ATtiny2313 is one of the small Flash technology-based microcontrollers based on RISC architecture. An integrated IC with GPIO pins, processor, memory, and other peripherals. A low-power, hi-tech chip introduced by Microchip has a speed of 12 million instructions per second and a data EEPROM of 128 Bytes. It finds its applications from domestic devices to … Read more
In this tutorial, we will see how we use timers on AVR microcontrollers. A Timer is actually a counter that counts every time the microcontroller executes an instruction. There are one to six timers in AVR microcontrollers, depending on their family architecture. The AVR timers are 8 bits and 16 bits. The 8-bit timers are … Read more
In this tutorial, you will learn how to use this for programming microcontrollers. For programming the AVR microcontroller, we needed a simple but powerful programmer. For this, PonyProg was our choice. PonyProg is serial device programming software with a user-friendly GUI framework available for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP and Intel Linux. Its purpose is to read and … Read more
This article will teach you how to interface a microcontroller with an optocoupler. How can you interface AVR, PIC, and 8051 microcontrollers with an optocoupler? What exactly is an optocoupler? What are the fundamental principles of an optocoupler? Power electronics projects, such as firing angle control circuits and AC power control circuits, often rely on … Read more
This article will teach you how to interface the PIC16F877A microcontroller and the ATmega88 AVR microcontroller with the temperature sensor DS18S20. It includes the complete circuit diagram and code for both microcontrollers. The code for interfacing the DS18S20 with the PIC microcontroller is written using MikroC for PIC, while the code for the AVR microcontroller … Read more
In this tutorial, we will learn how to interface a DC motor with the ATmega32 microcontroller using the L293D motor driver IC. The L293D IC is a powerful motor driver IC. It features a dual-channel H-bridge motor driver, making it easy to drive two motors. We will discuss in detail about this motor driver IC … Read more
In this tutorial, we will discuss the LCD display and its interfacing with the ATmega32 AVR microcontroller. We will use the 8-bit mode to transfer data to the Display. We will also look at the basic difference between 8-bit mode and 4-bit mode. How do we write code for LCD interfacing in C, and what … Read more
In this tutorial, we will learn about the push button and how to use it with the AVR ATmega32 microcontroller. We can use this button to control any device, but we will use an LED for this example. Here we will also learn the use of “if and else” statements in C. If this is … Read more
In this tutorial, we are going to look at how to blink an LED using the ATmega32 AVR microcontroller. This article will discuss the basics of programming an AVR ATmega32. We will learn how to develop codes for blinking LEDs using the ATmega32. You will also learn how to determine the direction of I/O pins and … Read more
In this tutorial, we will discuss Atmel Studio 6. After reading the getting started tutorial on the AVR microcontroller, we can follow this tutorial with step-by-step guidelines for getting started with Atmel Studio 6. We will learn how to develop codes and program our device. This tutorial will also provide basic information about Atmel Studio … Read more