Articles and news - Microcontrollers - 4

Control processor power supply real time
Control a processor's power supply in real time
Jan 25, 2024 Circuits

In battery-powered applications in which power management is key, a microprocessor may adjust its core voltage corresponding to an increase or a decrease in clock speed, allowing full processing power when necessary but not wasting excess power when idle...

Use microcontroller design boost converter
Use a microcontroller to design a boost converter
Nov 15, 2023 Articles

Boost converters, like other switchers, have traditionally received their control signals from a dedicated circuit. However, a recent trend is to integrate simple switching-power-supply building blocks into generic devices, such as microcontrollers...

Circuit forms satellite-dish command decoder
Circuit forms satellite-dish command decoder
Nov 9, 2023 Circuits

By decoding the commands sent by a direct-broadcast satellite receiver that uses the DISEqC protocol, you can troubleshoot the commands or simply listen in...

DIY LED display provides extra functions
DIY LED display provides extra functions and PWM
Nov 6, 2023 Circuits

This design idea shows how easily “new flesh can be added to the old bones” and how some new functions can be added to the simple LED display that was published earlier...

Avoiding some common servo system problems
Avoiding some common servo system problems
Oct 23, 2023 Articles

Here are some simple tips for servo systems that may improve productivity and prevent costly downtime...

Handheld electric PCB drill speed controller
Handheld electric PCB drill speed controller
Oct 1, 2023 Circuits

This handheld electric PCB drill speed controller is cheap, easy to build, and only uses a few components. Basically, it is an Arduino Uno based PWM controller that operates at a relatively high frequency...

An LED display adapted DIY projects
An LED display adapted for DIY projects
Sep 17, 2023 Circuits

This expandable LED display for a microcontroller has a simple interface with only 6 data/control wires and can be easily accommodated to a DIY design. The display has static indication...

Shannon decoder DAC meets UART
Shannon decoder DAC meets UART
Jun 29, 2023 Circuits

If you need to quickly and inexpensively convert a binary number into a proportional analog voltage, one cool way to do it is...

free ADC
A "free" ADC
May 22, 2023 Articles

Despite the increasing availability and declining cost of on-chip analog peripherals, the humble PWM DAC retains its appeal as a “free” DAC that can repurpose an uncommitted DIO pin and counter/timer module...

Electronically generate rotating magnetic fields
Electronically generate rotating magnetic fields
Feb 28, 2023 Articles

Many applications, such as medical therapies, magnetic stirrers, and induction heating, call for a rotating magnetic field, which you can generate by attaching multiple permanent magnets to a dc motor...