I get wind of this Think Geek hacks contest, a week late, franticly, I hit thinkgeek.com looking for a easy kill, budget and ideas both turn up empty. What about that pong kit I bought from them ~2 years ago? … hm when i first got it, I wanted it to be more game console […]
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
Towers of Hanoi Final report using pic-microcontroller Read More »
By embedding a PIC microcontroller into an NES controller, it can be converted into a replacement for Apple’s iPod remote. (Only 3rd and 4th Generation iPods have this, it is a the small oval port next to the headphone jack). Update (8/26/2011): It’s been quite some time since iPods have used this iPod remote connector,
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In this video we step through a an updated version of the USB demo board. Changes include: -circuit board will only contain bare minimum parts to demonstrate USB communication from host to device and device to host -for both firmware and host software, we will make the projects from scratch, import downloaded USB function libraries,
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The notion of building a monitor/speaker AV tester came up in the forums a few weeks ago. Someone requested to see a project devoted to testing VGA displays and Speakers. The project I made many years ago: The VGA Test Box can be used to test displays, however it is large, clunky and not friendly
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It ‘s been eleven years since I first started learning and building my first Microchip PIC Microcontroller circuit. I really like this Microcontroller family. Recently, I started reading and trying some Arduino. I really wished to build a similar circuit based on the Microchip PIC. Even I started to think to design a circuit of
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Experimental circuit board modules can be made quickly and fairly easily. They have the advantage of being more than twice as fast to build than a custom circuit board. They are also easy to test in a breadboard. The modules detailed here are ones I have made using various Picaxe microcontrollers. Step 1: Picaxe Project
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In this instructable I’m going to show you how to make your own PIC18 development board that features both Ethernet and Full Speed USB 2.0 at a low cost. Features: The development board is based on a PIC18LF4553 microcontroller. The microcontroller features a Full Speed USB 2.0 (12Mbit/s) interface without the need for any external
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