subject: Electronics Magazines Web Portals Simplifying To Shape Up Microcontroller Projects [print this page] Keeping myself well informed about the new arrivals and practices in electronics trade is my passion and this passion helps in great way as I am Production Manager in a electronics products manufacturing unit. Definitely, I do not have time to buy and read various magazines of my interest because of shortage of time but I have suitable alternatives to keep my passion alive. I am regular visitor of EFY web portal that updates me about every new development in electronics trade.
Electronics For You is a popular online electronics magazine for which subscription is 100 percent free. It is the largest selling electronics magazine of South Asia which provides a readership to more than three lakh readership in India including SAARC countries such as Bangladesh, Nepal etc. Its main characteristic feature is that it helps the students to design their own microcontroller projects. New concepts appear regularly. The facility to access previous writings in each section, including microcontroller projects, further enhances the options to select from.
Of all the improvements and changes made in the field of electronics over the past few decades, microcontroller technology might be the most satisfying. These remarkable devices are used in everything from microwave ovens and cars to televisions and computer printers. In fact, it would be difficult to put together a list of microcontroller uses without missing a few. A microcontroller has all of these components in some form. Its designed to be small and its designed to be specific to a certain task or use. They are solid-state integrated circuits. This separates them from larger units such as a personal computer that can perform a number of different jobs for the user. The regular write-ups about microcontroller projects confirm that microcontrollers use very low amounts of electrical power and do not have moving parts or large input devices such as a keyboard or big display screens.
Recently a very interesting write up appeared in EFY web portal about the Design Of PIC Based Imagining Sonar microcontroller project. This project uses two Microchip PIC microcontrollers to build this imaging sonar where a 16F84 is used for the servo control and a 16C71 for the sonar portion. The design of this PIC based imaging sonar includes two 40KHz ultrasonic transducers where one for transmit and one for receive. An R/C servo over 180 degrees of azimuth steers these transducers. The ends of travel of servos are sensed by the two micro switches and the non-volatile memory on the PIC16F84 stores this information. It can give multiple readings in a single direction or can scan the full 180 degrees. More information about any microcontroller project can be had from the experienced writers of EFY web portal, who have several years hands on practical experience.
