MCS08DZ60 Evaluation Board

MCS08DZ60 Evaluation Board

Introduction The board shown in this article is build around a recent microcontroller from Freescale. It has some interesting features presented below, and is initially developed to learn with the CAN bus. It is an easy to build board particularly adapted for beginners. The...

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LED UV exposure box

LED UV exposure box

  Introduction I have been using the toner transfer method for about 9 years with great results. Occasionally I would need a board with finer traces and I would use UV method. My exposure setup allowed only a single sided board to be made and it was composed of a 30cm UV tube,...

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Learning Board for Microchip PIC12F683 microcontroller

Learning Board for Microchip PIC12F683 microcontroller

Introduction Electronics is my hobby. When I was in college I had some experience with microcontrollers; I did few projects with Atmel's AT89C51. Recently, I have grown interest on PIC microcontrollers, and I thought I should start with 8-pin microchips. I picked PIC12F683...

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Build your Own PCB Exposure Box with Fluorescent Lamps and Countdown System

Build your Own PCB Exposure Box with Fluorescent Lamps and Countdown System

Introduction Tired of spending hours and hours in wire soldering? Do your circuits look ugly and you are looking for a way to produce professional-like PCBs? Then you had better try photoetching. And the first step to do that is to have the right equipment that is an Automated Exposure...

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PIC based WWVB clock

PIC based WWVB clock

Introduction There are many DIY versions of WWVB clock designs available on the web. Commercial "atomic" clocks are inexpensive and widely available, but I wanted to try my hand at designing one to gain insight into WWVB reception and to learn a little about programming a PIC...

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MCU controlled Bluetooth automation with infrared sensor

MCU controlled Bluetooth automation with infrared sensor

The microcontroller used is 0822 zilog encore! 8k series (soic,28pin) as shown on the figure. Is a programmable microcontroller, the functions used are the GPIO and the UART of the chip. GPIO is used on led indicators, and the UART is used for giving and reading AT COMMANDS to control...

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Ponyprog Circuit for AVR & PIC16F84

Ponyprog Circuit for AVR & PIC16F84

Schematic   Comments All resistors are 1/4W.The circuit is powered by 9...15V DC or AC. When In Circuit Programming (ISP) connectors are used, is possible the programmer to be powered from target’s power source. Diodes D2 and D6 protect the regulator LM7805, when...

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LCD2LPT with LIRC

LCD2LPT with LIRC

The "LCD2LPT with Lirc" circuit is the compilation of two circuits found on the net on a single board. The first is LCD to LPT interface and the second an IR remote control interface using http://www.lirc.org program. Schematic   The main circuit for LCD connection to LPT...

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