Microcontroller

For the 1st time loading you need a base firmware or a demo firmware. The firmware usually comes in .hex format. This part guides you to first programming a pic18f4550 microcontroller for USB board for beginners | Rakesh Mondal | rakeshmondal.info | ron

What is a microcontroller ? Microcontroller in simple term refers to  a small computer on a single chip. Its like an artificial mind for any intelligent devices which is responsible for taking decisions. [eg your robot needs to take decisions, then a microcontroller would do that for us.] Microcontroller can be programmed , and has its own programming language and compilers. Hence in our robotic applications it is going to serve as a mind which will be responsible for taking all decisions.

USB Interface board PIC18F4550, Software application and firmware to control 6 led via USB Interface (PC and Laptop). The Application software is written in C# (c-sharp) - visual studio 2010, the Source code and Project files are free to download along with the Firmware and Software.

Description IC 7805 regulator:
IC 7805 is a 5V Voltage regulator IC that restricts the voltage output to 5V. 7805 comes with provision to add heat sink. The maximum value for input to the voltage regulator is 35V. It can provide a constant steady voltage flow of 5V for higher voltage input till the threshold limit of 35V. If the voltage is near to 7.5V then it does not produce any considerable amount of heat and hence no need for heatsink.

This Tutorial project shows a Computer USB Interface through pic18f4550 Microcontroller which allows to blink few led's, Control motors and other devices with computer through a USB Interface hardware that we are going to make with easy steps. USB PIC18F4550 interface project is Human Interface Device HID. You can find the Complete pic18f4550 Schematic , Circuit diagram of the hardware with Software , Driver and Complete step by step tutorial for beginner here.