µ[micro]electronics info - Maxim

USB Host for microcontrollers

admin — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 10:16:52 +0000

It isn't a problem to create an uC-based device as an USB peripherial nowadays - there are a lot of chips with USB device capability, from FTDI to some PIC/USB, or OBDEV's USB software controller. But what to do if you need connect some USB peripherial to your device?

AVR and 1-Wire interface

admin — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:25:57 +0000

Dallas Semiconductor (Maxim) produces a family of devices that are controlled through a proprietary 1-wire interface. On a 1-wire network, a single "master" device communicates with one or more 1-wire "slave" devices over a single data line, which can also be used to provide power to the slave devices. How to connect such devices to Arduino?

MAX3420 - Maxim USB Peripheral Controller

admin — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 12:40:13 +0000

The MAX3420 is a USB peripheral controller chip with an SPI bus. How to easily make use of the device in your projects?

PIC-based real-time clock with DS1307

admin — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 11:02:18 +0000

This PIC project uses an I2C Real Time Clock IC (DS1307) and a four digit seven segment display to create a standard desk clock.

Simple negative power supply

admin — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:00:24 +0000

This stuff is really small, use some common parts and can be reuse across different needs.