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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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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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Using a Rain sensor with AVR Microcontrollers
A simple rain sensor connected to an ATMega8, provides readings on the level of water detected on its surface.
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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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Using FS1000A/XY-FST RF Radio module with AVRs
Wireless data transfer can be useful for a variety of projects. I stumbled upon a…
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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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NMEA GPS Library for AVR Microcontrollers
An open source library that allows you to use a NMEA GPS Module with an AVR Microcontroller. UART Communication and NMEA Parser is included.
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USBAsp – AVR USB Programmer
A good source for cheap AVR USB Programmers. USBasp modules.
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AVR Studio 5 snprintf / vsnprintf problem with Floats
How to fix the problem with Float variables in AVR Studio
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Decoding Renke Weather station data
The Renke RS-FSXCS-N01-*-EX weather station is a compact, all-in-one environmental monitoring solution capable of measuring key atmospheric…
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NMEA GPS Library for Microcontrollers -2-
A few years back I wrote a NMEA parser library that would run on AVR…
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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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Introduction to CC2541
Exploring the versatile AVR microcontrollers or the powerful STM32 counterparts were amazing experiences which resulted…
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DIY Geiger Counter Kit 1.1
This is an Open Source Digital Radiation Dosimeter, that can be used both as a…
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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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Resistive touchscreen
A complicated project July was a tough month, and August is no different. Due to…
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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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ESP8266 Troubleshooting
I got a few esp8266 modules back in 2014, shortly after they've been announced on…
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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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Introduction to STM32 microcontrollers
Introduction to STM32 microcontrollers shows how to setup the ide and toolchain to edit and compile STM32 apps on a MacOS workstation.
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DIY Dosimeter Geiger Counter KIT1.0
Note: there is a newer version of this project, KIT1.1, see it here If I…
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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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Single Chip Computer
Learn how to create a single chip computer running BASIC.
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The MQ-9B Combustible gas sensor
A quick test with the combustible gas sensor, MQ-9B and an atmega8 microcontroller.
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UT50 NaI Scintillation probe
I met some great people today, and I also got a wonderful device for my…
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Global radiation monitoring network
EDIT: there is a dedicated blog on this project, here. Make sure to follow it…
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Coil Winding machine counter with Atmega8 and Reed relay
A digital counter with a nice LCD display that supports both incrementing and decrementing. Good for various purposes, in this case as a display to a coil winding machine.