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We see a lot of microcontroller based hacks around here, and it's not hard to see why learning how to use microcontrollers is valuable to prospective engineeer. Unfortunately, microcontroller courses are dreaded by students since they focus on theory instead of application. In The First Lecure, [Colin] talks to a class of engineering students about how to get practical with microcontrollers. He … [Read more...]
An 8x8 LED Matrix Game Grows Up: [Pixel Land] is an iPhone game similar to [Super Mario Brothers] using a virtual array of 8x8 pixels. This wouldn't normally be interesting, but we've actually featured "this" game as an 8x8 LED matrix game. How to Drill Golf or Ping-Pong Balls: Drilling golf or ping-pong balls is not easy. This simple drill press fixture makes that job easier … [Read more...]
[SpiralBrain] needed to figure out the coding scheme used by an IR remote control so that he could use it with his own project. He built an IR receiver board for the PICkit 2 and figured out how to use some of the Microchip software to measure the timing of the incoming signal. The hardware's dead simple; a 38 kHz IR receiver does the heavy lifting by filtering out errant infrared light. When … [Read more...]
Arguably, Microchip's PIC microcontrollers do not get enough posts here. One of the drawbacks for some of us is that Linux support for PICs is not very well known. The information is out there, but no one has laid out the process of going from writing C code to programming a chip. Written for Linux users that are familiar with microcontrollers, basic circuits, the C programming language, and can … [Read more...]
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