Have you played with Arduino’s and now have a taste for microcontrollers? Have you tried to go beyond Arduino but got stopped by the dense datasheets? This is the instructable for you! I was working on an instructable for the epilog contest which would wirelessly link two smoke alarms. I wrote all the code and […]
A complete starter guide to AVRs using attiny2313 microcontroller Read More »
You have an STK500 development board for the AVR controllers from Atmel? And you want to use it with a newer AVR controller which is not supported by any of the 8 sockets on board? And you do not own an STK505 extension board? Welcome to my world until yesterday! This is my first instructable
An universal programming adapter for the Atmel STK500 using AVR microcontroller Read More »
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 media. For instance, in engineering, such kinds of measurements are needed to design optimum lighting conditions of a room. In photography, light intensity measurements ensure
Building a digital light meter with a calibrated LDR using Atmega8 microcontroller Read More »
Controlling temperature has been a prime objective in various applications including refrigerators, air conditioners, air coolers, heaters, industrial temperature conditioning and so on. Temperature controllers vary in their complexities and algorithms. Some of these use simple control techniques like simple on-off control while others use complex Proportional Integral Derivative (PID) or fuzzy logic algorithms. In
Intelligent temperature monitoring and control system using AVR microcontroller Read More »
AVR acoustic spectrum analyzer, based on Atmega8 AVR microcontroller, operational amplifier, and few other components. Use any HD44780 compatible LCD or VFD, connect audio signal, and enjoy the effect 🙂 You can build in this into your amplifier, pc, car-audio, or other device. On this moment device support following displays: 16*2, 20*2, 24*2, and 20*4.
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MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) Accelerometers are in widespread use as tilt-sensors in mobile phones and cameras. Simple accelerometers are available both as ic-chip’s and cheap development pcb-boards. Wireless chips are also affordable and available in assembled circuits, with matched antenna-network and decoupling-caps onboard. Hook both wireless board and accelerometer up to a microcontroller via serial interface
Wireless Accelerometer Controlled rgb-LED’s using atmega168 microcontroller Read More »
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 $30. The result is a 2x2x2 cube where each light is independently controllable. I’m not absolutely sure how many colors you can get from each
This instructable shows how to control a group of led’s with one microprocessor output. The micro I will be using is an Atmel Attiny2313. Step: 1 Parts and Tools Parts: Attiny2313 (got 5 free samples from Atmel) 20 pin socket Resistors (any size will work, depending on your setup. I will explain later) 5v regulator
Control Anything with one AVR pin using Attiny2313 microcontroller Read More »
This is a simple color sensor using Atmega16 MCU and can sense Red ,Green and Blue color. How it works: the sensor consist from LDR sensor and RGB LED ,so when the object putted on the sensor the light that emitting from RGB LED will reflected from the object to LDR sensor and read it by ADC of ATMEGA16 as
After Christmas I was in the situation that my nephew’s birthday celebration came near. I asked him if he had a special on his wish list and he told me that he doesn’t have a wish at all, for the moment. He still had not played with every toy he got for christmas. We decided
Ambient Light Gift Badge using ATTiny13 microcontroller Read More »
