Pulse width modulation aka PWM is a popular digital modulation mostly used in controlling motors, lights, power supplies, heating devices etc. ATtiny85 has in built feature to generate PWM signal of variable frequency and duty cycle. This PWM generation by…
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Compare match is a feature that is associated with timers and counters. This feature is available in most of the modern microcontrollers. It works by continuously comparing a particular value against the incrementing value in the actual timer register. When…
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Counters are essential peripheral in microcontrollers since it is used to count external events or internal / external clock pulses. Counters store the number of such events / pulses in registers for retrieval and processing. In ATtiny85 microcontroller, the counter…
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Timers are popular peripherals in microcontrollers. These timers are responsible for generating accurate time delays using Microcontroller. Also Timers can be used to work as a counters, PWM generation, Capture external signals and so on. Hence these timers are quite…
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In the previous tutorial of ATtiny MCU series we have covered how to get started with this 8 bit MCU, Attiny85 and how to use its GPIO pin as an output. The second part of this series where we will…
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If you are making a hardware project that requires a microcontroller, don’t just go for MCU that’s lying around. Choose Microcontroller that’s fit for the job. Don’t go for a 32 bit MCU when all you need to do is…
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