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Richard Wall: Using Timers with chipKIT Pro

We’re back with more of Richard Wall’s projects! Last week, we learned about finite state machines and using stepper motors with our microprocessors. We’ll us that information for this week, where timers are the focus.

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Interrupts vs. Polling: What’s the Dif-(Interrupt)-ference?

- by James Colvin - 2 Comments.

For those of you that have been coding for awhile, you likely have heard about both interrupts and polling. These are both techniques that can be used to alert your system board, such as a chipKIT microcontroller, when an input has occurred. But what is the difference between these two methods? Is one better than the other? Let’s find out.