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 show you how to design a digital Ammeter circuit using pic microcontroller to measure dc current. By the end of this project you will be able to: Measure dc current using pic microcontroller Convert current into voltage using a shunt resistor Design low resistance shunt resistor using a simple wire Display the dc … Read more
Zero crossing detector circuit is designed to detect the zero crossing of a sine wave. It is used for AC Power control circuits. If you are an electronics engineer and you are working on power electronics projects, you may come across many situations where you have to read the frequency of a sine wave or … Read more
Solar power auto irrigation system using microcontroller, In this article you will learn about auto irrigation system. Whats is irrigation system? What is auto irrigation system? How to make irrigation system automatic? How to use microcontroller to make intelligent and automatic? Circuit diagram of solar power auto irrigation system using pic microcontroller. This project just … Read more
Auto intensity control of street lights using pic microcontroller, In this article you will learn how auto intensity control system of street lights works? How to control auto intensity of street lights? What is the purpose of auto intensity control of street lights? How you can design this project very easily using simple electronic components … Read more
SERIAL COMMUNICATION USING PIC16F877A MICROCONTROLLER, In this tutorial you will learn what is serial communication? What are applications of serial communication? How serial communication pins of PIC16F877A microcontroller is used to transmit and receive data to and from other devices. Lets start with basic introduction of serial communication. Serial communication has many applications it is … Read more
In this tutorial, you will learn to interface oa servo motor with the PIC16F877A microcontroller. This tutorial covers the programming required to control the servo motor, as well as the hardware connections between the servo motor and the PIC16F877A microcontroller. Let’s start with a basic introduction to the servo motor. Then, I will move forward … Read more
STEPPER MOTOR USING PIC MICROCONTROLLER,In this tutorial, you will learn to interface a stepper motor with PIC16F877A microcontroller. A stepper motor is a kind of a motor that converts electrical pulses into mechanical movement. Unlike all conventional motors, a stepper motor advances in steps. These steps of the motor are measured in degrees and can … Read more
In this tutorial, you will learn a very simple method of interfacing a keypad with a PIC microcontroller. Interfacing a keypad with any microcontroller such as PIC16F877A microcontroller involves connecting the keypad to the microcontroller’s GPIO pins and writing a program to read the keypad inputs. Therefore, you should know how to use GPIO pins … Read more