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DIY
DIY: Sun tracking unit
6. June 2008 - 20:26 — adminShow your talent by DIY a Sun Tracking Unit: ScienceProg
68000 home computer
1. June 2008 - 1:06 — adminYou grab a Motorola 68HC000 32 bit mcu, some knowledge, you mix them together and you should get a 32-bit power single board computer. The chip is quite old but there are many chip makers still produce it.
Generate real-time VGA signal + music with ATmega
2. May 2008 - 9:30 — adminAn amazing demonstration of the power of the slightly overclocked ATmega88 (video included in the article).
AVR frequency counter
29. April 2008 - 9:09 — adminA simple, inexpensive and versatile frequency counter with LCD display and some special extra features.
USBTiny - ATtiny2313 based USB-to-parallel convertor
27. April 2008 - 13:02 — adminUSBtiny is a software implementation of the USB low-speed protocol for the Atmel ATtiny microcontrollers.
AVR DDS functions generator
25. April 2008 - 14:31 — adminAVR DDS signal generator V2.0 is a firmware based DDS signal generator which uses slightly modified Jesper’s DDS algorithm adapted to AVR-GCC C program as in-line ASM.
DIY: USB sound card
24. April 2008 - 19:30 — adminAn easy-to-built sound card with TI's PCM2702 chip.
AVR IR Remote Control System
19. April 2008 - 18:18 — adminAn infrared (IR) link that provides bi-directional communication between the NXT and the new Power-Functions system, which consists of a battery box, motors, a remote control (an IR transmitter) and an IR receiver that controls the motors.
Laser Display
19. April 2008 - 16:19 — adminBuild your own laser display by two mirrors, two motors to move the mirrors, a laser pointer, and a PIC microcontroller with serial input.