Throbbing Apple Logo Sticker This little gizmo adds the iconic “sleeping Mac throb” to an ordinary Apple logo decal. The idea for this came about when passing by the Apple Store in Palo Alto, California late one night. After hours, when the store is “asleep,” the lighted logos out front pulsate just like the power …
Throbbing Apple Logo Sticker using PIC10F206 microcontroller Read More »
In my previous post, I write about an LED matrix for a marquee. The display itself is a two-board solution, the second board or ‘daughterboard’ piggy-backs on some pin headers from the display board. This second PCB provides the control interface and logic for handling these 64 leds, and passing along control data to any …
Each of the output lines of a ‘508A microcontroller can deliver a maximum of 25mA. What does this mean? It means any device connected to the line must take 25mA or less. If it takes more than 25mA a buffer transistor (also called an amplifying transistor) must be used and this will be discussed in a …
A discussion on the drive-current for the outputs of a PIC12C508A microcontroller Read More »
