In this tutorial, we will learn to interface a stepper motor with TM4C123 Tiva Launchpad. There are many options available for stepper motors. But in this tutorial, we will use an inexpensive 28BYJ-48 stepper motor for interfacing with TM4C123. Because it comes with a UL2003 driver. Moreover, it is a low-cost solution to learn about … Read more
In this tutorial, we will learn to interface SG-90 servo motor with TM4C123 Tiva Launchpad. To interface actuator devices such as a servo motor with TM4C123, we should use general purpose input-output pins of TM4C123GH6PM microcontroller as digital output pins. Because we will provide a control signal from the Tiva Launchpad to the servo motor … Read more
In this tutorial, we will learn to interface an HC-05 Bluetooth module with TM4C123 Tiva C Launchpad. This Bluetooth device operates on UART communication. In other words, it uses serial communication to transmit and receive data serially over standard Bluetooth radio frequency. Therefore, we will use a UART module of TM4C123GH6PM microcontroller to interface HC-05 … Read more
In this tutorial, we will learn to interface a keypad with TM4C123 Tiva C Launchpad and programming in Keil uvision IDE. We will use a 4×4 keypad. But you can use a keypad of any size such as 4×3, 3×4, etc. Because the concepts and process to interface a keypad with Tiva C launchpad will … Read more
In this tutorial, you will learn to interface a 16×2 LCD with TM4C123 Tiva C Launchpad. As you know that 16×2 LCD is widely used in embedded projects to display different types of sensor data. Firstly, we will discuss the pinout of LCD and its connection diagram with Tiva Launchpad. After that, we will discuss … Read more
In this tutorial, we will learn to use SPI communication modules of TM4C123 microcontroller using Tiva C Launchpad. As per the nomenclature of the TM4C123GH6PM microcontroller, the name used for SPI modules is a synchronous serial interface(SSI). But it is popularly referred to as a serial peripheral interface. That is why we will use the … Read more
This tutorial shows how to generate PWM using Pulse width modulation module of TM4C123 microcontroller. We will learn to generate a square wave of variable frequency and variable duty cycle with TM4C123GH6PM microcontroller PWM generators. For demonstration purposes, we will use TM4C123 Tiva Launchpad which comes with TM4C123GH6PM MCU. Hence, throughout this article, we use … Read more
In this tutorial, we will learn to interface HC-SR04 ultrasonic sensor with TM4C123 Tiva C Launchpad. HC-SR04 is a contactless ultrasonic based distance or range measurement sensor. It provides an output signal in the form of active high signal and the duration for which the output signal remains high depends on the distance between the … Read more
In this tutorial, we will design an RPM or tachometer using TM4C123 timers as a counter. To use the TM4C123 timer as a counter, we will configure it in input-edge counter mode. In input edge capture counter mode, timers of TM4C123 microcontroller start to count whenever an external event occurs on the input-edge capture GPIO … Read more
Almost all modern microcontrollers come with programmable general purpose timer modules. One of the important applications of GPTM is frequency measurement of analog and digital signals. In this tutorial, we will learn to measure the frequency using TM4C123 Timers in input edge time capture mode. In the last tutorial, we have learned to measure pulse … Read more