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DIY Datalocker

DIY Datalocker

How to turn and ordinary external harddrive into a datalocker using only a PIC microcontroller, a keypad and some various other components. Step 1: Parts The parts you need: – 3.5″ SATA harddrive enclosure – 2.5″ SATA harddrive NOTE: This will not work with a 3.5″ IDE enclosure and a 2.5″ IDE drive without a …

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Granular Flow Rotating Sphere

Granular Flow Rotating Sphere using pic-microcontroller

Spring Quarter Update This zip file contains the documentation, MATLAB code/examples, PIC code and circuit diagram. http://hades.mech.northwestern.edu/wiki/images/3/3d/Tumbler.zip Contact Scott McLeod for further questions. Team Members Brian Kephart – Electrical Engineering Class of 2009 Jonathan Shih – Mechanical Engineering Class of 2009 Kristi Bond – Mechanical Engineering Class of 2008 Overview A clear sphere is filled …

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make your own wearable LED display

make your own wearable LED display using pic-microcontroller

jump to a section:supplies about LED arrays design construction customizing/programming washing and wearing troubleshooting and FAQ **NOTE** As of Fall 2007, skip the ugly microcontroller programming (don’t buy the STK500 or the AVR chip)… Get a LilyPad Arduino instead. It’s much easier to sew and to program! See my LilyPad Arduino tutorial for help on …

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Oscilloscope clock

Oscilloscope clock

An eight pin Microchip PIC microcontroller is programmed to operate from a 32768 Hz watch crystal and output waveforms which, when displayed on an oscilloscope, show the time in HH:MM:SS format. The screen capture shows winscope showing 12:46: … Step 1: Design the character set On an oscilloscope screen, vertical axis (up and down) corresponds …

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