Saturday, December 20, 2014

New PIC12F1572 with three 16 bit PWM

PIC12(L)F157X microcontrollers combine the capabilities of 16-bit PWMs with Intelligent Analog to suit a variety of applications. These devices deliver three 16-bit PWMs with independent timers, for applications where high resolution is needed, such as LED lighting, stepper motors, power supplies and other general-purpose applications. The core independent peripherals (16-bit PWMs, Complementary Waveform Generator), Enhanced Universal Synchronous Asynchronous Receiver Transceiver and Intelligent Analog (ADCs, Comparator and DAC) enable closed loop feedback and communication for use in multiple market segments, such as LIN applications.

Thursday, December 18, 2014

Implementation of CAN(Controller Area Network) bus using PIC microcontroller

Introduction:

The CAN (Controller Area Network) is an asynchronous serial communication bus developed in the late 80s by the German company Robert Bosch GmBH. The objective was to provide the automotive industry, an inexpensive bus for embedded automotive systems.Today, the efficiency and robustness of this protocol led it to be used in many other industrial applications (aerospace, automation, renewable energy etc), particularly those requiring significant rate up 1Mbits / s a very low error rate.