How to Choose the Right Microcontrollers For Your Embedded Projects

How to Choose the Right Microcontrollers For Your Embedded Projects

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  Selecting The RightMicrocontrollers for Embedded Applications
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  http://www.elprocus.com/ Introduction Selecting The RightMicrocontrollers For Embedded Applications  Selecting the right microcontrollers for embedded applications can be a crucial task. Here we discusses the design challenges and system limitations of Microcontrollers in embedded applications.
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  http://www.elprocus.com/ Selecting The RightMicrocontrollers For Embedded Applications How to Select the Right Microcontrollers for Embedded Applications There are several reasons to select the microcontrollers for embedded applications, namely…  Low cost.  Higher integration level.  Increased reliability.  Space savings
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  http://www.elprocus.com/ Selecting The RightMicrocontrollers For Embedded Applications How to Select the Right Microcontrollers for Embedded Applications  Prepare a List of Required Hardware Interfaces  Select the Architecture  Recognize Memory Requirements  Observe Costs and Power Limitations  Pick a Development Kit
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  http://www.elprocus.com/ Selecting The RightMicrocontrollers For Embedded Applications Prepare a List of Required Hardware Interfaces  Using the basic hardware block diagram of the microcontroller  Prepare a list of all the peripheral interfaces that the microcontroller will need to support.  There are two common types of interfaces in the microcontroller that need to be listed. 1. Communication Interfaces 2. Digital Inputs and Outputs
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  http://www.elprocus.com/ Selecting The RightMicrocontrollers For Embedded Applications Prepare a List of Required Hardware Interfaces 1. Communication Interfaces  These are peripherals like USB, SPI, I2C, UART, and so on.  These are greatly disturbing how much program space in the microcontroller will need to support. 2. Digital Inputs and Outputs  (A to D) analog to digital inputs.  Pulse width modulations.
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  http://www.elprocus.com/ Selecting The RightMicrocontrollers For Embedded Applications Prepare a List of Required Hardware Interfaces  These two types of interfaces will command the number of pins that will be essential by the microcontroller.
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  http://www.elprocus.com/ Selecting The RightMicrocontrollers For Embedded Applications Select The Architecture  The selection of architecture can greatly affect the microcontroller for embedded applications.  Start getting an idea of the microcontroller architecture that will be required.  Keep in mind possible future requirements.  Don’t forget that microcontroller selection can be an iterative procedure.
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  http://www.elprocus.com/ Select The Architecture SelectingThe Right Microcontrollers For Embedded Applications
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  http://www.elprocus.com/ Selecting The RightMicrocontrollers For Embedded Applications Recognize Memory Requirements  The two very critical memory components of microcontrollers are RAM and Flash.  Ensure that you don’t run out of spaces for variable and program.  It is far simpler to choose a portion with too much of these features than not sufficient.  You can constantly start with more and then later move to a more controlled part in the same chip family.
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  http://www.elprocus.com/ Selecting The RightMicrocontrollers For Embedded Applications Recognize Memory Requirements  A designer can guess how much memory will be needed for the application.  Using the software architecture and the communication peripherals.
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  http://www.elprocus.com/ Selecting The RightMicrocontrollers For Embedded Applications Observe Costs and Power Limitations  Observe the power necessities and the cost of the microcontroller.  If the microcontroller will be powered by a battery & mobile.  Then making sure the portions are low-power is absolutely dangerous.  If it doesn’t meet power necessities, then keep preparing the list down until you have a choice few.  Don’t forget to observe the part price of the processor either.
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  http://www.elprocus.com/ Selecting The RightMicrocontrollers For Embedded Applications Pick a Development Kit  One of the best portions of choosing a microcontroller  Discover a development kit to play with and observe the internal working of the microcontroller.  If a kit isn’t existing then the particular part is most likely not a good choice.  They should go back a few steps and discover a better part.  Most of the kits today cost under $100.
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  http://www.elprocus.com/ Selecting The RightMicrocontrollers For Embedded Applications Pick a Development Kit  Paying any more than that is just too much.  Another portion may be a better choice.
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  http://www.elprocus.com/ Selecting The RightMicrocontrollers For Embedded Applications Conclusion  We can conclude that there are many features to consider while choosing a microcontroller for embedded applications. Before starting an embedded project which needs a microcontroller, one should effort on technical aspects will assist you to select a microcontroller for specific embedded applications. They are a list of hardware’s, data transfer, PWM ports, packaging, power consumption, memory size, cost, etc.
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