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Simple AVR Bootloader tutorial
I've used AVR microcontrollers both for hobbies and work projects. These versatile microcontrollers ran the…
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Microcontroller Programming Issues
Bugs in software are bad, bugs in hardware are even worse, but inconsistent results are…
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Morse encoder
The morse code encodes the latin alphabet comprised of 26 letters to a binary base.…
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Post Beta hardware iteration
For the Portable Environmental Monitor beta release, both the project summary and the system design…
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Portable Environmental Monitor
The portable environmental monitor addresses pollution, the kind that we are unable to see but…
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Sharp GP2Y1010 dust sensor
The Sharp GP2Y10 dust sensor can detect dust in air using the reflected infrared light, including very fine smoke particles. See how to use it with a microcontroller.
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ILI9341 touchscreen LCD Library
I got a few QVGA LCD's with resistive touchscreen for an ongoing project. All that…
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Atmega8 UDP Client
As a follow-up to Radu's Atmega8 and enc28J60 for ethernet support article, I used the…
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ILI9163 LCD Library
An open source code library for the ILI9163 LCD. Circuit diagram for connecting it to an ATmega128 and demo video are included.
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Atmega128 Voodoo
Apparently I had no better inspiration on how to name this post. It all started…
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DIY AVR Development Board with Atmega128
Eagle diagrams and instructions for building a DIY Development board featuring the powerful Atmega128 microcontroller
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The AVR Watchdog
The AVR Watchdog is an essential mechanism to protect long term run applications from code freezes affecting their functionality.
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Single Chip Computer
Learn how to create a single chip computer running BASIC.
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AVR SDCard FAT support with FatFS
You've probably seen or done lots of cool microcontroller projects already, but did you ever…
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How to set the AVR Fusebits
Learn how to set your atmega to work with various external crystals, program the fusebits, and build a fusebit doctor to revive your AVRs, in case you wrote the wrong settings .
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HC-SR04 Sonar with Atmega8 microcontroller
Build an ultrasonic sonar for non-contact distance measurements, using an Atmega8 and a HC-SR04
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USBAsp – AVR USB Programmer
A good source for cheap AVR USB Programmers. USBasp modules.
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First steps with micro controllers (ATMega8)
My first microcontroller (Atmega8) experiments, tools, software, tips and photos.