Below section covers a list of simple microcontroller projects to learn and work with the concepts of various microcontrollers and architectures. These microcontroller based projects are covered with detailed explanation of working of hardware, circuit diagrams, software and codes.
Microcontrollers are widely used in various industries, electronic products, automobiles etc.. to perform computing or logical operations. With this huge importance the demand of microcontrollers in industries is prominent and hence as electronics engineers it is important for us to learn how to use them. There are a large number of semiconductor companies manufacturing a variety of microcontrollers, the most popularly ones are 8051 microcontrollers, AVR microcontrollers, PIC microcontroller, TI Microcontrollers, Arduino, Raspberry Pi etc.
ATtiny85 Microcontroller Chip is an affordable and powerful alternative to other Arduino microcontrollers, especially when you want to shrink your project down. The chip features 8 pins out of which six are I/O (Including Reset) pins and two are power pins. But how do you program it as it doesn’t have a USB interface like other microcontroller boards? So in this article…
As the winter season approaches; comes that time of the year when the festival of lights is celebrated. Yes, we are talking about Diwali which is a true Indian festival celebrated across the globe. This year, Diwali is already over, and seeing people firecrackers, I came up with the idea of building the Alexa based Voice Controlled Rocket Launcher or Igniter…
In the area of renewable energy, solar energy is at the forefront, because producing energy by using the power of the sun is the easiest and commercially viable way of renewable energy. Speaking of solar panels, the output power of a solar panel output needs to be monitored in order to get optimum power output from the panels. This is why a real-time monitoring system…
The USB Rubber Ducky or Bad USB is a famous attack tool that looks like a USB pen drive but acts like a keyboard when plugged into any unlocked device. The USB Rubber Ducky allows attackers to program microcontrollers in USB devices to perform various tasks. It can be programmed to inject keystroke and binary files into a system, get the cached password to hack a system…
In many IoT applications, there are situations where the sensor data needs to monitor continuously, and the simplest way to do that is by enabling an ESP8266 webserver which serves an HTML webpage; but the problem with this methodology is that the web browser needs to be refreshed at a certain time interval to get an updated sensor data. This is not only…
In this tutorial, we are going to build an easy and cheap Pedometer using ATtiny85 IC, MPU6050 Accelerometer & Gyroscope, and OLED Display Module. This simple Arduino based step counter is powered by a 3V coin cell, making it easy to carry when you go out for a walk or jog. It also requires very few components to build and the code is also relatively simple. The program…
The ATtiny family is a series of one of the smallest microcontrollers in the AVR market. These microcontrollers are capable of utilizing many of the libraries available on the Arduino platform. The ATtiny85 microcontroller chip is 8-pin, 8-bit, AVR microcontroller. Its small size and low power consumption make it a great match for portable projects with small footprints and…
An electronic scoreboard is one of the most important gadgets anybody can have during any sports tournament. Old manual scoreboard using conventional methods are very time consuming and Error-prone, hence a computerized scoreboard becomes necessary where the display unit needs to be changed in real-time. This is why in this project, we will be building a Bluetooth…
The earth’s Atmospheric CO2 level is increasing day by day. The global average atmospheric carbon dioxide in 2019 was 409.8 parts per million and in October-2020 it is 411.29. Carbon dioxide is a key greenhouse gas and responsible for about three-quarters of emissions. So CO2 level monitoring has also started to gain importance.
In our previous…
Over the course of a few years, RGB LEDs are getting popular day by day due to its beautiful color, brightness, and enticing lighting effects. That is why It is used in many places as a decorative item, an example can be the home or an office space. Also, we can use the RGB lights in the kitchen and also in a gaming console. They’re also great in a kid’s playroom or bedrooms…
DIY Music players are fun to build, and we previously built a few music players using Arduino and a dedicated MP3 module. Now we are using the ESP32 speaker output to build an interesting audio player, in which you can add sound effects by just connecting an extra speaker to the ESP32. Here we will use LM386 and a speaker with ESP32 to play music files. The audio…
In this article, we are building an AC Fan Regulator Circuit, which is able to control the speed of the fan by restricting the flow of current to the fan. The term AC Ceiling Fan Regulator is a mouthful, hence we will simply call it a fan regulator from now on. A fan regulator circuit is a crucial component that is used to increase or decrease the speed of an AC Fan/motor…
