µ[micro]electronics info - PIC16F

PIC frequency counter

admin — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:02:16 +0000

A 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

admin — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:36:22 +0000

It is easy to interface a MMC (MultiMediaCard) with a Microchip PIC or with an AVR via the SPI bus.

PICs in Space

admin — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:19:05 +0000

Space Invaders on a PIC? No problem...

LCS-1M: A Low-Cost Hobby Oscilloscope

admin — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:06:45 +0000

An 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

admin — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:02:01 +0000

This 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!

admin — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 09:35:45 +0000

For 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

admin — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:17:11 +0000

Really 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

admin — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:15:10 +0000

Easy homemade RFID tags reader based on the PIC microcontroller.

PIC interface for AT keyboard

admin — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:17:02 +0000

Three PIC circuits for PS/AT keyboard interfacing plus one more PIC keyboard solution.

Microcontroller video game

admin — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:27:26 +0000

A 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!