Microcontroller

All About Serial

What are serial protocols?

I2C, SPI, and UART are three of the most common protocols for serial data …

Configuring the UART on PSoC

What is a UART (Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter)?

UART is one serial protocol used for …

Interrupts

What is an interrupt?

Consider the following knock-knock joke:

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Interrupts on PSoC

An interrupt is a signal received by a microcontroller and emitted by hardware or software that is …

Microchip AVR Microcontrollers

What microcontrollers does Atmel specialize in?

Atmel was one of the top IC manufacturers that makes …

Microchip PIC Microcontrollers

What microcontrollers does Microchip specialize in?

Microchip specializes in 8-bit, 16-bit, and …