Online comprehensive manual for programming PIC microcontrollers in BASIC.
Learn how to write your own program, debug it, and use it to start the microcontroller. We have provided plenty of practical examples with necessary connection schemes: temperature sensors, AD and DA conv ...
Now you can add fingerprint modules to your applications via RS232/485.
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Here’s how to build your own segway.
The author says, “The current software, now in C running in an onboard 8-bit microcontroller, is only 500 lines of code.”
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Here’s a way you can make your own solar cell.
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Interesting article on how to build your own CNC machine.
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Here’s a DIY on how to make a G-meter for you car and measure how many Gs your car can handle.
We will use an accelerometer chip from Dimension Engineering and CUBLOC CB220 module from Comfile to cut down our hardware development to near a minute.
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Cockroach controlled Robot?I’ve seen many Japanese animations w/ Human controlled robots,
but this one seems like it’s taking it that to the next level.
Awesome!
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“Yoshiyuki Sankai’s Hybrid Assisted Limb (yes, that’s a nod to the haywire computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey) is suit that gives its wearer superpowers: the ability to lift an extra 88 pounds or walk long distances without tiring”
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Here’s an application note that uses Bluetree’s M2M Express GPRS modem and CuTOUCH touch screen controller to send a text message. These GPRS modems are becoming more and more common so we gotta learn to interface w/ them at one point or another. Yes, we will also ...
Today, we will learn to make graphic LCDs go “wireless” by using ACODE-300 bluetooth modules.
We will use a CUBLOC CB280 module and a GHLCD graphic LCD to create a wireless LCD w/ tetris demo program running up to 100 feet away from my desk.
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