This is a truly hands-on approach to learning. [Kevin Darrah] ditched the microcontroller and is using push buttons to learn about 595 shift registers. The test rig uses two of the serial-in, parallel ...

8-bit 8051-based µC has an 8-bit A/D converter, 14-segment LCD driver, 8-Kbyte flash memory, and 256 Mbytes of RAM; includes one channel each of SPWM and PWM, up to 36 I/Os, and three 16-bit timers; ...

If you would like to learn more about the Internet of Things, and creating electronic devices you may be interested in a new micro controller called the Tinusaur, which has been created and is based ...

Woodcliff Lake, NJ, January 28, 2014 -- An 8051-compatible microcontroller core with 26.85 times the performance per MHz of the original 8051 chip is now available from semiconductor intellectual ...

SST (Silicon Storage Technology), a leader in flash memory technology, has announced a new addition to the company’s popular SuperFlash-based FlashFlex family of 8-bit, 8051-compatible ...

Although 8051-compatible microcontrollers with SPI ports are available, a lower-cost device with an SPI port bit-banged through GPIO pins often suffices. The code shown here takes advantage of ...