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All pins bent out flat, except number 10, which is folded under the chip.
Part of the high-tech holiday decorations project.
Microchip Technology's Microstick for dsPIC33F and PIC24H development board (part # DM330013) provides a complete, low-cost solution for designing with Microchip’s 16-bit PIC24H microcontrollers and dsPIC33F Digital Signal Controllers (DSCs), in a compact 20x76 mm footprint. At the low cost of $24.99, the Microstick offers an integrated USB programmer/debugger, which shortens learning curves. For maximum flexibility, the Microstick can be used stand-alone or plugged into a prototyping board. Additionally, educators are eligible for a 25% discount. For more information, visit www.microchip.com/Microstick.
I Heart 0X0 is a game, a wearable artwork, musical fancy and location based plaything! Created using conductive velcro and powered by LilyPad Arduino. At time of writing, Aug 10, I'm still fiddling with this, so final video & write up soon at rainycatz.wordpress.com
Pixel VGA, version 1 (Floor Cluster) - Garnet Hertz
Two dozen old computer monitors occupy the center of a gallery floor in a cluster facing the wall. Each screen is controlled with custom electronics to create pulsating and strobing patterns, casting a colored wash across the darkened gallery.
Dimensions: Variable (approx 3m x 3m). VGA monitors, custom electronics. 2011.
More project information: conceptlab.com/pixel/
At Sandia National Laboratory , the advanced microcontroller circuitry inside the MidiWing musical instrument can calculate the many different frequencies or pitches that produce complex musical sounds from the position of a joystick, mouse or other input.
For more information or additional images, please contact 202-586-5251.
Microchip Technology's PIC18F47J53 8-bit USB microcontroller (MCU) features XLP technology for eXtreme Low Power Consumption, up to 128 KB Flash program memory and 4 KB RAM, offering plenty of code space for Microchip’s free USB stack, and for application code.
As the electronics hobbyist one of knowledge that we have to be familiar with is how to make our own printed circuit board (PCB). Making our own simple single side PCB actually is not require a sophisticated technique and technology as you might think, instead most of the required materials is already available at your home. For more information please visit www.ermicro.com/blog/?p=1526
The I2C bus (read as I squared C) is one of the most important embedded system serial bus interface first introduced by Philips in 1980; using just two lines called SCL (serial clock) and SDA (serial data) respectively make the I2C bus is a perfect choice to provide additional I/O capabilities to your microcontroller project without changing your microcontroller type and design in order to increase the I/O port pins. For more information please visit www.ermicro.com/blog/?p=1239
Studio strobe on a big PVC tripod for doing outdoor timelapse at night. Winds are lower at night, allowing you to work in the natural environment without the excessive vibrating effect caused by wind moving leaves during the interframe interval. I plan to adapt this technique to seasons timelapse once I have more experience with it at high framerates.
The development environment of Kings!
More stuff bolted to crudely-sawn wood scrap!
I'm just starting to develop the software for the IN-14 clock, and this setup is the part that will let me upload it to the microcontroller clock brains and test it out. Microcontrollers are single-chip computers, commonly used in the Real World for tasks like controlling cars' fuel injectors or acting as the brains of your microwave oven. They're available in various sizes and degrees of computer-power; a clock doesn't need a very smart one. The chip shown here is overpowered for being clock brains and it cost about $5. Microcontrollers effectively turn hardware engineering tasks into software tasks, which makes me as a software engineer very happy. You use them by writing software on a PC, then "burning" it onto the controller with a tool called a programmer. Modern microcontrollers are reusable, so you can erase and re-burn them thousands of times - ideal for experimenting. Once burned, they can allegedly remember their programming for decades, unless erased.
The widget in the upper left is an AVR Dragon, which is a low-cost USB programmer / debugger for several of the microcontrollers in the Atmel AVR family.
In the breadboard at the bottom is one such chip, the ATMega8515, which distinguishes itself as a nixie clock controller because it has a lot of I/O pins. The tube driver board needs 4 bits per digit, so 16 I/O pins are needed to communicate with it.
In this shot the chip is running the essential first microcontroller program - an LED blinker. I've written plenty of stuff on other controllers, just not this one, and I've only used the Dragon a couple of times before. An LED blinker is a great way to make sure the whole environment is set up properly.
The Dragon is, on paper, a very nice little board - costs about $50 and has capabilities of much more expensive tools, such as in-circuit debugging. In practice it's been a bit temperamental, sometimes refusing to talk to my laptop, but all in all it's pretty cool.
In a really nerdy way.
Microchip created the MRF24WB0MA PICtail™/PICtail Plus Daughter Board (part # AC164136-4, $59.99) to enable development with the new Wi-Fi module. This daughter board plugs into the Explorer 16 and PICDEM.net™ 2 boards to allow easy, modular development with hundreds of 8-bit PIC18, 16-bit PIC24 and 32-bit PIC32 MCUs, as well as the dsPIC® DSCs. All of these tools are available today at www.microchip.com/get/NNET.
The Multimedia Expansion Board is a modular add-on to any of Microchip Technology's Starter Kits for the 32-bit PIC32 microcontroller family, which have been purchased by thousands of embedded designers. The board demonstrates how to implement a flexible graphics display strategy that is not dependent on controller-based QVGA Display Modules, which are frequently obsoleted. It also includes a high-quality 24-bit stereo audio codec line out, headphone and microphone jacks, integrated FCC-certified Wi-Fi®, an on-board 3-axis accelerometer and a 5-position joystick. No other manufacturer offers such a complete multimedia development system for this class of 32-bit microcontroller.
The Multimedia Expansion Board (part # DM320005, $249.99) is available today at www.microchip.com/get/F3RD.
The seven segment display is one of the most popular numeric displays used in many microcontroller applications because it’s cheap, robust and reliable. The seven segment actually consists of 8 LED (Light Emitting Diode) and it’s come with various sizes suitable for various numeric display application such as digital clock, counter, thermometer, humidity, etc. For more information please visit www.ermicro.com/blog/?p=844
See the blog post: rasterweb.net/raster/2011/07/14/terrible-photos/
(Or maybe this one: rasterweb.net/raster/2010/11/09/cheap-arduinos-usb/ )
Infineon XMC 2Go
KIT_XMC_2GO_XMC1100_V1
Summary of Features:
XMC1100 (ARM® Cortex™-M0 based)
On-board J-Link Lite Debugger
(Realized with XMC4200 Microcontroller)
Power over USB (Micro USB)
ESD and reverse current protection
2 x user LED
Pin Header 2x8 Pins suitable for Breadbord
Just a snapshot of the microcontroller developer's life :) On the sheet is the assignment of microcontroller pin ports and plug connection. Afterwards voltage levels and speeds are tested with an oscilloscope.
(That big 300V transformator in the back is not used in this context)
Microchip's Accessory Development Starter Kits for Android™ enable accessory development for Google’s Android platform. Specifically, Android versions 2.3.4 and 3.1 and later include a new framework that allows apps to communicate directly with an accessory connected to a smartphone or tablet, via USB. The kits consist of a development board and a software library, available via free download from www.microchip.com/android, which enable the fast and easy development of Android smartphone and tablet accessories based on Microchip’s large portfolio of 16-bit and 32-bit PIC® microcontrollers. These microcontrollers feature industry-leading performance, integrated connectivity and eXtreme Low Power technology for the industry’s lowest power consumption in both sleep and active modes.
Microchip Technology's MCP9804 Temperature Sensor provides high temperature accuracy of +0.25° C (typical) and +/- 1° C from -40 to +125°C, as well as static current consumption of just 200 µA (typ.). Available in small 8-pin MSOP and 2 mm x 3 mm DFN packages, the I2C™ device reduces board space and enables longer battery life for industrial, automotive and consumer applications.
Every one of these first gen timelapsers was a labor of love, taking countless hours to complete. They were deployed by the dozens. The alarm clock buzzer is wired to an optoisolator which lets the tiny current activate an input to the ATOM microcontroller. The chip turns on a relay to turn off the alarm and reset for the next day then another relay shorts across the cameras power switch, it waits for powerup then another relay shorts across the shutter button contacts. After another short delay, the cam power relay turns it off to wait for the alarm again
This is the model R/C tank I am designing on a gearbox + Tracks & wheels from Tamiya. The radio is Hitec and two receiver servo outputs feed my microcontroller-based Pulse Position Modulation output into Pulse Width Modulated power output to the two motors.
Full details at www.5volt.eu
The seven segment display is one of the most popular numeric displays used in many microcontroller applications because it’s cheap, robust and reliable. The seven segment actually consists of 8 LED (Light Emitting Diode) and it’s come with various sizes suitable for various numeric display application such as digital clock, counter, thermometer, humidity, etc. For more information please visit www.ermicro.com/blog/?p=844
My home-made double layer PCB made using heat toner transfer method.
www.apdigitallight.com/2009/12/simple-technique-to-make-p...
Sanguino is an open source Arduino-compatible microcontroller board that is base
Sanguino is an open source Arduino-compatible microcontroller board that is based on the Arduino, and inspired by the Boarduino form-factor. It uses the atmega644P chip which has 4x the memory, ram and 12 more GPIO pins than the Arduino's atmega168.
More info: make.sanguino.cc/1.0
Sanguino is an open source Arduino-compatible microcontroller board that is based on the Arduino, and inspired by the Boarduino form-factor. It uses the atmega644P chip which has 4x the memory, ram and 12 more GPIO pins than the Arduino's atmega168.
More info: make.sanguino.cc/1.0
Microchip's new 8-bit PIC® microcontrollers—the PIC16F527 and PIC16F570, which combine the ease-of-use of a PIC MCU with low-cost analog peripherals to create a well-integrated, cost-effective family suitable for a wide range of applications. Microchip's new 8-bit PIC® microcontrollers—the PIC16F527 and PIC16F570, which combine the ease-of-use of a PIC MCU with low-cost analog peripherals to create a well-integrated, cost-effective family suitable for a wide range of applications. With an on-chip dual Op Amp module, 8-bit ADC and two comparators, these MCUs are ideal for systems that require signal conditioning and amplification to interpret analog inputs. The PIC16F527 and PIC16F570 employ a small and highly efficient 8-bit architecture, and add several features to support ease of use and system robustness. For more info visit, www.microchip.com/get/CNMV
Block diagram of Microchip Technology's 8-bit PIC18F87J72 microcontroller (MCU) family for single-phase, multi-function smart-metering and energy-monitoring applications.
The Arduino Duemilanove on a 6mm polycarbonate slab with four non-slip feet. The PCB is supported on M3 threaded spacers, and held down with Allen bolts (which I salvaged from a Video 2000 VCR). The edges of the polycarbonate slab have been polished, using toothpaste.
A small present for my girlfriend.
More infos at blog.gut-man.de/2009/11/08/kleine-aufmerksamkeit-fur-die-...
Lissajous figures are interesting curves that occur in systems where oscillation happens in more than one direction, for example when a pendulum hanging from a string moves in the plane.
These pictures are from an easy persistence of vision approach to playing with Lissajous figures. Read more about this project here.
Caroll stands for Cheap Autonomous Robot for OnLine Learning : it learns to go to lit places. It uses reinforcement learning.
Assembly instructions :
www.lifl.fr/~decomite/caroll/caroll.html
Video at : www.youtube.com/fdecomite
Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller, analog and Flash-IP solutions, today announced its first instrumentation amplifier, the MCP6N11. The new instrumentation amp features Microchip’s unique mCal technology, which is an on-chip calibration circuit that enables low initial offset voltage and a means to control offset drift, which results in higher accuracy across time and temperature. The MCP6N11’s low-power CMOS process technology enables low power, while providing a gain bandwidth product of 500 kHz, and it features a hardware shutdown pin for even more power savings. The device’s low, 1.8V operation allows two 1.5V batteries to be drained beyond typical use, and its rail-to-rail input and output operation enables full-range use, even in low-supply conditions.
Microchip Technology's PIC24F32KA304 Plug-In Module (Part # MA240022, $25) for the Explorer 16 Development Board (Part # DM240001, $129.99).