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Because I have not tested all electronic circuits mentioned on this pages, I cannot attest to their accuracy; therefore, I do not provide a warranty of any kind and cannot be held responsible in any manner.
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PIC frequency counter
2. June 2009 - 21:02 — adminA small frequency counter with a cheap PIC microcontroller and a few seven-segment LED digits with frequency range up to 50MHz.
Using SD/MMC cards with Atmel or Microchip
8. January 2009 - 19:36 — adminIt is easy to interface a MMC (MultiMediaCard) with a Microchip PIC or with an AVR via the SPI bus.
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.
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.
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.
PIC Autorange Capacitance Meter
18. September 2008 - 17:17 — adminReally powerful autoranged capacitance meter based on PIC16F873. It means users does not need to adjust the range settings. The measuring range is quite large, from 5pF to 2600uF.
Homemade RFID reader
27. August 2008 - 12:15 — adminEasy homemade RFID tags reader based on the PIC microcontroller.
PIC interface for AT keyboard
21. August 2008 - 21:17 — adminThree PIC circuits for PS/AT keyboard interfacing plus one more PIC keyboard solution.
Microcontroller video game
18. August 2008 - 11:27 — adminA video game system. The hardware was designed and built using three microcontrollers. The software includes low-level firmware, and a custom video game called Alien Slaughter!
