Microcontrollers 2003-present Microcontrollers There are many types of microcontrollers. I am working with standard Microchip PICs, mostly with the 16F77 pictured here. Until now I have programmed the PICs with a version of the BASIC language, which is great for its ease of use. I am now moving to the language C, because the development tools for C are more stable, especially the compilers, and C is used by the industry, unlike BASIC. I started using microcontrollers with Basic Stamps, but if I was to learn now, I would probably be tempted by Arduino, an affordable open source system, programmed with a variant of the language Processing.