Monthly Archives: June 2011


Experimenter’s board for enhanced mid-range PIC microcontrollers (PIC16F1827 and PIC16F1847)

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The PIC16F628A has always been my first choice for microcontroller-based projects. It is simple, inexpensive, and easily available. Due to its compact size (18 pins) it occupies lesser space on the circuit board, and meanwhile, it is powerful enough to serve most of a hobbyist’s needs. It is a very well accepted successor of the classic PIC16x84, and therefore, the tons of resources available for PIC16x84 on the internet and books can also be used for PIC16F628A. Last month, Microchip Technology Inc. announced the latest addition to its Enhanced Mid-Range core 8-bit PIC® microcontroller (MCU) family by introducing PIC16F(LF)1847. When

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Mini development board for 32-bit PICMicro

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MikroElektronika recently released a mini development board (MINI-32) containing PIC32MX534F064H microcontroller. It operates on 3.3V power supply. The on-board voltage regulator allows the board to be powered directly from USB cable. The board is equiped with SMD crystal oscillator, and 32.768KHz crystal which can be used for internal RTCC module. It has reset button and three signal LEDs. Board comes preprogrammed with fast USB HID bootloader, so no external programmers are needed for development. It could be a very good development board for experimenters who love to do experiments on breadboard. Read More

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