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AVR based mini Projects 1. Stepper Motor interfacing and display result on lcd Using ATMEGA32 Microcontroller What is stepper motor ? stepper motor is a Brush-less DC motor that rotates with step-by-step making certain specified minimum angle . To make a rotation of stepper motor we… 2. Homemade 6 GHz FMCW radar Introduction Previously I made a simple frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) radar that was able to detect distance of a human sized object to 100 m. It worked, but as it was… 3. How to install ExaGear Desktop Trial on Odroid Odroid is a great development mini PC board to make different IoT or other tech projects on. Needless to describe all the advantages of this marvelous device, as any reader… 4. SST26WF064C – Low-voltage 64-Megabit SuperFlash® Memory Device From Microchip Microchip introduced a new 64Mbit Serial Quad I/O™ memory device—SST26WF064C with proprietary SuperFlash® technology. The SST26WF064C writes with a single power supply of 1.65-1.95V and significantly lower power consumption. This makes it ideal for wireless,… 5. Turn Your iPad Into A Second Screen with Luna It is possible now to turn your iPad into a second display using Luna Display! Luna Display is a hardware solution that extends your Mac desktop to your iPad, creating… 6. Next Generation Solar Cell That Can Capture Nearly All Energy of Solar Spectrum Researchers developed a multijunction solar cell on a GaSb substrate that can efficiently convert the long- wavelength photons typically lost in a multijunction solar cell into electricity. This prototype cell has… 7. The Aurora Boxealis – A Color Sensing and Mirroring Project Introduction Besides looking damned good on an otherwise bland and ordinary desk, this project is about more than just being attention grabbing eye candy. It’s about demonstrating a small portion… 8. Inside Intel’s first product: the 3101 RAM chip held just 64 bits Intel's first product was not a processor, but a memory chip: the 31011 RAM chip, released in April 1969. This chip held just 64 bits of data (equivalent to 8… 9. Renesas Electronics Achieves Lowest Embedded SRAM Power of 13.7 nW/Mbit Renesas Electronics Corporation announced the successful development of a new low-power SRAM circuit technology that achieves a record ultra-low power consumption of 13.7 nW/Mbit in standby mode. The prototype SRAM also… 10. Next-generation Bluetooth Low Energy SoC from ST Introducing its latest-generation Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) System-on-Chip, ST Microelectronics hghlights low power, small size, and high performance to enable widespread deployment of energy-conscious, space-constrained applications with BLE connectivity. The… 11. Bluey, BLE Development Board Supports NFC Development boards are assistant tools that help engineers and enthusiasts to become familiarized with hardware development. They simplify the process of controlling and programming hardware, such as microcontrollers and microprocessors. Electronut Labs,… 12. E-Mosquito takes sample of your Blood to Keep You Healthy Mosquitoes are some of the most adept bloodsuckers on Earth. With a quick jab, sharp mouthparts plunge into human skin in search of a juicy blood vessel. It’s no surprise, then,… 13. LIN Protocol — One Wire Protocol for Automotive Applications With the host of protocols available in electronics interfaces, choosing a protocol is a hard job. Some protocols are designed for long distance and reliable communication applications such as RS-485.… 14. An NRF24L01+ and FTDI Ready Atmega 328P-PU (3.3V, 500 MA) Microcontroller With Dual Power Capability, Undervoltage, Hysteresis, and Thyristor-Crowbar Overvoltage Protection This board is designed to safely drive a 3.3V microcontroller and connected accoutrements. It supports primary and backup power sources and provides numerous over and under voltage safeguards. The microcontroller… 15. Plug And Debug With ScanaQuad SQ200 Logic Analyzer and Signal Generator The ScanaQuad 200 by Ikalogic is a high- performance 4-channel logic analyzer and digital pattern generator. It is designed to be the best companion of a hobbyist when working on serial protocols like UART,… 16. AVR ATmega32 Mini Development Board – Interfacing LCD AVR ATmega32 Mini Development Board is interfaced with a LCD module (2×16) operating at 5V. The voltage at the third pin of the LCD can be varied by potentiometer to adjust… 17. Wooden Digital Clock is controlled over WiFi Wooden Digital Clock with - Time, Temperature, Humidity, Alarm - WiFi controller through web browser - Advance display config - Stop alarm by vibration sensor size : 64 x 64… 18. Minimal Arduino with ATmega8 Like me, you may have a few old Arduino boards or ATmega8 chips (in the boards) laying around from when you were first playing with Arduino. Those chips can still… 19. Data-rich 3.5mm jack vies with USB-C for headsets The 3.5mm phone jack is a well-established standard in the audio industry and continues to get strong support from users in the market. Originally invented in the 19th century for… 20. Reverse engineering the 76477 sound effect chip Remember the old video game Space Invaders? Some of its sound effects were provided by a chip called the 76477 Complex Sound Generation chip. While the sound effects1 produced by… 21. AVR Project – Relay Timer with ATmega8 AVR MCU Timers are widely used in industrial and domestic application for automating tasks. Microcontrollers can be used to design versatile and accurate timers with ease. Here I present a simple timer… 22. FPGAs For MCU Guys A little while ago, it struck me that I was getting tired of explaining what FPGAs are and how they work their magic to those of my chums who --… 23. Castellated PCB Edges Castellations are small plated edges, typically used for making circuit boards into small pcb modules. These are often seen on wireless modules, such as the ESP8266-12E. While we don’t offer… 24. Carbon Introduces SpeedCell System & Bigger 3D Printers Since 2013, the additive manufacturing startup Carbon had altered the 3D printing industry. Carbon produced its industry-changing M1 3D printer and CLIP 3D printing technology, bringing never-before-seen printing speed and… 25. Inside the vintage 74181 ALU chip The 74181 ALU (arithmetic/logic unit) chip powered many of the minicomputers of the 1970s: it provided fast 4-bit arithmetic and logic functions, and could be combined to handle larger words,… 26. Micro Maestro 6-Channel USB Servo Controller The Micro Maestro is the first of Pololu’s second- generation USB servo controllers. The board supports three control methods — USB for direct connection to a PC, TTL serial for use… 27. How to make an Arduino Pro Mini bare bones with Real-time Clock Recapitulation One thing I didn’t find clearly over the internet is how to make an Arduino Pro Mini bare bones, that is, from the scratch, and how to make one… 28. Analyzing the vintage 8008 processor from die photos The revolutionary Intel 8008 microprocessor is 45 years old today (March 13, 2017), so I figured it's time for a blog post on reverse-engineering its internal circuits. One of the… 29. FONA808 USB Interface Hi! First of all, Happy New Year 2017! I hope all of yours starts the new year with good intentions. The mine one is write frequently here. Family and work… 30. Introduction to Arduino UNO (uses AVR ATmega328) Overview Arduino is an Open Source embedded development platform which is easy-to-use. It comprises of Hardware boards and Software tools. Examples of some of the most popular Arduino Hardware boards… 31. Mini Digital Barometric Altimeter I found on Ebay very nice, small 12v 23A battery holders for PCB mounting style and decided to fit the SMALL DIGITAL BAROMETRIC ALTIMETER just on the back of the… 32. BMP380 – Ultra-miniature pressure sensor The BMP380 is aimed at the growing markets of gaming, sports and health management, as well as indoor and outdoor navigation. By measuring barometric pressure, the sensor enables drones, smartphones,… 33. MyPart, An Open Source Portable Air Particle Counter One of the most harmful airborne pollutants with respect to human health is particulate matter. Air particle counters are used to determine the air quality by counting and sizing the… 34. Inside the 74181 ALU chip: die photos and reverse engineering What's inside a TTL chip? To find out, I opened up a 74181 ALU chip, took high-resolution die photos, and reverse-engineered the chip.1 Inside I found several types of gates,… 35. Redefining a new state-of-the-art in microampere current-sense amplifiers Sensing and controlling supply current flow are a fundamental re- quirement in most all electronic systems from battery- operated, portable equipment to mobile or fixed-platform power manage- ment and dc motor… 36. +/- 1.7g Dual-Axis IMEMS Accelerometer Using ADXL203 The ADXL203 Module is high precision, low power, complete dual-axis accelerometers with signal conditioned voltage outputs, all on a single, monolithic IC. The ADXL203 measure acceleration with a full-scale range… 37. New PWM controller IC By Microchip Charges Batteries of Any Chemistry Battery technologies of all chemistry are experiencing revolutionary changes nowadays. Nanotechnology is leading this revolution by yielding new battery technologies including but not limited to Tiny Supercapacitors and Li-ion batteries… 38. DICE10 – A miniaturized electronic die based on ATtiny10 Making an electronic dice is very popular among hobbyists and there are already lots of ready-made projects on the internet about this topic. Tim at Hackaday.io designed an electronic dice project… 39. Semiconductor radioactivity detector Currently I'm trying to make a working version of a radioactivity detector that uses semiconductor as a sensor. It's a different approach than Geiger-Muller detectors or ionization chambers, more complicated,… 40.