Parts

Energy Detective

Interfacing with The Energy Detective using pic microcontoller

I recently bought The Energy Detective (TED), a pretty inexpensive and friendly way to keep tabs on your whole house’s electricity usage. It’s a lot like having a more featureful version of your utility company’s power meter, sitting on your kitchen counter. It can estimate your utility bill, and tell you how much electricity and money you’re …

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DIY Temperature Logger

DIY Temperature Logger With STM32F103, MicroSD Card and DS18B20 Using Atmega

I’m currently building a temperature logger for some guys doing a research in biology. Tried to make it as small as possible, with temperature sensor that can be crammed in small space.                   Since the first revision slash prototype of the device was incredibly simple to make …

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fan

Color Changing Digital PC Fan Controller using Microcontroller ATMega168

We’ve all seen LED fans that you can put in your computer to make it look cool.  They usually come in blue, sometimes red or green and consist of a basic PC fan with 4 bright LED’s mounted in the 4 corners.  They source their voltage from the fan’s power input, so if you’re using a fan …

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LED

Making a set of traffic lights Using Arduino Using Atmega

This tutorial will step you through the process of creating a set of controllable and configurable traffic lights whilst also teaching you the basics of Arduino. Some knowledge is needed and I highly recommend reading and following through on most if not all of the pages of the following document, created by the wonderful Arduino.cc …

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Installing then LEDs

Micro controller programming: Making a set of traffic lights using Microcontroller ATTiny2313

So you wana learn how to programme a micro controller? This tutorial has been designed as a next step, following the fantastic tutorial ‘Ghetto Programming: Getting started with AVR microprocessor on the cheap.’ by The Real Elliot link you should read this before progressing onto this next step. Today my friends we are going to make a …

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