The TEENSY 3.6 development board consists of a 32-bit ARM Cortex M4 programmable microcontroller. It is Arduino compatible having 180MHZ processor along with a floating-point unit. It has a bootloader so you can easily program it through High-speed on-board USB port. In other words, it has an onboard programmer and debugger. Therefore, we don’t need … Read more
In this tutorial, you will learn how to interface the MAX7219 8-digit 7-segment controller IC with PIC Microcontroller. MAX7219 has a built-in circuit to control 8 seven-segment displays. Firstly, it communicates with microcontrollers over SPI communication. Hence, only three pins are required to control 8 seven-segment displays. Secondly, we can use MAX7219 to control dot … Read more
MAX7219 is a common-cathode display driver IC with serial inputs and output pins. It has an adjustable current capability which can be set using only one external resistor. In addition to that, it has a four-wire serial interface that can be easily connected to all microprocessors. It can drive 64 individual LEDs connected at its … Read more
74HC245 is an octal transceiver IC used for asynchronous transfer of data between two devices. Furthermore, it supports data transfer at different voltage levels. The internal structure of a chip is composed of two amplifiers. Hence, it can perform two-way communication. This bidirectional communication is achieved by a signal applied at the direction control pin. … Read more
74HC595 IC is a 16-pin shift register IC consisting of a D-type latch along with a shift register inside the chip. It receives serial input data and then sends out this data through parallel pins. In addition to parallel outputs, it also provides a serial output. It has independent clock inputs for the shift register … Read more
TC7660 is an 8 pin IC used as the voltage regulator. The ICL7660 is an industry-standard replacement of 7660 operating pump voltage converters that is pin compatible. The signal is transformed into an impedance of + 1.5V to+ 10V, using only two low-cost ceramic capacitors to reduce costs, sizes and electromagnetic interference (EMI) related to … Read more
CD4035 is a 4-stage shift register with synchronous parallel inputs to each stage and Serial inputs of J and K_bar to the first stage. It takes data from four parallel inputs, shifts them and then reflects the shifted data on four parallel outputs. The clock input edge makes data shifting. Data shifts on every positive … Read more
The CD4047 IC is a low power CMOS logic based multivibrator circuit IC. It can operate either in the monostable or astable mode. Furthermore, this IC is easy to configure for both modes and requires few external components to operate. It has a voltage range of 3V-15V but works best at 5V. Recommended Components The … Read more
The 74HCT04 IC is a hex inverter IC which is composed of six independent inverters with standard push-pull outputs. It is a high-speed inverter whose pins are low power Schottky (LSTTL) compatible. All the inputs are protected from electric discharges through the diodes protection network which provides protection from input voltages in excess of Vcc … Read more
CD4020B IC is a CMOS logic-based 14 stages Binary Counter/ Divider belonging to a CD4000 series of integrated circuits. This binary counter IC is composed of Master-Slave flip-flops with fourteen buffered outputs, a common Reset, and clock input. Unlike other counters ICs, its transition occurs on the negative edge of the clock cycle. It has … Read more