AVR based mini Projects

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…

A sunrise and sunset lamp with LEDs 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…

Servo Controlled Labyrinth using Microcontroller ATmega32 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…

Power your Arduino/AVR with a Hand-Cranked Battery If you've ever wanted to power your Arduino or AVR from a battery for development testing (batteries have different power delivery qualities than, say, transformed AC or even a regulated…

Music Playing Alarm Clock using Microcontroller AT90USB1286 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…

Yet Another Daft Punk Coffee Table (5×5 LED Matrix) Yes, I know this has been done before, but I wanted to build my own, using as few parts as possible.  I built this as a table top or wall…

Build your own Wifi radio using Microcontroller ATmega16 The internet hosts lots and lots of online radiostreams, most of them with a certain theme, ranging from old time classics to Tibetian riverdancing. I must admit that I love…

An Absolute Beginner's Guide to 8-Bit AVR Programming-AVR Dragon If you'd like to test the waters of microcontroller programming, the new AVR Dragon by Atmel Corporation is a nifty, low-cost entry-level development tool. Unfortunately, right out of the box,…

ATTiny2313 Multi-mode LED Matrix Clock This is a mutli-mode clock project based on attiny2313. it employs a 8x8 led matrix as display. with the limited resolution, this 12 hour clock shows time in 6 different…

Transform a cheap RC Transmitter with Custom Firmware using ATMEGA64 Microcontroller The Turnigy 9x is a cheap Chinese radio transmitter widely sold by hobby king and other retailers under a variety of names. This is a computerized radio transmitter and is…

USB PCB Business Card Using ATtiny85 Microcontroller This is a business card that will type out some text when you plug it into a USB port. It uses a ATtiny85 microcontroller with V-USB based code to emulate…

Delta Robot using atmega32 micrcontroller And now for something completely different: A little robotics project for the weekend. The described robot can be build entirely from model making supplies and materials from the hardware store.…

TV remote controller 160KHz High Quality Stereo MMC WAV player using ATMEGA32 Introduction: This is my first AVR based hobby project and the most successful one compared to my all previous stuff. I am 100% satisfied with this work. Few months ago,…