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...
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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...
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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:...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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. When I first had the ideea I noticed an old ~ ’50s Blaupunkt Radio my father had in his basement. I investigated if the...
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My favourite microcontroler for now is PIC16F887. I will soon try to build some projects using the 18F series, but for now my Nixi clock and planned LED cube I will use th e16F887. No, I didn’t gave up, I plan to start work on the nixie projects ASAP. Program Memory Type Flash Program...
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Thanks to a local electronics forum I managed to get my hands on some Nixie tubes. Two sets to be exact. One set came complete with the original driver circuit board which has some very interesting Russian made Nixie drivers similar to the venerable 74141 and 7441. I think they are pretty rare too....
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