Well, today instead of working I had the pleasure of fixing the monitor The monitor is an older Asus VW202 SR that my wife uses connected to the laptop. I tried everything else (power cycling, another signal cable, another computer) but it turns out to be really the button. The issue manifested itself by...
Thanks to this article I have come up with a nice use for a wooden cigar box I had around. A nice portable amplifier that I can use with a portable radio when barbecuing or that I can borrow to my guitar playing friends. Read more for the full gallery.
Mikroelektronica, beign the nice guys they are released another free e-book about programming PIC microcontrollers this time it’s about programming in C. The title is, unsurprisingly: PIC Microcontrollers – Programming in C What are microcontrollers, anyway? Electronics built in one single chip capable of controlling a small submarine, a crane or an elevator… It’s...
This is a converter I wrote with the graphics library for the PIC16F microcontrollers. Others work but this one works for sure. If you want to see the source code (I’m not particulary proud of it ) drop a comment and I’ll send it to you. If the bitmap is smaller than 128×64 it...
Not that I’m not happy with the default mikroC library for the KS0108 graphic displays, as I always I wanted something with the source available. Considering that I’m a beginner with microcontrolers having the source available to hack around is a very valuable learning tool. The project is based on the source found here:...
The guys over at Make were kind enough to signal this free e-book from Texas instruments. It is a 41-page “cookbook” of circuit designs and application notes for TI’s LED-related components. Makes for an interesting read even if you don’t use TI’s stuff. What’s inside: Small LCD Backlight with Digital and PWM Dimming Small...
I bet this was discussed and sampled 1000 times before but here is the mini 5V PSU I use for my microcontroler breadboard projects. Usually you will use a 5 volt DC power supply for your microcontroller projects. Since I got tired of breadboarding the power source part all the time, I built a...
Since I didn’t want to pay for a kit of precut and bent wires for a breadboard and I am also lazy enough to put up trying a few ideeas because it involves cutting wires, I looked around and found an easy way to make connections on a breadboard: staples! Just use a stapler...
I have a small example that should get you going with the PIC 12F675 microcontroller and mikroC PRO. I am using the EasyPIC5 development board but I am sure you can adapt it to many development systems. It’s just a small introduction you can use as a tutorial on getting started with a comon,...
Finally, after years of putting it away, after a few design changes and a fried motherboard I have a linux jukebox. Well, not a jukebox but more an internet radio. Check at the bottom for the latest updates. When I first had the ideea I noticed an old ~ ’50s Blaupunkt Radio my father...
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