AVR based mini Projects

Building a digital light meter with a calibrated LDR using Atmega8 microcontroller Measurement of light intensity is a prime necessity in several occasions.  The diversity of such needs make their way to various branches of physics and engineering as well as in…

Mini RGB Light Cube using AVR microcontroller This is basically a knockoff of the Hypnocube, instead of being 64 LEDs, thus costing at least $150 to make, I made a smaller version of 8 LEDs for under…

Autonomus Wall Following Obstacle Avoiding Arduino Rescue Bot I'm an Electrical Engineering major and each year my college's branch of IEEE competes in a student hardware competition. Last year's competition was inspired by the natural disasters in Haiti…

The $9 Quasi-duino (Almost-duino) using ATmega328 microcontroll 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…

Programming Arduino Bootloader without Programmer using ATmega168 microcontroller OH NO!!! You've screwed up and now the Arduino bootloader on your 'duino is gone!  What are you going to do? Go spend money for a programmer??? Well don't! I've…

Music Playing Alarm Clock using ATmega644 microcontroller This Instructable will be about designing a music player from using various building blocks. You will understand the communication between the microcontroller, memory, computer, LCD display, RTC, IR remote, and…

Creating a charlieplexed LED grid to run on ATTiny85 This instructable was inspired by my first AVR microcontroller project that I've been working on for some time now. I wanted to start learning more about the AVR microcontroller and…

Build Your Own BARBOT using AVR microcontroller Ever wanted a robotic liquor server?I purchased a Lynxmotion robotic arm last year and an Arduino (deci) to play around with. I had it serial controlled with a joystick and…

Turn signal biking jacket using microcontroller This tutorial will show you how to build a jacket with turn signals that will let people know where you're headed when you're on your bike. We'll use conductive thread…

The Lightning Simulator/Breathalyzer/Graphic Equalizer – Using Arduino Powered The LED strips are mounted on an outdoor trellace which functions as a lightning simulator, outdoor breathalyzer, graphic equalizer synced to music, and a few other effects with sound. Materials:…

Arduino Laser Tag – Duino Tag Duino tagger- General introduction Duino tag is a laser tag system based around the arduino. Finally a laser tag system that can be tweaked modded and hacked until you have…

Garduino: Gardening + Arduino Garduino is a gardening Arduino. So far, Garduino: -Waters my plants whenever their soil moisture level drops below a predefined value. -Turns on grow lights, but only when it's dark…

Arduino All-in-One Getting Started Guide An all-in-one tutorial to getting started with the Arduino open-source electronics prototyping platform. This guide is meant for the beginner but should be also be useful to you if you…

Digital Window Sticker (Arduino Controlled) using ATMega328 microcontroller A bumper-sticker sized L.E.D. matrix that displays images in sequence from an SD card, to produce an animated sign or "window sticker." Arduino controlled! Also includes Windows, Mac, and Linux…

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…