Wireless robotics: Microcontrollers 101 - How to downsize computing
Level: Intermediate
Erik Zoltan (erik@zoltan.org), Advanced Systems Engineer, EDS
19 Jul 2006
In this first article on microcontrollers, Erik Zoltan tells you what they are and how they work to your advantage. He presents a few simple examples illustrating how microcontrollers can be used, and gives you a complete implementation of a kinetic glowstick that uses persistence of vision to display images with a flashing row of LEDs.
Erik Zoltan (erik@zoltan.org), Advanced Systems Engineer, EDS
19 Jul 2006
In this first article on microcontrollers, Erik Zoltan tells you what they are and how they work to your advantage. He presents a few simple examples illustrating how microcontrollers can be used, and gives you a complete implementation of a kinetic glowstick that uses persistence of vision to display images with a flashing row of LEDs.