Many microcontrollers include timer circuits, but only a few include a battery-backed real-time clock (RTC). Yet many applications require an RTC, which you can easily add by using a 1-Wire network.

In life and embedded systems timing is everything. Give [Frank’s] web-based timer calculator a try. Set your system clock resolution (in hertz making sure you account for any system clock divider), ...

Even if you’ve read lots of articles on watchdog timers (WDTs), you may still be lacking a vital piece of information. Even if you’ve read lots of articles on watchdog timers (WDTs), you may still be ...

The concept of time in the context of a real time operating system was introduced in an earlier article, along with an idea of the facilities associated with time that likely to be available with an ...