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Yet another LC meter using PIC16F628A
DIY LC meter projects are very popular among hobbyists and students. Here is another LC meter project which is based on PIC16F628A microcontroller. It uses a tank oscillator circuit combining a few...
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12 Watt low frequency class “AB” amplifier for audio applications
Rajkumar Sharma has shared his 12W Audio Amplifier project on Electronics-Lab. It is a low frequency class AB audio amplifier built around TDA2006, which provides 12W output to a 4Ω load at ±12V power...
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Mechanical drawbot using four-bar linkage mechanism
Drawbots are a lot of fun to build. Here is an Instructable for building a mechanical artbot using a basic circuit involving a battery and a DC motor. The project uses a four-bar linkage mechanism...
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Mikroelektronika announces to develop compilers for FTDI’s 32-bit MCUs
MikroElektronika has announced a close cooperation with FTDI Chip to develop a series of compilers and hardware development boards for FTDI’s FT90X series of microcontrollers. 1st October 2014 –...
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Surfing internet with Arduino Uno
Gilchrist’s PIP Arduino browser is an on-going project to develop a very basic and functional web browser that runs on Arduino Uno. The current version can download and render plain HTML and follow...
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PCB drill with an USB microscope as visual aid
Single-sided PCBs are relatively easier to homebrew. Holes for PTH components can be drilled with a reasonable accuracy without any sort of visual aid. However, if you want to make double-sided PCBs...
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Learn Python programming with Raspberry Pi using RPi board
Jesus Echavarria has tipped us off about his RPi board, which is focused to learn Python with the Raspberry Pi board. The board easily fits on the GPIO headers of Raspberry Pi, and contains basic...
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MSP430 FET using TI Launchpad
TI’s MSP430 family of MCUs are low-power and RISC-based powerful mixed-signal processors that require a Flash Emulator Tool (FET) for in-system programming. The official MSP430 FET from TI costs about...
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MPLAB® Harmony supports all 32-bit PIC® MCUs
Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, today announced the availability of MPLAB® Harmony Version 1.0. MPLAB Harmony is a...
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Digital voice recorder design using C8051F411
Designing a digital voice recorder requires sampling the audio channel, compress and decompress the signal, and store and retrieve the samples. Silicon Labs provides a reference for designing a digital...
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Learning optoisolators by making one
Optoisolators, also known as optocouplers or photocouplers, are a very useful component in transferring electrical signals between two circuit blocks, while providing a complete electrical isolation...
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Adding Bluetooth streaming to your old audio cassette player
With the advent of new audio technologies like CDs, Ipods and MP3 players, all of those old-fashioned cassette players and amplifiers have disappeared today. One of the many features missing on those...
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This personalized word clock is very cool
Word clocks are really cool. They tell the time using words. A neat thing about them is you can customize the display to show some personalized messages. Yes, TechKiwi’s new instructable is about...
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DIY 2.1 channel audio amplifier
Dilshan Jayakody’s new project is a digitally-controlled 2.1 channel audio amplifier based on the TDA7377 AF power amplifier and PIC18F452 microcontroller. The amplifier provides 2 × 6W + 20W audio...
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Controlling appliances using text messages
This GSM remote control project uses an AVR micro-controller (ATtiny2313) and the GM-47 GSM module to perform ON/OFF switching of remotely located devices through text message. It features four relay...
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Web radio player using Arduino
WebRadio is an inexpensive web radio player designed by Vassilis Serasidis using the Arduino platform. It features high-quality stereo output and 14 pre-defined radio stations, which can be...
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433 MHz RF receiver and quad relay shield
If your next Arduino project needs some kind of remote switching control, this DIY 433MHz RF receiver plus relay shield might be useful for you. It includes a 433.92Mhz RF receiver and four SPDT...
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USB Tweezers for ZRLC measurements
Ajoy Raman’s new project on Instructable is about making a low-cost hand-held tweezers to meause R, L, C, and Z (complex impedance). The project uses the TI’s TMS320F28027 micro-controller, an...
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F*watch: A fully open electronic watch project featuring multiple sensors
This fully-open digital wrist watch is designed by a group of employees at CERN as a special present for one of their retiring colleagues who likes hiking and timing. The watch features multiple sensor...
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Arduino monitors soil humidity, temperature, and light levels of an indoor...
If you like gardening but hate to keep up with the daily routines of watering the plants, you might be interested in this Arduino controlled gardening assistant, which monitors and controls the soil...
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