Microcontrollers

Microcontrollers, programmers, evaluation kits & demonstration boards.

PIC32CM PL10 MCUs expand Microchip Arm
PIC32CM PL10 MCUs expand Microchip's Arm Cortex-M0+ portfolio
Feb 10, 2026 News

Microchip Technology has added PIC32CM PL10 MCUs to its PIC32C family of Arm Cortex-M0+ core devices...

FM receiver radio using Arduino TEA5767
FM receiver/radio using Arduino and TEA5767
Jan 27, 2026 Circuits

The schematic diagram of the device. As it is clear, the circuit consists of 3 main parts: Arduino-Nano (Controller), FM receiver module, and the audio amplifier...

Simple speedy single-slope ADC
Simple speedy single-slope ADC
Jan 19, 2026 Circuits

Ages ago, humankind crawled out of the primordial analog ooze and began to do digital. They soon noticed and quantified a fundamental need to interconnect their new quantized numerical novelties with the classic continuum of the ancestral engineer’s world. Thus arose the ADC...

Adjustable load
Adjustable load
Dec 23, 2025 Circuits

An adjustable load provides a constant-current load for testing power supplies and batteries. It allows you to set the load current to up to 1.05 A, using a potentiometer, and displays the current on a three-digit LED display controlled by an ATtiny84...

Renesas releases its first Wi-Fi Wi-Fi
Renesas releases its first Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi/Bluetooth LE combo MCUs for IoT and connected home applications
Dec 21, 2025 News

Renesas Electronics introduced the RA6W1 dual-band Wi-Fi 6 wireless microcontroller, along with the RA6W2 MCU that integrates both Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) technologies...

Gold-plated PWM-control linear switching regulators
Gold-plated PWM-control of linear and switching regulators
Dec 11, 2025 Circuits

Alright, I admit that the title is a bit over the top. So, what do I mean by it? I mean that: The application of PWM control to a regulator does not significantly degrade the inherent DC accuracy of its output voltage...

Accuracy loss PWM sub-Vsense regulator programming
Accuracy loss from PWM sub-Vsense regulator programming
Dec 2, 2025 Articles

I’ve recently published Design Ideas showing circuits for linear PWM programming of standard bucking-type regulators in applications requiring an output span that can swing below the regulator’s sense voltage...

Stereo digital FM transmitter circuit
Stereo digital FM transmitter circuit
Nov 12, 2025 Circuits

Without a doubt, FM transmitter and receiver are among the top favorite electronic project topics, however, building a digital FM transmitter can be a challenging project for electronics enthusiasts...

PWM nonlinearity that software can fix
PWM nonlinearity that software can't fix
Nov 9, 2025 Circuits

There’s been interest recently here in the land of Design Ideas in a family of simple interface circuits for pulse width modulation control of generic voltage regulators...

Voltage-to-period converter offers high linearity fast
Voltage-to-period converter offers high linearity and fast operation
Oct 30, 2025 Circuits

The circuit converts the input DC voltage into a pulse train. The period of the pulses is proportional to the input voltage with a 50% duty cycle and a nonlinearity error of 0.01%...