Does anyone have any examples of the MD5 algorithm for a microcontroller (preferably an 8-bit one)? Our project is going to use a Microchip PIC18 series device.

Okay, having decided to pitch myself at the PIC family (including dsPIC), I now have a question about programmers. I've been hearing a lot of bad things about the new PICKit 3, and …

I've had a number of issues getting good stable analog readings from an RTD temperature sensor. Typically the sensor/circuit/software works fine at my desk then when it is installe …

The impression I get is that PICAXE is based on the PIC cores, but geared to beginners, but I wanted to make sure before committing to any particular platform. Thank you!

Does anyone else use the PIC18F97J60 Ethernet capability? If so what kind of RX/TX performance is typical for that chip? I was running the TCPPerformanceRX/TX applications provided …

At my Company, we are using the BL2600 (Seen here) to create a new automation controller to replace our older controller. Rather than have electricians have to terminate wires into …

Hi all. Not entirely sure if this applies to ChipHacker, if it doesn't, I apologise for posting. But it definitely applies to the subject of electronics in general. Im currently wo …

I would like to start using PICs in my projects and was wondering which programmer I should get. I have plenty of experience using micro-controllers (68k, avr), I also have lots of …

I have seen many articles that tell me I should be using RTOS for time management and resource management. My time has not permitted my own research, so I come to chiphacker for ad …

I'm a long time AVR user. I really like that AVR-GCC works on the two main OSes I use (Mac OS X and Linux), is open-source, and is supported by Atmel. I'd like to get back into P …

I've been looking into doing some PIC Programming, but unlike some of the other microcontrollers available the sheer number of different chips available has caused me some confusio …

I do a lot of firmware work at my job, but I'm looking for more advanced books on the topic. Things not like the basics of "what is an interrupt". I'm reading the O'Reilly book o …

Been trying to figure out how to implement trig functions in my PicBasic projects. I could use a lookup table but that limits my output. I need to be able to use sin, cos, tan, a …

How can I start PIC Microcontroller Programming on Mac OS X. Can I use an Arduino connected to my Mac has a programmer? Or do I need to buy specific programmer board and serial ada …

I want to work on a project where you could replace a magstripe with another item which can change the data stored on it via a PIC but still be read by a magstripe reader. This me …