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Microchip PIC
LCS-1M: A Low-Cost Hobby Oscilloscope
6. November 2008 - 18:06 — adminAn oscilloscope is an invaluable tool for anyone working in electronics. LCS-1M is a simple yet full-featured homemade digital sampling oscilloscope.
DIY PIC Micro House Network [PicNET2 ]
4. November 2008 - 17:57 — adminAn free and open-source house network based on PICs.
Internetworking with PICs
4. November 2008 - 17:49 — adminIt takes just few components to get the ENC28J60 up and running and connected to a host microprocessor or microcontroller with support for the industry standard SPI interface.
Multifunctional Alarm Clock
2. November 2008 - 13:53 — adminUnlike old-school mechanical alarm clocks that you have to set manually, this Internet-connected alarm clock provides three primary features: automatic time setting on power-up, streaming MP3 music, and remote management.
GPS to SD-Card Data Logger
29. October 2008 - 20:02 — adminThis project combines a GPS receiver module, a Microchip PIC microcontroller and a Secure Digital memory card to make a GPS data logger.
PS/2 to RS-232 interface
29. October 2008 - 18:07 — adminThis project is a Microchip PIC microcontroller with an RS232 serial interface on one side and an PS/2 (keyboard or mouse) interface on the other. The PS/2 interface uses bit-banging on a 12F683 device.
Sakura - The World’s Simplest Open Source DIY MP3 player!
11. October 2008 - 10:35 — adminFor around $30 in parts and a good amount of patience, you can have a completely open source and hackable mp3 player ready to go. It can be modified to accept serial commands, be embedded in an art project, used as the voice of your next smart talking robo-sidekick, or filled with music and used as is. Put in whatever size card you want, up to the theoretical limit of the MMC format.
Scopey II
7. October 2008 - 13:06 — adminBuild a dsPIC Oscilloscope and Spectrum Analyzer with 128x64 LCD display
USB soundcard based on PIC
28. September 2008 - 16:53 — adminAn USB soundcard for PC based on Microchip PIC18F2550.
MP3 Daisy player
24. September 2008 - 21:45 — adminThe Daisy is a multipurpose sound player for embedded applications. It can be used as a standalone personal music player,as the sound for an art project, in a kiosk, as a museum tour guide, in a toy, or anywhere that high quality embedded audio is desired. It uses MMC or SD flash memory cards so storage size is unlimited. It has several interface modes for either human or machine control.