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.
GPS stands for Global Positioning System and used to detect the Latitude and Longitude of any location on the Earth, with exact UTC time (Universal Time Coordinated). This device receives the coordinates from the satellite for each and every second, with time and date. GPS offers great accuracy and also provides other data besides position coordinates.
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Hall sensors works on the principle of Hall Effect proposed by Edwin Hall in 1869. The statement proposed says, “The Hall effect is the production of a voltage difference (the Hall voltage) across an electrical conductor, transverse to an electric current in the conductor and to an applied magnetic field perpendicular to the current.”
So, what could…
An Arduino obstacle avoiding robot is a smart, autonomous robot that detects obstacles on its path using sensors and then navigates around the obstacle by changing direction. This obstacle avoidance robot using Arduino project is a great project for newbies who want to learn about robotics and programming. The robot has been provided with an HC-SR04 ultrasonic sensor for…
Humans and machines interact and communicate with one other in many possible ways, computers have monitor, keyboard and mouse, while smart phones have touch screen, gesture control etc and even AR and VR is on its way. But the most basic tool used by humans to communicate is vocal communication, we have the capability to listen and speak and if the machines could somehow do…
We all know that the Microcontrollers work only with digital values but in real world we have to deal with analog signals. That’s why ADC (Analog to Digital Converters) is there to convert real world Analog values into Digital form so that microcontrollers can process the signals. But what if we need Analog signals from digital values, so here comes the DAC (…
Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) is a powerful technique where width of the pulse is changed by keeping the frequency constant. The technique is used in many control systems today. The application of PWM is not limited and it is used in wide range of applications such as motor speed control, measurement, power control and communication etc. In PWM technique, one can easily…
Atmega16 is a low cost 8 bit microcontroller and comes with more number of GPIO’s than its previous version of microcontrollers. It has all the commonly used communication protocols like UART, USART, SPI and I2C. It has wide applications in robotics, automobile and automation industries because of its wide community support and simplicity.
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Every digital clock has a crystal inside it to keep track of time. This crystal is not only present in the clock but also present in all computing real-time systems. This crystal generates clock pulses, which is needed for timing calculations. Although there are some other ways to get clock pulses for higher accuracy and frequency, but the most preferred way…
Here we will be building yet another project with AVR Atmega16 Microcontroller. If you are new to AVR microcontrollers then you can refer to previous AVR projects and tutorials.
Building a robot is always a thrill for all electronics hobbyists. And this thrill can be maximized if the robot can automatically do some things without any external…
One common feature that is used in almost every embedded application is the ADC module (Analog to Digital Converter). These Analog to digital Converters can read voltage from analog sensors like Temperature sensor, Tilt sensor, Current sensor, Flex sensor etc. In this tutorial we will learn What is ADC and How to use ADC in Atmega16. This tutorial includes…
Earlier day’s computer obtained input information from keyboards and mouse, now they have evolved to be able to process information from images and videos. The ability of a computer (machine) to extract, analyze and understand information from an image is called as Computer Vision. In recent years the capability of Computer vision has become sophisticated enough, not only to…
The advancement in Electric Vehicles, Drone and other mobile electronics like IoT Devices seems to be promising for the future. One common thing among all these is that they are all powered by batteries. Following Moore’s law the electronic devices tend to become smaller and more potable, these portable devices should have their own source of power to operate. The most…
