-sensitive projects.

Microchip Technology Inc., and Source Electronics Corp., have developed an automated high-volume programming service for customers utilizing Microchip's PIC10F family of microcontrollers in 6-pin, SOT ...

The programmer uses only two chips: IC1 , a Maxim DS275 for the RS-232 interface between the programmer and the PC, and IC2 , an Atmel AT89C2051 firmware microcontroller, which is the heart of ...

For beginners learning to program Arduinos, a web-based, fully networked developer environment called Codebender could drastically reduce the learning curve.