MCU stands for Microcontroller Unit, which is commonly known as a single-chip microcontroller. It reduces the CPU’s frequency and specifications appropriately and integrates memory, counters, USB, A/D conversion, UART, PLC, DMA, and other peripheral interfaces, even LCD driver circuits, into a single chip, forming a chip-level computer. This allows for different combinations of control for … Read more
Frame The UART communication standard uses an 8-bit binary number as a frame, with the least significant bit first, transmitted bit by bit. To distinguish each frame, a 0 is used as a start marker before each frame, followed by a 1 as a stop marker. Before the stop marker, an optional “parity bit” can … Read more
Combining the key input program, we designed a functional program: Pressing the number keys 1 to 9 controls the motor to rotate 1 to 9 circles; using the up and down keys changes the rotation direction, pressing the up key rotates forward 1 to 9 circles, while the down key rotates backward 1 to 9 … Read more
When starting to learn about embedded systems or microcontroller systems, most people’s learning method is to find video tutorials or books to learn by themselves. Some may spend money to enroll in a training class to learn with a teacher. When you slowly become capable of writing code independently, you might feel like you have … Read more
This article mainly shares an open-source management module that helps achieve layered management of applications and hardware in an MCU project. Nowadays, project requirements are more complex, which naturally imposes stricter demands than before. From a technical perspective, I still recommend that everyone should maintain a layered structure (application and driver) in their projects. This … Read more
This Session’s Learning Implementing Two Lines of Different Content on LCD Using Code Knowledge Points for This Session: Understand how to achieve a two-line display effect on the LCD (the last learning session of microcontrollers this semester) Learning Tools: Computer, Keil uVision4 software, Proteus software Microcontroller Explanation After several weeks of studying microcontrollers, I believe … Read more
Introduction Microcontrollers are quite “low-level” and “hardware” components, lacking complex data structures and intricate programming algorithms. We only need to understand and program from the perspective of how the microcontroller executes. For the average person, there is no need to delve deeply into the subject, as most of us are merely users of microcontrollers, not … Read more
01 Introduction In the development of embedded systems based on STM32 microcontrollers, GPIO (General Purpose Input/Output) control is one of the most fundamental and common operations. By using the STM32 HAL library, configuring and controlling GPIO can be done easily. This article will demonstrate how to use the STM32 HAL library for GPIO control and … Read more
Introduction The STM32 series chips are developed based on the Cortex-M3 core. They adopt the industry-leading Cortex-M3 core architecture, utilizing Harvard architecture and the Thumb-2 instruction set. They can achieve 32-bit performance with a 16-bit code density. Additionally, with single-cycle multiplication instructions, hardware division instructions, and a built-in fast interrupt controller, STM32 chips can run … Read more
● General Timer (TM2~TM5) The general timer is managed by the chip and can perform up counting, down counting, or both simultaneously. Additionally, these timers have other functionalities: input capture, output compare, PWM, and single pulse. ● From Manual to Flow The main module of the timer consists of a 16/32-bit counter and its related … Read more