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Central Heating Programmer

Enhanced 5/2-day Central Heating Programmer with serial computer interface using PIC16F628A

Overview This project has come about from my desire to control my home heating from work.  As I have a VPN between work and home a straightforward relay controlled from a PC would seem the easiest solution.  However I also wanted a control unit that I could operate in the house without resorting to the

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How to make a JDM Programmer

How to make a JDM Programmer

(PIC18F4550 Programming) Hardware | Schematic | Complete Description This JDM programmer works with a RS232, 9-pin(9 wire) DB9 Serial connector on your computer, and is used for loading Source Code (hex files) into your microcontroller. JDM programmers are Cheap and very easy to make. JDM programmer that we are going to make will be used

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Programmable watch with four character

Programmable watch with four character display using PIC16F628A microcontroller

Programmable watch with four character display You’ll be the talk of the town when you wear this obnoxious, oversized, completely impractical wristwatch. Display your favourite foul language, song lyrics, prime numbers, etc. Inspired by the Microreader kit, I decided to make a giant watch using similar sixteen segment displays. Twelve hours later, I came out

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PIC Programmer and Programming schematic

PIC Programmer and Programming

Programmer There are many PIC programmers you can purchase or whose schematics (and software) you can find freely over the Internet David Tait has a programmer with software and hardware schematics available here. If you read his documentation, you will find various programmer schematics. I use the Classic “Tait” Programmer. The schematic is below: I

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