Electronic Design

MCU Packs Clock Generators

Packing dual PLL clock generators for 27 MHz RF transmissions, the 68HC08 8-bit microcontroller eliminates the need for external RF front-end crystals in multi-channel applications. Each PLL is ...
Hackaday

Morse Code RF Transmitter From A Micro’s Clock Output

If you’re looking for a simple way to make an RF transmitter, check out [Tomasz]’s Morse code transmitter. His design uses nothing more than a microcontroller and a 16MHz crystal to transmit CW Morse ...
Hackaday

AVR Configurable Custom Logic As A Frequency Divider At 4x Chip’s Clock Speed

What a time to be alive when you can find inexpensive microcontrollers that come with programmable(ish) logic that can operate independently of the system clock. [David Johnson-Davies] recently built ...
Design-Reuse

Embedded Systems -> Microcontroller designers eye Internet access

When 8- and 16-bit microcontroller companies spot the opportunities that exist in the emerging net-centric computing-device and embedded Internet market, they sometimes act like deer caught in the ...