Next week (17th to 20th August), I will be exhibiting and speaking at the prestigious Microchip MASTERs conference in Phoenix, Arizona. The 20th Annual Worldwide MASTERs confernece is
This summer, Flowcode 7 will be launched with a range of exciting new features. Part of Flowcode’s appeal is the ability it gives to relative novices to microcontroller
This week, two of our Engineers will be demonstrating at the European Microchip MASTERs event in Berlin this week. For 19 consecutive years, Microchip Technology’s MASTERs Conference has
This work introduces an approach to the design of a boost converter for a photovoltaic (PV) system using the MIAC. The converter is designed to step up the
The RC5 communications protocol developed by Philips is one that is in common use and is available as an option in most programmable handsets. This article will explain
Last week we had the pleasure of visiting, and exhibiting at, the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) conference in Seattle. ASEE occurs each year at a different
Servomotors are handy and practical in today’s robotic and mechatronic systems as they are accurate, easy to wire up and simple to control. Using the EB059 servo motors
PID control is used extensively in industry to control machinery and maintain working environments etc. The fundamentals of PID control are fairly straightforward, but implementing them in practise
LED’s have always been a staple component in programming microcontrollers, they are most commonly used as indicators that elements of a program are functioning correctly. However, more people
Many people don’t realise the MIACs potential for real world, everyday applications. In this article readers are shown how the versatile MIAC device, coupled with the powerful programming language