About: Ibrar Ayyub

Introduction Ever fancied building your own camera controller? IMPORTANT NOTE: Capacitors for the MAX619 are 470n or 0.47u.  The schematic is correct, but the component list was wrong – updated. This is an entry into the Digital Days competition so if you find it useful, please rate/vote/comment favourably!  If you reallly like it and are a stumbler, […]

You know it, in the winter time it is hard to get up, because it is dark outside and your body just won’t wake up in the middle of the night. So you can buy an alarm-clock that wakes you up with light. These devices are not as expensive as few years ago, but most […]

Microprocessors are so cheap these days. If only there were a way to program them up just as cheaply… *wavy dream-sequence lines* In this instructable, find out how to build up a complete AVR microprocessor toolchain: compiler, programmer software, programmer hardware, and some simple demos to get your feet wet. From there, it’s just a […]

Beaverton, OR (PRWEB) February 5, 2010 Elba Corporation announced today the release of v3.0 of the ZBasic compiler for the company’s ZX-series microcontrollers. The new version supports ZBasic Object-Oriented Extensions and incorporates other productivity enhancements to assist scientists, engineers and hobbyists in developing their embedded applications quickly. Typical applications for ZX microcontrollers include robotics, consumer […]

Do you know this classic wooden labyrinth game with two knobs for X and Y rotation? So, I’ve decided to modify one by connecting two standard servos to the knobs and let a microcontroller (ATmega32) play the game. Credits: – To CarlS www.instructables.com/id/Servo-Controlled-Marble-Maze/ for inspiration. – To the AVR freaks www.avrfreaks.net especially Dean (aka abcminiuser) […]

Santa Clara, CA (PRWEB) May 03, 2012 Advanced Lighting Technologies, Inc. (ALT) proudly announced the achievement of a high-efficiency and highly reliable LED lamp driver solution (LED driver) comprising no bulky, unreliable components such as capacitors, coils or EMI filters. Unlike the few other companies announcing similar products, ALTs target is to offer an ultra […]

If you are into geeking it out with projects of the electronical kind, then you have likely wanted to create a dot matrix display or a POV. To do this you will need to have a font file or table to read the characters from. There are alot of ways to get this file. The […]

We’ve all seen LED fans that you can put in your computer to make it look cool.  They usually come in blue, sometimes red or green and consist of a basic PC fan with 4 bright LED’s mounted in the 4 corners.  They source their voltage from the fan’s power input, so if you’re using […]

San Diego, CA (PRWEB) February 24, 2010 NerdKits is proud to announce the launch of Buckits, a new purchasing model that allows customers to leverage their social network to save money and get the most out of the NerdKits educational microcontroller kits.   A Buckit takes the simple idea of a group discount and augments […]

This instructable walks you through programming and using the Boston Android Xmega evaluation board to work as a simple arbitrary waveform generator taking advantage of the integrated 12bit DAC and high speed DMA controller. I have provided precompiled firmware as well as source code which can be loaded onto the device and configured via a […]