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Leon’s Mini Random Number Generator (mRNG) using pic microcontroller Read More »
A BlinkLED is a LED that has its own PIC microcontroller. Blink patterns and blink rates are programmable and BlinkLEDs can be used individually (for LED Throwies) or in strings for holiday or special lighting. I made these because I wanted to trim my Christmas tree with individual blinking lights. With the BlinkLED, I can do that
How to re purpose a the RGB LED color cycling circuitry from a Glade LightShow air freshener. I was in the process of creating a red, green , blue color cycling circuit based on a PIC microcontroller when I spotted the Glade LightShow air freshener. I wanted to know if it could be hacked up
RGB LED Color Cycling Circuit Read More »
One day, looking for interesting schemes with light effects to construct, came across this wonderful effect. Quite liked the idea but did not know how to accomplish is, until one day found the way. Subsequently construct my own mirror that had to not only try out my skills in electronics but and processing of wood
Mirror “Tube” – LED Optical illusion Read More »
The purpose of this project was to create a sound player that can play high quality sound using nothing but a single chip (plus an SD card for data storage). The chosen microcontroller was the PIC12F1840. It was chosen because of its fast clock rate (up to 32 MHz). Since microchip PICs have this atrocious
One-chip sound player. Read More »
The nice thing about building one of these tables from a kit is that the more difficult parts of the project have been completed (Electronic Design, PCBs made, etc.) but more importantly, you can fully customize the table to your liking. The photos that I posted above are of the version that I created, but
Interactive LED Beer Pong Table 2.0 (BPT X5) Read More »
I happen to be part of the 5% that have the elusive awesome mother-in-law. For Christmas I wanted to make her an “antique radio” that is super simple to operate and that could play some “old time radio” type programming that she listened to when she was a young’n. However, this is neither an antique
An “Antique Radio” Christmas Present Read More »
I wanted to play around with something IR remote-controlled, so I decided to make a remote-control mood light. There were two parts to the project: making the remote and making the light. For the remote, I tore down a remote control for a floor fan, removing all its insides, and replacing it with mine. I
Remote Control mood light[/jar] Read More »
This is not as much an instructable as a record of how I made a school project. While repeating exactly what I did will probably not help y ou, this project can be modified to make almost any display more eye-catching. Step 1: Come up with an Idea I know this sounds stupid but it
How to Create an Eye Catching Display (LED Style) Read More »
Searching for a reliable wireless solution for your project can be a real pain if you’re not familiar with current wireless standards, data rates and reliability. The Xbee Modules that we will use in this article are widely available, use a very reliable wireless transmission protocol and have sufficient datarates for most hobby projects. This
Xbee Wireless Servo Control using PIC18LF4520 Read More »
