Microcontroller Tutorial
This microcontroller tutorial covers following what is a microcontroller,8051 microcontroller architecture, Microcontroller hardware interfacing,microcontroller timers and their function,microcontroller interrupts,serial communication registers, cross compiler, microcontroller programming,microcontroller verus microprocessor,microcontroller kit vendors and popular microcontroller manufacturers(TI,ARM,ATMEL).
What is a Microcontroller?
Microcontroller is a chip used for various applications from toys to telecommunication,
electrical,mechanical and automotive applications.
The wide use of microcontroller is due to its cheap cost and smaller size. Microcontroller composed of
CPU,RAM.ROM,timer,counter,ports and various other interfaces required for short and long distance communications such as RS232,SPI,CAN and more.
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8051 Microcontroller Architecture
8051 microcontroller architecture consists of program memory,data memory,timers,counters,I/O lines,CPU and more.
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Microcontroller hardware Interfacing
As mentioned Microcontroller chip consists of RAM,ROM,ports and various interfaces.
The hardware is designed on PCB with other ICs along with microcontroller for
enhanced applications requiring more memory and more features.
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Microcontroller Timers
8051 Microcontroller has 2 timers,which has different modes based on different applications. TMOD and TCON registers are used to set timers for different modes. Number of timers vary based on microcontroller from different manufacturers. READ MORE
Microcontroller Interrupts
Microcontroller has 6 source/5 vector interrupt structure with two priority levels, IE and IA registers are used to set up interrupts in a microcontroller based program. READ MORE
Microcontroller Serial Communication
The 8051 microcontroller has one full duplex UART for serial communication. SCON,SBUF registers are used to establish serial communication with peripheral devices. READ MORE
Microcontroller Cross Compiler
Microcontroller cross compiler converts microcontroller based C program into executable which runs on microcontroller. This page provides necessary instruction set required to write microcontroller based C program. READ MORE
Microcontroller Programming
Refer following links for microcontroller C programming with example.
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Microcontroller Vs Microprocessor
Refer following link for similarity and difference between microcontroller and microprocessor.
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Popular Microcontroller Manufacturers
• TI Microcontroller • ATMEL Microcontroller • ARM Microcontroller
RELATED LINKS
• Microcontroller tutorial
• What is microcontroller
• 8051 Microcontroller Architecture
• Microcontroller hardware Interfacing
Microcontroller Kit vendors
Refer following link for microcontroller kit vendors for evaluation and development of microcontroller.
Microcontroller kit