The usual way send data from a microcontroller is either over RS-232 with MAX232 serial ICs, crystals, and a relatively ancient computer, or by bit-banging the USB protocol and worrying about driver ...

For his A-level electronic course work, [Andrew] decided to build a digital sound recorder that doesn’t use a microcontroller. [Andrew]’s build captures audio from an on board microphone at 8000 ...

It's time to make some noise.

There is a wide variety of creative projects which can help introduce children to the world of microcontrollers. A microcontroller is simply a small computer that can interact with the outside world.

Many microcontrollers have built-in ADCs (analog-to-digital converters), which means you can use a single device to both digitize analog signals and manipulate the results. Once the ADC digitizes a ...