Atmega64 Explorer Board
Radek Malina from Czech Republic has designed this development board for rapid prototyping and firmware development with Atmel’s powerful Atmega64 microcontroller. He has also shared his design files...
View ArticleHomebrew USB condensor mic inside an Altoids tin
In this instructable, a 15 year old kid Angelo describes a homebrew USB condenser microphone for recording quality audio at home. His project uses an USB soundcard (DAC), a transistor preamp circuit,...
View ArticleMini Pong arcade using Arduino
This instructable describes a project named Duinocade, a mini pong arcade game based on the open source handheld Gamebunio, and which uses Atmega328 as the controller and Nokia 5510 LCD for display...
View ArticleSTM32 – Prior to Start
STM32 ARM-based micros from STMicroelectronics pack high density resources than any other conventional microcontroller. They are also high speed devices, operating typically at 72MHz and beyond....
View ArticleArduino Tetris on bi-color LED matrix
Nick Lim has posted a new project on building a simple Arduino Nano driven Tetris using two Bi-color LED Matrix Driver Modules that he has designed and is currently selling on his Tindie store named...
View ArticleATXMega Primer
The XMega series is a powerful addition to the existing arsenal of Atmel’s AVR-core micros. As much as I have personally studied about it so far and felt, the XMega series incorporates many features of...
View ArticleGarage door opener scans fingerprint to open the door
This garage door opener built around the parts mostly available from Sparkfun uses the fingerprint scanning mechanism to open the door. Garage door opener with fingerprint scanner As a person without a...
View ArticleSTM32 GPIO Ports Insights
In any microcontroller there is at least one general purpose input-output port. STM32 is a not different breed and as expected it also has several GPIO ports. These ports are usually named GPIOA,...
View ArticleXMega Clock System
Okay firstly the reason I wrote about the clock system instead of I/O ports or something else in this second post of the XMega series is simply because of the fact that without understanding clock...
View ArticlePorting ST Standard Peripheral Library (SPL) with MikroC PRO for ARM
What is this Standard Peripheral Library (SPL)? It’s just a collection of hardware libraries that provide an easy approach to any STM32 ARM programmer. It has support for every peripheral a STM32 micro...
View ArticleSTM32 Serial Communication
STM32 micros just like any other micro provide hardware for serial communication. As we all know serial communication is a very important tool for debugging, connecting with external hardware like...
View ArticleElectronic dashboard for a bicycle
This electronic dashboard for a bicycle uses an Arduino and a few other parts to create a light control system and an LED speedometer. It is powered with eight 1.5V batteries connected in series. Six...
View ArticleDIY FM transmitter
This project describes a transistor-based DIY FM transmitter with a range of 1/4 mile and adjustable transmitting frequency from 87-108 MHz. The author has also posted the PCB layout and the schematics...
View ArticleControl your home lightening with your voice command
MikroElektronika team has posted a tutorial project on constructing a voice controlled light project using their SpeakUP module, which is a speech recognition hardware board that can be configured to...
View ArticleTPS61230 based 5V LiPo Booster
Jianan Li, a ECE and CS student at Duke University, has designed this 5V LiPo Booster based on TI’s TPS61230 IC. It is breadboard-friendly and it can be directly plugged into the power rails of...
View ArticleArduino powered bathtub controller
This project describes the construction of an Arduino-powered home bathtub controller, which is programmable for setting the water depth, adding bubbles and monitors the temperature of a bathtub based...
View ArticleMicrochip releases PIC32 based Bluetooth development starter kit
Microchip introduces new PIC32 Bluetooth® Starter Kit to ease the development of Bluetooth enabled products such as thermostats, wireless gaming controllers, barcode scanners and diagnostic tools....
View ArticleAutomatic timer for sprinkler
This ATtiny25-based automatic timer project is built to control a water sprinkler. The timeout delay is adjusted using a potentiometer, while the on/off operation of the timer is controlled through a...
View ArticleBuild an Internet-controlled car with live video feeding
This Internet-controlled car allows you to remotely drive around through a web interface. A wireless IP camera mounted on the car allows you to monitor the surrounding space from remote through live...
View ArticlePortable face recognition system using an 8-bit AVR microcontroller
Two Cornell students, Brian Harding and Cat Jubinski, made a standalone face recognition system for access control as their final project for their ECE4760 course. Our goal was to create a portable...
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