Introduction Atmel, AVR microcontrollers (MCUs) are very easy to use. All AVR microcontrollers require Integrated Development Environment(IDE) such as Atmel Studio. Using this IDE, we can create, compile, and debug programs on all AVR microcontrollers. Atmel Studio is available free of charge. To download and install the latest Atmel studio use this link. Note: There are possibly […]
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One of the interesting projects for most of the embedded beginners enthusiasts or hobbyists is to build the LED chasing effect. In this project we are going to use both the Arduino IDE and Atmel AVR Studio to program the AVR ATMega168 microcontroller, therefore you could learn to use these well known Integrated Development Environment
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GETTING STARTED WITH AVR MICROCONTROLLER.This article will make you familiar how to getting started with AVR Microcontroller. You will learn each and every thing about AVR microcontroller. What are the basic features of AVR microcontroller, Architecture of AVR microcontroller? Here you will also learn about the programming strategy of AVR microcontroller & basic introduction of
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This tutorial series designed specifically for beginners. If you are a beginner looking to play with cool electronic stuff, then you are going to find this very useful. This AVR tutorial for beginners series is going to cover all the information about microcontrollers. I will also focus on projects and together, we will make various
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So here’s something super interesting and useful, a motor controller board powered by an Attiny13A to control a Brushed DC Motor. This Motor Driver uses PWM to control the gate of an N Channel IRFZ44N mosfet by the Tap of a single button. I’ve added Two Modes in the code that basically controls the
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There are inexpensive solar garden/walkway lamps available at most home goods and hardware stores. But as the old saying goes, you usually get what you pay for. The usual charging and illumination circuits they use are simple and cheap, but the light output you get is anything but impressive (and barely enough for anyone using
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Introduction For our final project, we have designed and built a ‘proof of concept’ prototype for Project Green Stations, an externally funded student group with the following mission statement: Project Green Stations is all about changing the way people see the environment. Imagine the go-green movement as a brand. Solar panels, Toyota Priuses, and waste
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Introduction For our ECE 4760 final project, we designed and built an array of 12 independently-controllable speakers to implement an acoustic phased-array system. The system samples a standard audio input signal at approximately 44.1 kHz, and then outputs this signal to each of 12 speakers, each with a variable delay. The idea behind a phased-array
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Introduction One of the more challenging aspects of owning a home entertainment system is dealing with all the remote controls. My device is designed to tackle this problem. Specifically, the universal remote control I implemented is able to learn the signals used by other remote controls, store those signals in its own memory, and send
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Introduction We implemented a prototype for a moving alarm clock which runs away from the user when they try to silence the alarm. It has all the features of a “regular” alarm clock: settable time and alarm, snooze, and alarm on/off. The alarm clock displays the time in 24-hour format on a LED seven-segment display.
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