Electronics & Arduino Reference Cards
Adafruit has published some new Business card-sized references for Arduino and basic electronics. Adobe Illustrator format files are available for download on their github.com repository. Adobe Illustrator format. These are sized for Overnight Prints‘ standard business card...
Continue ReadingPlatformIO – open source ecosystem for IoT
PlatformIO is an open source integrated development environment for the IoT world. It comes with an IDE which allows you rapid embedded system development and with library manager which organizes hundreds of the most popular libraries. It's cross platform without external dependences...
Continue ReadingLMD18200 H-Bridge Module for DC Motor
The module has been designed around LMD18200 from Texas Instruments. The LMD18200 is a 3A H-Bridge designed for motion control applications. The device is built using a multi-technology process which combines bipolar and CMOS control circuitry with DMOS power devices on the same...
Continue ReadingATMEGA328 based Weather Station
Vlad @ denialmedia.ca has build a solar powered weather station based on ATMega328 microcontroller that is able to measure temperature, a humidity, and UV radiation and it uploads measurement on WeatherUnderground network. The data are send to the air using a 433MHz link. The...
Continue ReadingArduino Analog Signal Graphing on a TFT
dmainmon @ instructables.com has build an analog signal graphing project using Arduino Mega 2560 and a 2.8 TFT display. This project is used to display two analog signals as line and bar graphs. Touching the screen pauses the graph and opens a menu to adjust setting for the...
Continue ReadingQuantifying cooling system
Chris Palmer has built this coolometer project to measure the cooling effectiveness of various fan: I was wondering about how I was going to calibrate the airflow reading but then realised that the flow rate is not actually what I am interested in. It is the cooling effect the...
Continue ReadingProgrammable CW Morse beacon
Marko Pavlin has designed a Mini USB dongle with STM32F0xx that is connected to USB and controlled via command line interface. Mini USB dongle with STM32F0xx is suitable many for simple, mini projects. I attached speaker to Timer14 PWM output (Pin PA6) and LED (or optocoupler...
Continue ReadingMAX038 Function generator
Milen @ instructables.com has designed a Function Generator based on the popular MAX038 and is controlled by ATMega328PU. Signal characteristics are displayed on a LCD screen. The digital features of the function generator were performed by one Atmega328 chip. Its functions are the...
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