https://ravenmicrolab.com Raven Micro Lab makes embedded systems approachable with clear explanations, diagrams, and hands-on projects. en-us https://ravenmicrolab.com/blog/pic-microcontroller-series-5/ https://ravenmicrolab.com/blog/pic-microcontroller-series-5/ Fri, 13 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Retro gaming meets modern embedded: read an NES controller with a PIC16F1455 and drive 8 LEDs through a CD4094B shift register. Serial protocols, PLL clocks, rrf, rlf, comf, and register banking. https://ravenmicrolab.com/blog/pic-microcontroller-series-4/ https://ravenmicrolab.com/blog/pic-microcontroller-series-4/ Wed, 21 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT From interaction to games. Build a reaction timer and an LED sweeper using state machines, precision timing, and the STATUS register's Z and C flags. https://ravenmicrolab.com/blog/pic-microcontroller-series-3/ https://ravenmicrolab.com/blog/pic-microcontroller-series-3/ Sun, 11 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT Adding user input: button-controlled LEDs. Learn digital input, external pull-ups, pin configuration for mixed I/O, debouncing, and simple state-machine design. https://ravenmicrolab.com/blog/pic-microcontroller-series-2/ https://ravenmicrolab.com/blog/pic-microcontroller-series-2/ Sun, 11 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT Under the hood of the PIC10F200. A deep dive into memory, the stack, registers, config bits, TRIS, OPTION, and dissecting the blink code line by line. https://ravenmicrolab.com/blog/pic-microcontroller-series-1/ https://ravenmicrolab.com/blog/pic-microcontroller-series-1/ Sat, 03 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT Getting started with PIC microcontrollers using the PIC10F200: what you need, how to set up your dev environment, and your first blink program in assembly and C.