The device makes use of a PIC16F84 microcontroller in order to create a kitchen timer that may be used to time spaghetti or an egg. The device makes use of a PIC16F84 microcontroller in order to ...

Even if you’ve read lots of articles on watchdog timers (WDTs), you may still be lacking a vital piece of information. Even if you’ve read lots of articles on watchdog timers (WDTs), you may still be ...

In life and embedded systems timing is everything. Give [Frank’s] web-based timer calculator a try. Set your system clock resolution (in hertz making sure you account for any system clock divider), ...

After the electromechanical timer on [Paul Canello’s] washing machine broke for the third time he decided he needed to stop repairing it and find a more permanent fix. He decided to build his own ...

Most digital timers require a set of dip switches or rotary BCD encoders to preset their interval. But those techniques consume eight or more inputs from a microcontroller's (MCU's) I/O lines. To ...