AVR based mini Projects

Arduino Watch Build Instructions The Arduino Watch provides augmented sensing of temperature and range, 16-bit color drawing program, Breakout game, and also tells the time in your choice of digital, binary, or analog.  Additional…

Secret Knock Detecting Door Lock Protect your secret hideout from intruders with a lock that will only open when it hears the secret knock. This started out as a bit of a joke project, but…

Arduino R/C Lawnmower (painted) using Atmega168 microcontroller What this is: This instructable will show you how to make your Arduino into an R/C interface that you can use for just about anything requiring remote control. I will also…

Arduino animatronics- make your awesome costumes more awesome! using ATmega328 microcontroller Here's how to add lights, sound and action to your favorite Halloween project using the open source Arduino microcontroller. Arduino is easy to learn to use and it opens up…

The Household Informer using atmega168 microcontroller Who wants to go outside to see if the mail has arrived? In the cold winter or rain I’d rather not have to put on a jacket and shoes, only…

The $9 Quasi-duino (Almost-duino) Do you currently have an Arduino and want to make it smaller for cheap?  The Quasi-duino is for you (Italian for almost-duino).  This makes a functional "almost" Arduino, in a…

Assembling the Dragon Rider 500 for use with the AVR Dragon using ATmega88 microcontroller Not long ago the Atmel company came out with a great tool for use with the AVR line of microcontrollers called the AVR Dragon. This small USB device provides professionals…

Annoying Beeper using Microcontroller ATtiny13 Play a prank on your friends (enemies?) by hiding a high-pitched beeper which sounds off at random time intervals. This instructable uses minimal parts. All that is required is: battery…

Augmenting a Microcontroller using AVR Microcontrollers (MCUs) are fantastic little ICs that give an extra element of versatility to your electronics, robotics or other project. But they're really not much use on their own. To…

Development system for PIC and AVR microcontrollers After testing many systems development for PIC and AVR microcontrollers, none satisfy me. So I created this system with breadboard that has satisfied me. Step 1: More space free In…

VUSBTiny AVR SPI Programmer Using ATtiny85 after making a usbtiny isp programmer and using it for 6 months, i was looking at making another one for carrying around. i like the simplicy of the usbtiny isp…

Jar of Fireflies using AVR ATTiny45 Microcontroller This project uses green surface-mount LED's along with an AVR ATTiny45 microcontroller to simulate the behavior of fireflies in a jar. (note: the firefly behavior in this video has been…

I2C Bus for ATtiny and ATmega168 I love the Atmel AVR microcontrollers! Since building the Ghetto Development System described in this Instructable, I've had no end of fun experimenting with the AVR ATtiny2313 and the ATmega168…

Micro controller programming: Making a set of traffic lights using Microcontroller ATTiny2313 So you wana learn how to programme a micro controller? This tutorial has been designed as a next step, following the fantastic tutorial 'Ghetto Programming: Getting started with AVR microprocessor…

AVR LCD Namebadge Using ATtiny2313 So, you're going to a conference/meetup/nerdfest and you want to do something that sets you apart from normal people.  An LCD namebadge powered by an ATtiny2313 is a great way…

Making a set of traffic lights Using Arduino This tutorial will step you through the process of creating a set of controllable and configurable traffic lights whilst also teaching you the basics of Arduino. Some knowledge is needed…

Build a Complete AVR System and Play Mastermind Using Microcontrollers The game Mastermind has been around a long time, and I remember getting a board version with colored pegs when I was a kid. I love this game, as it…

AVR mini board with additional boards using attiny2313 microcontroller Somewhat similar to PIC 12f675 mini protoboard, but extended and with additional boards. Using attiny2313. Step 1 Scheme Let us first start with a scheme. The scheme is pretty obvious…

Getting started with ubuntu and the AVR dragon using atmega8 microcontroller Here's what i did to get started using the AVR Dragon to program ATMEGA8 microcontrollers using ubuntu (This is aimed at beginners, I myself am also being a beginner, so…

Faraday For Fun: An Electronic Batteryless Dice using Microcontroller ATTiny13 There has been a lot of interest in muscle powered electronic devices, due in large part to the success of Perpetual Torch Perpetual Torch, also known as battery-less LED torch.…

How to choose a MicroController It used to be that the number of different microcontroller chips available to the hobbyist was pretty limited. You got to use whatever you could manage to buy from the…

Swiss AVR Knife using Microcontroller ATtiny84 The Swiss AVR Knife bundles a number of AVR programming projects together in a single convenient Altoids Gum Tin. Because of the flexibility afforded by microcontroller programming, it also provides…

How To Communicate With An Alien Artifact or . . . Close Encounters of the Curiously Minty Kind. This Instructable will show you how to build an Altoids version of the 'Close Encounters' mothership, and how to interact with it. This…

AVRSH: A Command Interpreter Shell for Arduino/AVR Ever wanted to be "logged in" to your AVR microcontroller? Ever thought it would be cool to "cat" a register to see its contents? Have you always wanted a way…

Build your own (cheap!) multi-function wireless camera controller using Microcontroller AVR ATMega8 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…