This project is used to measure the distance using ultrasonic sensors. The ultrasonic signal passes through the atmosphere to a barrier, which we want to measure the distance. Part of this signal is reflected and travels back to the receiver. The time delay between sending and receiving signals are then determined by distance barriers. The […]
Ultrasonic range finder using ATMega8515 Read More »
The 4×4 LED Display was my first project with a two-layer circuitboard layout. The alignment was not 100% optimal, but sufficent. I wanted to make the board as small as possible, so the parts had to be stacked at some places. The square LED’s were painted black on the sides to keep the pixels sharp.
Manufacturing circuitboards containing SMD-parts with toner-transfer is nearly impossible. The thin traces almost never get transferred completely to the copper. One solution to this problem is to use photoresist boards and expose them with UV light. The layout is printed onto a transparency, which is then used as a mask for the photoresist. I got
UV Exposure Unit & Etching Read More »
For a long time I had a layout for this circuit, but could never build it, because the layout was to small to be made by tonertransfer. So it was the first layout I made with my new exposure unit. It’s quite small, so it fits under the LEDMatrix itself. Therefore only SMD parts are
8×8 Bicolor LED Matrix using MAX6964 Read More »
Due to university and work it has been a while since the last post. But I just completed a little project that’s worth posting. Several old 27C256 EPROMS were lying around unused. So I thought about a purpose for them. As I also had some 8×8 LED matrices, a little animated display came to mind.
EPROM Display using ULN2308A microcontroller Read More »
Another update on the CNC. The interfaceboards are etched, soldered and tested. IO / Control Boards Step- and directionsignals are generated by an ATmega32 which is controlled over RS232. This is only for testing purpose. In the final version a PC will control the movement. For more Detail: CNC Update 2 Using atmega32 microcontroller
CNC Update 2 Using atmega32 microcontroller Read More »
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. Also only very few tools are needed. A metal saw, a drill press, a vice and optionally a tap will suffice. And here you can
Delta Robot using atmega32 micrcontroller Read More »
16×2 LCDs are most commonly used display units in microcontroller based projects. I got much information about LCD, LCD commands, LCD initialization etc from the below link and I hope, it will be very much helpful for beginners. For more Detail: 4 bit interfacing of a 16X2 LCD display to PIC16F877A, Atmega16/32 & MSP430
4 bit interfacing of a 16X2 LCD display to PIC16F877A, Atmega16/32 & MSP430 Read More »
Introduction: (don’t skip to read the note below) I recently purchased few AVR microcontrollers. I don’t know much about AVR since I am using it for first time. Any way, I have some experience on working with PIC and MSP430. To program AVR using USB, I came to know that USBASP is the best and
My own AVR ISP programmer using PIC16f877a and python! Read More »
Here is a project for beginners to interface a 16-key (4×4) keypad with ATmega32 using 8-pins i.e. one port of the microcontroller. This is useful particularly where we need more keys but don’t want to spend more uC pins for interfacing. The 4×4 keypad is a standard one available in the market. I’ve used here
4×4 Matrix Key-board Interfacing with ATmega32 Read More »
