LED Projects

Right left scrolling LEDs

Right-left scrolling LEDs

Project description:  In this project, 8 LEDs are connected to PORT B of a PIC microcontroller. Also a push-button switch is connected to bit 0 of PORT A using a pull-up resistor.. When the switch is pressed the LEDs scroll to the right. Hardware: The circuit diagram of the project is shown in Figure 1.

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Door lock opener

Door lock opener

description This circuit can be used to operate an electric strike or an electromagnetic lock on a door. It is not the door being opened/closed, but a small electromagnetic strike which unlocks the door. The opener has the following features currently programmed in software: automatic operation when a guest pushes the doorbell, the strike is

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Rainbow LED Chaser

Rainbow LED Chaser

I was bored this past sunday, and needed something to ease my racing brain … so I picked an easy project with lots of flash. The parts list: Eight Tri-Color or RGB leds … each led package contains three LEDs Three 74HC595 Shift Registers … serial load, latching. other varieties would probably work too. One

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Rotary Encoders schematich

Rotary Encoders

Rotary encoders are very versatile input devices for microcontroller projects. They are like potentiometers expect of digital nature and unlike analogue potentiometers they never wear down. Rotary encoders not only provide 360 degrees of rotational freedom they also allow digital positioning information to be gained without the use of analogue to digital converters (ADCs). When

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