In designing µC-based systems, you often face a situation in which the µC has to respond to an external event happening at an uncertain moment in time. One example is receiving an echo from an object ...

An interrupt caused by an external source such as the computer operator, external sensor or monitoring device, or another computer. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction ...

Designers of microcontroller-based products that require a keypad for user data entry can select from dedicating an input line for each key, continuously polling the keypad's x and y lines, or ...