WARNING: Some people try to build this with an optocoupler with zerocrossing coz ‘that is better’ right? Some are even told in electronics shops it is better to use such an optocoupler. WRONG. This will only work with a random fire optocoupler: NOT igniting at zerocrossing is the principle of this dimmer. Switching an AC […]
Week 01 January 14 (2 hours): Met as a team after class to discuss preliminary project proposal. January 15, 2010 (1 hours): Met as a team to discuss design implementation and assign different components to research. WEEK 01 SUMMARY Accomplishments: Submitted preliminary project proposal. Weekly Work Total: 3 hours Project Work Total: 3 hours Week […]
Make a very cheap, relatively easy to construct robot which will wake up any time you shine a desk lamp on it. There are no sensors on it, although I suppose the solar panel can be called a sensor. I plan on adding solar panels and another motor, and making it controlled by a PIC […]
A simple project to test and display the transmitted codes from remote controls which work with the RC5 protocol, like the TV remotes from Philips, just aim the remote control at the TSOP1736 IR-receiver. If you only want to know the code from a button then you can ofcourse also look at the RC5 tables […]
Abstract: We have developed a mechatronic system to solve the famous Tower of Hanoi problem as part of a Carnegie Mellon University class. This class seeks solutions which solve the problem in under three minutes for the four disk case, using only the number of disks, source peg, and destination peg as user inputs. Our […]
*** Check out my blog for updated version of this project and more! *** My obsession of LEDs has led me to this. Aurora 9×18 is a thing of beauty (if I can say so myself) – has 162 RGB-LEDs in a circular configuration. The color of each circle is controlled by a microcontroller using […]
Dowload the project by clicking here. The zip file contains all the following files: prj1.html – You’re reading it – contains the project description Assembler assemble16-win32.exe – a Windows-compiled HEX assembler to convert your assembly code to HEX for your RAM. assemble16-linux.c – source code for the HEX assembler for Linux and Mac users. README-assembler.txt […]
In this Instructable we’ll show you hot to make a GSM Access Control System for your hackerspace/garage/house/bedroom/dormroom/laboratory just like the one we built for eLab Hackerspace. We only used some scavenged parts but they can be replaced with similar parts with minor changes. This system allows you to control who can access the space where […]
Required Hardware In order to program and debug a PIC microcontroller, you will need a few pieces of hardware. ICD-U40 The ICD-U40 is an In-Circuit-Debugger/Programmer that allows the user, through CCS C Windows IDE, to program and interactively debug a PIC microcontroller. 5V DC Power Supply Although the 4520 board has a voltage regulator that […]
This is my first instructable, so I hope everything is clear and hoping you find it interesting, and would appreciate any feedback, so here I go. I am sill testing this device with other people, but personally I have found my dream recall has improved dramatically, wow! some of the dreams are totally amazing. WARNING. Because […]
