Magazine Articles

mikroElektronika has published several articles in some of the popular electronic magazines such as Elektor, Fare Elettronica etc. Articles has a lots of useful information regarding our development boards, compilers and other mikroElektronika products as well. These articles are available FREE for download and they are published in several languages. Examples given in articles are written in several compilers for various microcontrollers (PIC, dsPIC, AVR, 8051 etc.)

CAN Article

It is often necessary to have several microcontrollers performing different operations integrated in one system in order to make them function as a whole. Here we show how to connect three microcontrollers to a CAN and how to use filters in CAN nodes for the purpose of filtering messages. [more info]

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GPS Article

The Global Positioning System (GPS) is one of the leading technologies today used for navigation purposes. It is widely used in automative navigation system. Connection between a GPS receiver and the microcontroller as well as determination of latitude and longitude will be described here. [more info]

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MP3 Article

The use of MP3 format caused a revolution in digital sound compression technology by enabling audio files to be several times smaller. If you want audio messages or music to be part of your project then you can easily make it true. You just need any standard MMC or SD memory card, a few chips and a little time... [more info]

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Ethernet Article

Home automation, home control, smart or digital home are just different names for comfort, convenience, security of its residents and energy savings. The last thing mentioned is getting more and more important nowadays. It seems to be very expensive, but if you make it by yourself it can be very cheap as well. There are many ways to make a smart home system. One of them is over Ethernet. [more info]

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TouchScreen Article

Do you want your new device to have a simple and intuitive interface? If the answer is YES, then a graphic LCD display with touchscreen is the best choice. With a small number of electronic components you will be able to create an attractive and easy to use device. What is touchscreen? Touchscreen is a tin, self-adhesive transparent panel placed over the screen of graphic LCD. It is very sensitive to press so that even a soft touch causes some changes on output signal. There are a few types of touchscreen. The simplest one is resistive touchscreen which will be represented here. [more info]

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