Projects

BLADE

THE SKY WRITER

We created Skywriter because lightsabers are cool. Although we are fans, we are not passionate about the Star Wars franchise. However, we are passionate about the technology in Star Wars. For our final project, we wanted to replicate the futuristic lightsaber. And add a twist with persistence-of-vision. This project has been a great exercise in […]

board perspective

Intelligent NiCd/NiMH Battery Charger using PIC16C711

This cheap and easy to build NiCd/NiMH Battery Charger is suitable for automatically charging a wide range of batteries for many applications. Proper chargers are usually expensive and cheap chargers supplied with the original equipment often incorrectly charge the cells and dramatically shorten their life. This ‘intelligent’ charger was designed for high current and rapid […]

pick up coil

2.5 GHz Frequency counter using PIC16F870

Background It is time to update the frequency counter again. A frequency counter is one of the most important measuring tool we need as homebrewers of RF electronic. This frequency counter has very high performance and still is very easy to build and to use. Anyone can build it and have fun. The counter is […]

transceiver

Universal RC5/RC6 transceiver using PIC16F628

This project is an expansion from another project from this website. On the one side you can read the RC5, RC5X and RC6 codes from remote controls on a LCD and on the other hand you can send all thinkable RC5, RC5X and RC6 codes to a device. Besides is for this project a PCB […]

Infrared Receiver

Universal Infrared Receiver using PIC16F84 and PIC12C508

The UIR is a device that enables you to control your PC with ANY remote controller you have (TV, VCR, CD or Stereo). Original hardware & software was designed by Martinus & Ties Bos. You should check their site first. There it was, now it has either moved or is unavailable. In this article you […]

Play Your Cards Right

Play Your Cards Right

Introduction The purpose of this lab is to build a machine that alleviates the process of distributing cards in gameplay with a given set of players in random order. Our team has successfully built a prototype of such a device that takes in a deck of cards and randomly distributes them among players and deposits […]

PIC Frequency Counter

IK3OIL 16F84 PIC Frequency Counter Files

Caption (copied from the NorCal meeting listed in the links below): IK3OIL Frequency counter built by Wayne McFee.  This is from IK3OIL’s web site, and the cost of the counter was about $2, minus the display, which was about $7.  Wayne got the source was www.shopeio.com.  They are located in Gardenia, California. Design and Code […]

Ir Light Dimmer

Ir Light Dimmer v.1 adjusting lights with remote controller using PIC12F629

This is a device for adjusting lights in your home with any type of remote controller (tv, dvd, video,…). Today we are using many devices in our homes to improve quality of our life and this is another example on how you can enhance a simple procedure like switching the lights ON/OFF. It may be […]

GPS LCD Display

My GPS LCD Display Project using PIC16F84

This is a project that I started back late 2003 when I just starting to learn PIC programming. I wanted to building something that actually did somthing useful. This project is based on a PIC16F84. I actually came up with this idea and then after doing some searching I found that a few people had […]

Acceleration and brake pedals

PIC32 Racing Game

Introduction Our project is a racing game with human input control that emulates the act of driving a car. We decided on this project, as all three of us greatly enjoy playing games. The goal of the game is to cross the finish line in the shortest amount of time while avoiding obstacle collisions, which […]