AVR Microcontroller ATmega16 - An Introduction

ATMEL AVR microcontrollers are very popular among Engineers,Students and Hobbyist for designing mid range embedded system projects. All embedded system needs brain that receives external signal, interprets it and perform a set of task accordingly. AVR microcontroller are best option for this purpose because AVR microcontroller have powerful instruction set and have high speed.In this article we'll discuss the basic of ATMEL ATmega16 microcontroller. WHICH AVR I USE AVR Features ATMEL AVR microcontrollers are available in the market in many varieties. But most popular and used AVR microcontrollers are ATmega8, Atmega16 and ATmega32. All these microcontrollers are belongs to ATMEL mega family. There are no difference between avr microcontroller. They only differs in memory size and Price. Nomenclature of Atmega uCs Atmega16 Pin Configuration Pin Configuration Pin 10 and 11 : These pins are available for the power supply of uC. Atmega16 works at 5V. Pin 9 : This pin is u...