Analog to Digital converter (ADC) is the most used hardware feature on a microcontroller. It takes in analog voltage and converts it to a digital value. Since microcontrollers are digital devices and work with the binary digit 1 and 0, it could not process the analog data directly. Thus, an ADC is used to take […]
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A Switch Mode Power Supply (SMPS) is an indispensable part of any electronic design. It is used to convert mains high-voltage AC to low voltage DC, and it does it by first converting the mains AC to high voltage DC, then switching the high voltage DC to generate the desired voltage. We have already made a few SMPS circuits earlier, like
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In this instructable , I ‘ll show you how to build a PIC 16F917Microcontrollerprogramming circuit. This Microcontroller is a very nice Microcontroller chip form the famous chip manufacturer Microchip.This Microcontroller is easy to program and powerful to use.The photo above shows the programmer circuit after completion.Note:This circuit uses the serial port on the PC . You must use this circuit on
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In this post we will discuss Efficient Energy Management System with Smart Grid. Smart Energy Management is the system, which uses communication and control centre for simplifying and upgrading the power system. In this paper, different types of energy management systems are discussed and also analyzed various methodologies adopted for implementation of smart grid. Introduction
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Hello readers, today’s post is the first regular post on Proteus tutorial. In today’s tutorial, I am gonna share Getting Started with Proteus. Today’s tutorial is for beginners who don’t have much knowledge of Proteus but wants to start working with it. We don’t design any circuit in today’s post instead we will check the
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High and Low Voltage Power Detector Circuit with Message Alert using PIC Microcontroller We often see voltage fluctuations in electricity supply at our home, which may cause malfunction in our home AC appliances. Today we are building a low cost High and Low Voltage Protection Circuit, which will cut off the power supply to the
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Single microcontroller based 12v to 230v inverter with intelligent battery charging (Made by me) Here I describe the circuit as: *single microcontroller/controller (ATMEGA16/32) *no op-amps, only chips are the micro, opto-couplers and regulator (7805) *low-battery/overload/short-circuit protection *thyristor controlled battery charger, using the MOSFET body diode as the AC-DC rectifier *charger maintains the battery voltage (top)
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A good power supply is an essential subject to the microcontroller’s base project; it’s like a heart that gives a life to our microcontroller. Sometimes we take it for granted the important of having an adequate power supply to our microcontroller project and this can lead to the unexpected result or behavior from the circuit.
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The thirst for new sources of energy is unquenchable, but we seldom realize that we are wasting a part of the electrical energy every day due to the lagging power factor in the inductive loads we use. Hence there is an urgent need to avoid this wastage of energy. Before getting into the details of
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The Nixie Tube Ornament is a homage to the light-up&motion ornaments from the early 90’s. The ornament looks cool on a tree and makes a great gift. Finally, a use for IN-12/15 top view tubes! I used an IN-15A symbol nixie in this ornament. An IN-12 works great too. A video of the ornament alone:
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