Other Projects - PIC Microcontroller

Beginners Guide to Debugging in MPLABX Using ChipKIT PRO MX7 by DIGILENT

This Instructable is a beginners guide to debugging code programed in the MPLAB X IDE v2.0. The steps covered are common application’s of the debugger software and problems I encountered as a beginner user and a inexperienced programmer. The content will be useful to programmers with little experience using a microprocessor and writing code. More […]

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PianoPIC

This little project is an example of a simple audio application using a PIC micro-controller. We decided to use the PIC18F4550 micro-controller for memory purposes. Using only digital inputs and outputs, we developed this simple piano/synthesizer with an 8 bit kind of style: Inputs from b1 to b11 are the push buttons in the circuit while

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Easy PIC Micro State Transition Interrupt Code

A PICBasic program which interrupts the PIC when a high/low transition occurs on pin PortB.0 The code is available for download as a .rar or just copy and paste it from here. I got the starting code from the microengineering website:http://www.melabs.com/resources/samples.htm but I added the register bit definitions and changed a little to make it

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7 Segment Pov 16F84

This is a post about the POV ( Persistence of Vision ) Display that uses one 7 Segment display. In short, I made this little project as a proof of concept of something I ‘ve always noticed in many electronic devices those used 7 segment display. Devices like 7 segment display clocks and meters. In those devices, the 7 segment

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8 Bit Serial Digital to Analog (5v Range) Converter for Microcontrollers (when TTL and Resistors Is All You’ve Got)

So I needed a DAC (digital to analog converter) to use with my pic12F675 , and for those of you who have never heard of this little fella, it’s an 8 pin microcontroller from Microchip that has only 6 I/O pins… This is a very simple circuit that converts Digital data (serial input) to Analog

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PIC MCU and Python Serial Communication

Hello, guys! In this project I will try to explain my experiments on PIC MCU and Python serial communication. Over the internet, there are many tutorials and videos on how to communicate with PIC MCU over virtual terminal which is very useful. However, in my main project one of the requirements is to establish serial

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Meet the Parallax Propeller QuickStart Board

The Propeller processor chip is the most unique micro-controller on the market today. It’s not just a single microprocessor, but EIGHT independent processors that shareresources like memory and I/O pins. And it can do some pretty amazing things thatthe rest of the microcontrollers like the Ardino and PICs just plain can’t do! (But today, all we

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DMX-512 to Serial Adapter

This device reads a DMX-512 signal and grabs a variable amount of channel data values and sends them at 57200 or 19200 baud to an external device, such as a 24 Channel High Current LED Controller, when a new data packet is requested. This allows any microcontroller(PIC, Arduino, ATMel, ect.) with TTL serial communication to accept

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Debouncing Interrupts With MPIDE Part 2: RC Filters

Hey guys! You ready for the second part of my debouncing series? “But Jay!” I can hear you asking, “I didn’t know there was a first!” Or maybe you said “Wait, debouncing? What’s that?” I’m not quite sure. The internet muffles things sometimes, you’ll have to speak up. No matter! If you’re asking either of

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YEAAAUGH, WHHAT? OKKKAY! Lil Jon Easy Button

Ever wish the Staples Easy Button (R) could say something better than the mundane “That was easy.”? How about a Lil Jon button? YEAAAUGH, OKKKAY! LET’S GO! Attachments liljon_board.zipDownload liljon_project.zipDownload Step 1: What You Will Need (and Where to Get It): NOTE: You will need a way to program a dsPIC33 (a microcontroller from Microchip.com).

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