The device makes use of a PIC16F84 microcontroller in order to create a kitchen timer that may be used to time spaghetti or an egg. The device makes use of a PIC16F84 microcontroller in order to ...

Creating a better kitchen timer is the goal of this project which uses easily available parts or from a microcontroller start kit which uses PIC16F877. Currently, a single 7-segment LED display and a ...

Microcontroller units (MCUs) are single-chip computers optimized for performing embedded computing tasks like controlling a ...

Adding to the tinyAVR microcontroller family, the 20-pin ATtiny261, ATtiny461, and ATtiny861 pair 2 KB, 4 KB, and 8 KB of flash memory, respectively, with high-speed timers. Each operates at 20 MHz ...

When working on a project, plenty of us will reach for an Atmel microcontroller because of the widespread prevalence of the Arduino platform. A few hackers would opt for a bit more modern part like an ...