If you’ve ever wanted to power your Arduino or AVR from a battery for development testing (batteries have different power delivery qualities than, say, transformed AC or even a regulated wall wart in DC) testing but were tired of going through batteries (Hey, I admit I’ve sucked batteries dry in hours because of a slipped-up design before …
Power your Arduino/AVR with a Hand-Cranked Battery Using Atmega Read More »
The Arduino — and AVRs in general — have a wide range of power supply options ranging from around 1.8V to 5.5V. The choice of voltage is usually determined by the desired clock speed or power consumption requirements. The Arduino and its many variants have power jacks that allow connections from big, clunky “wall warts.” …
Power Your Arduino From Your Car using AVR microcontroller Using Atmega Read More »
If you’ve ever wanted to power your Arduino or AVR from a battery for development testing (batteries have different power delivery qualities than, say, transformed AC or even a regulated wall wart in DC) testing but were tired of going through batteries (Hey, I admit I’ve sucked batteries dry in hours because of a slipped-up …
Power your Arduino/AVR with a Hand-Cranked Battery using ATmega8 microcontroller Read More »
Do you have a pile of AA rechargeable batteries in your drawer? Some are old, some are new, but which sets would you bring with your camera on your next trip, and which ones are past their useful life? I like using rechargeable batteries, but I’m certain that some of them are not living up to …
Rechargeable Battery Capacity Tester using ATMega168 microcontroller Read More »
AVR SED1520 Library This is a C-library for avr-gcc/avr-libc to access SED1520-based graphics-LCDs. The modules used to develop the library only support “write to LCD”, read-modify- write on the display RAM is not possible. So this Library uses a “frame buffer” which holds the display-content in the AVR’s SRAM. For a 122*32 pixel display around 500 …
Interfacing Atmel AVR with Graphics Liquid Crystal Displays (GLCDs) Read More »
The Joule Thief is such an easy and simple device, but what it does is amazing. It can use a battery that is not usable in any other electronic device and give it life again. It can even take a battery that won’t even power a basic LED by itself when it is brand new …
The simple joule thief using AVR microcontrollers using atmega Read More »
The project allows you to analyze characteristics of unknown/junk battery especially the capacity and variation of the voltage on discharge. It is controlled with a PC via a serial port. No external power supply is required because it is powered by RS-232C signals. It uses ATmega48 as main controller for dummy load and constant current circuit. For …
Simple Automatic Battery Discharge Analyzer using ATmega48 microcontroller Read More »
The “Battery Good” checker. When the button is pressed, the green LED will glow if the battery voltage is above the preset threshold. This version has a higher parts count than the “Battery Low” version, but a bonus is that it can drive an LED to be very bright, and the luminance is independent of …
Battery Checker Circuits using microcontroller Using Atmega Read More »
Download FreePC project file, gerber and png copper and silk-screen: 1wattledbuck.zip Introduction I have some 1 watt warm white LEDs left over from a project and the application for them was obvious: A better battery operated lamp for use when the power fails, which it does frequently, especially during the rainy season. And this one should …
1 Watt White LED Power Supply Circuit for battery operation Using Atmega Read More »
Three inductor-free circuits that allow a white LED or UV LED to be driven from one (1.5 volt) or two flashlight cells (3 volts total) are described. The circuits on this page are: The two cell (3 volt) circuit four transistors. The simple single cell (1.5 volt) circuit requires six transistors, but it isn’t as …
Single and Two Cell White LED Drivers Without Inductors Using Atmega Read More »
