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Microcontroller drives logarithmic/linear dot/bar 20-LED display - 1/18/2007)  EDN Design Ideas  / (added 05/06/07)    Do-it-yourself analog-to-LM3914 display driver offers user programmability.

Microcontroller eliminates offboard EEPROM with virtual-EEPROM routines - 05/10/01 EDN-Design Ideas  / (added 2/06) Microcontroller eliminates offboard EEPROM with virtual-EEPROM routines….

MicroController emulates numerically Controlled Oscillator - 02/21/02 EDN Design Ideas  /  (added 1/05)  Microcontrollers commonly add intelligence or digital functions to products, but they can also provide a variety of analog signals. An 18-pin PIC 16C54 microcontroller, combined with an inexpensive, 8-bit DAC...

Microcontroller functions as voltmeter - (Design Ideas - EDN, 5/10/2007  PIC microcontroller and FETs enable a four-digit voltmeter. (electronic design idea added 9/2008)

Microcontroller interface for 5KW microwave oven - (schematic added 03/04/05)

Microcontroller Interface to the ADC12038 Families - National Semiconductor Application Note   (app note added 2/06)

MicroController Makes Effective Frequency Counter - 11/23/00 EDN-Design Ideas / (added 5/03)

MicroController MIDI interface - (electronic circuit added 4/05)

Microcontroller moving-dot display interface uses three I/O lines - (Design Ideas - EDN, 5/1/2008  A moving-dot LED-display interface to a microcontroller uses only three output pins. (electronic design idea added 9/2008)

Microcontroller multiplexes DIP switches to I/O port - 02/17/00 EDN-Design Ideas / (added 2/06) 

Microcontroller multiplexes six digital potentiometers - 05/11/00 EDN-Design Ideas  / (added 2/06)

MicroController or DSP circuit Controls on/off function - 11/13/03 EDN Design Ideas  /  (added 1/05)  In many applications, a single on/off button switches the power supply on or off. Usually, the system switches off regardless of the processing function or workload the microcontroller or DSP circuit is currently handling.....

Microcontroller Produces Analog Output - 10/16/03 EDN Design Ideas  /  (added 1/05)  A brushless dc motor needs several voltage levels to control its speed: 0V to stop the motor, 5V to run it at maximum speed, and some voltages between these extremes to run it slower.....

Microcontroller programmer taps power from PC’s serial port - (Design Ideas - EDN, 04/26/2007)  A PC's serial port can supply enough power to supply a microcontroller programmer. (electronic design idea added 05/06/07) 

Microcontroller provides low-cost analog-to-digital conversion, drives seven-segment displays - (Design Ideas - EDN, 05/10/2007)  Versatile conversion circuit detects and displays signal's peak value. (electronic design idea added 6/07) 

MicroController provides SRAM Battery Backup - 06/26/03 EDN Design Ideas  /  (added 1/05)To maintain content in the event of power loss, many designs that include SRAM require a dedicated device that can automatically switch from a standard power supply to battery operation. Microcontrollers ....

Microcontroller provides timer function - 01/04/01 EDN Design Ideas /  (added 2/06) 

MicroController selects minimum/maximum value - 09/20/01 EDN Design Ideas  /  (added 1/05)  Microcontroller-based systems for measurement, sensor-data processing, or control, sometimes require you to determine a maximum or minimum data value. For example, in an object-detection system, such as a radar or sonar system, the microcontroller ...

MicroController Sensor and Actuator Interfaces - (electronic circuit added 7/03)

Microcontroller simplifies battery-state-of-charge measurement - (Design Ideas - EDN, 04/27/2006)  Monitor battery status for renewable energy systems. (electronic design idea added 9/2008)