EEVblog 1538 – NEW PROJECT Part 2 – Microcontroller Selection

Part 2 in the new project design series, selecting a microcontroller. 32 Bit Timers, Real Time Clocks, and LCD animation. If you find my videos useful you may consider supporting the EEVblog on Patreon

Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1538-new-project-part-2-microcontroller-selection/

00:00 – Searching for a microcontroller, the requirements
02:12 – 32 bit Timer
04:22 – Supplier parametric search is useless in this case
06:05 – Let’s ask ChatGPT and watch it FAIL, Atmel ATmega
08:47 – PIC 18F series?
09:41 – How about TI MSP430?
11:52 – PIC 24F series
13:14 – LCD animation? I’m SOLD!
17:20 – But can we buy it? Is Chipageddon over?
20:03 – Dual PCB footprints
21:14 – Internal Timers and clock sources

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