What is PIC and types of PIC microcontroller

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A PIC chip,is a micro- controller integrated circuit manufactured by Microchip. When asked about the name’s origin, Microchip’s Technical Department replied, “PIC is not an acronym; it is just a trademarked name that General Instruments came up with a long time ago”. (GI were the originators … [Read more...]

Required Tools for PIC microcontroller project development

PIC microcontroller project development Required Tools

Microcontrollers are extensively used making mini projects and other real time projects,In this article i will illustrate what are the tools required for developing projects based on PIC microcontroller.We can classify as two types of tools required Hardware tools Software tools In this … [Read more...]

Getting started with microcontrollers – 2

What you will need to program microcontrollerIn the late 1970s and early 1980s, the cost of equipment for developing microcontroller-based systems was beyond the reach of most small companies. Now, however, there are many high school students already developing exciting PIC projects.To get started … [Read more...]

Getting started with microcontrollers – Introduction

IntroductionNever before has it been so quick and easy to create microprocessor-based circuits. With theadvent of the new PIC range of 8-bit microcontrollers and the high performance, low costsoftware available, a project can take literally a morning to progress from initial conception tofinal … [Read more...]