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Every AVR microcontroller, from the ATtiny in your thermostat to the ATMega in your Arduino, stores its configuration in a series of fuse bits. These fuse bits control settings such as the multiplier ...

Just like we measure day-to-day things like time in seconds, mass in kilograms, and height in meters; computer memory and disc space are measured based on bytes. You would have probably come across ...

An Inter-IC bus is often used to communicate across circuit-board distances. Here’s a primer on the protocol. At the low end of the spectrum of communication options for “inside the box” communication ...