Projects

Schematic PIC16F877A Based Temperature Monitoring System

PIC16F877A-Based Temperature Monitoring System

Temperature monitoring and control is important in industry environments. Sensors are widely used for measurement of temperature. Usually, a temperature sensor converts the temperature into an equivalent voltage output. IC LM35 is such a sensor. Here we describe a simple temperature measurement and display system based on LM35 sensor and PIC16F877A microcontroller. The temperature in […]

Water Level Indicator and Controller using PIC Microcontroller

Water Level Indicator and Controller using PIC Microcontroller

Here is a simple, versatile project which indicates the level of water and automatically controls it by using PIC Microcontroller. The Water Level Sensing Section senses the level of water in the tank and sends it (wireless) to the Receiver Section. Receiver Section is connected to the Controlling Section, which process the received information and produces visual, […]

wearable PICkit2 clone

PURPIC, the wearable PICkit2 clone using PIC12F508 programmer

PURPIC, the wearable PICkit2 clone PIC programmer based on a design by David Tait using through hole transistors and resistors glued to a piece of cardboard. Oh, how times have changed. And as usual, I’m still 7* years behind those changed times. My latest project is a remake of today’s hottest 7-year-old PIC programmer, the […]

PICMAN board

PICMAN prototyping board using PIC18LF4553

For a long time now I’ve been wanting to make my own microcontroller-based prototyping board. My original motivation was the unjustified high costs for even the simplest boards (a basic Arduino for $30 – why???) and the challenge of designing something that anyone can make at home within a few hours, with parts that can […]

USB converter

Pic-Plot2 GPIB to USB converter

Pic-plot now goes to USB! A perfect low cost solution to quickly get screen plots of your GPIB instrument on your laptop PC without complex software. It emulates the HP7470A operation on the GPIB side, and outputs the HP-GL data at the USB port to be read and stored on the PC by any capturing […]

Photography Equipment

Turntable Photography Equipment using PIC16F84A

A friend asked me if I could build him a device that would allow him to take photos of his products in 360 degrees. That kind of photo is actually an animation that consists of several photos of the same product but from different angles. It means that we need a device that can be […]

Color Globe

Color Globe using PIC16F688 Microcontroller

This was a fun little project I put together in a few hours for a homemade-themed gift exchange this Christmas.  I had on-hand a “Full Color LED” from Radio Shack (part 276-0028) which caught my eye on my last visit there. The LED has a common anode and three cathodes, one for each of the […]

Using Multiplexed 7 Segment Displays – PIC Microcontroller Tutorial

Using Multiplexed 7 Segment Displays – PIC Microcontroller Tutorial

A four digit seven segment display. The image above shows a four digit seven segment display. These type of displays are widely used to present numerical data to users. Example includes clocks, panel meters, microwave ovens, refrigerators etc. As you can see in a four digit displays there are a total of 4 x 7 […]

Keyboard

AT Keyboard Interface V1.04 using PIC16F84

Introduction Sometimes you only need a simple and cheap RS232 terminal to get sufficient control over a PC or a RS232 device. There is no need, no space or even no power to place a monitor, a computer case and a keyboard. Maybe there exists also the problem, that the PC or the device is […]

PIC Projects Digital Temperature Controller

PIC Projects: Digital Temperature Controller

Digital temperature controller is an essential instrument in the field of electronics, instrumentation and control automation for measuring and controlling temperatures. It can be used as much at homes as in industrial applications. Different types of analogue and digital temperature controllers are readily available in the market, but they are generally not only expensive, their […]