SatNOGS is the 2014 Hackaday Prize winner
Hackaday has announced the grand prize winner of the 2014 Hackaday Prize today. The winner is SatNOGs, a complete platform of an open-source satellite ground station built from readily available and...
View ArticleLPC1114 controlled Midi Synthesizer
Matt Sarnoff built this digital monophonic synthesizer using the NXP LPC1114FN28 ARM Cortex-M0 microcontroller and MCP4921 SPI DAC. It is a midi synthesizer with following features: 4 oscillators;...
View ArticleProgrammable lithium battery charger shield
Electro-Labs has posted a new project about making a programmable lithium battery charger shield for Arduino. The shield schematic and printed circuit board are designed using the SoloPCB tools, a...
View ArticleArduino-controlled self-balancing dicycle
XenonJohn’s has made this two-wheeled self-balancing scooter, which is Arduino-controlled and uses the ADXL345 accelerometer and the ITG-3200 MEMS gyro together to form an Inertial Measurement Unit...
View ArticleTurn-taking logger
Conversion analysis (CA) is a disciplined approach of studying natural conversations to understand how participants interact and respond in their turns at talk. The input data for CA is derived from...
View ArticleSTM32 Internals
STM32 micros as we know are high-end micros and this high-end tag is not only due to its memory, speed and hardware richness. An advanced micro like this also needs advanced internal supporting...
View ArticlePortable GPS logger for runners
Daniel’s portable GPS logger is a university-funded project and is geared towards runners to record their movement. The core hardware of the project mainly consists of an LPC1778 Cortex M3...
View ArticleBlack Friday/Cyber Monday 2014 Discount Coupon
We are offering 10% discount on our major products including Easy Pulse sensor, all MAX7219-based serial LED displays, and PIC development boards during Black Friday (Nov 28, 2014) through Cyber Monday...
View ArticleArduino OLED clock plus thermometer
Organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays are the coolest displays ever made. Check out this instructable on building an Arduino controlled OLED clock that uses a DS3231 RTC module for precise...
View ArticleRunning LED dice
Tons of LED dice projects with different output forms have been published online. The most common output configuration in those projects is a 3-1-3 setup (two rows of three LEDs and one LED at in the...
View ArticleHootLoader2 allows you to customize the ATMega16u2 USB-Serial bridge on...
We know that the newer Arduino Uno boards have two programmable microcontrollers: one is Atmega328, which is an actual Arduino processor, and the second one is Atmega16U2, which is flashed to operate...
View ArticleA simple IoT demo using ESP8266 and Arduino
ESP8266 is a highly integrated serial-to-wifi tranceiver chip that can be used to connect any microcontroller with a serial port to a WiFi network for Internet of Things (IoT) applications. The best...
View ArticleReal-time weather dashboard using littleBits
littleBits is a well-known development platform for rapid learning and prototyping with electronics. This real-time weather dashboard is built using the same platform to monitor current and forecasted...
View ArticleSoftware realization of Real-Time Clock and Calendar
Dedicated real-time clock and calendar (RTCC) chips are useful in a wide range of embedded applications, such as data loggers, for accurate time-stamping of data measurements. The use of external RTCC...
View ArticleAutomatic fish feeder with portion control
Dimitri from Stuttgart, Germany has made this automatic fish feeder for his special fish who needs extra care for not being overfed. So he wanted a fish feeder with reliable portion control, which he...
View ArticleAviation band VHF receiver
The aeronautical VHF band ranging from 118 to 137 MHz is the primary band used for aviation related communications. Dilshan R Jayakody’s new project is a simple radio receiver which is capable to...
View ArticleActive IR gesture sensing
From Silicon Labs’ application note on IR Gesture Sensing: Touchless user interfaces are an emerging trend in embedded electronics as product designers seek out innovative control methods and more...
View ArticleTrH Meter kits are back in stock now
TrH Meter is a DIY digital room thermometer plus hygrometer that displays temperature and relative humidity on 4 large (1 inch) seven segment LED displays which adjust their brightness level according...
View ArticleTurning an old Ardroid phone in to a WiFi webcam for remote monitoring
If you have a spare Android phone lying around somewhere with no use, you would probably need to read this Instructable to turn it into an useful WiFi-enabled webcam that could be used for remote...
View ArticleGesture glove to vocalize sign language
The Fall semester of 2014 is now over and we get to see some new and exciting embedded projects from students of Cornell published on Bruce Land’s ECE4760 class website. Monica Lin and Roberto Villalba...
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