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8×8 LED Matrix chaser Arduino

8x8 LED Matrix chaser based on Arduino MEGA compatible board will be presented in this post. It uses a LED dot matrix display module with two 74HC595 shift register chips connected in serial to control the LED output. Similar design ...
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Arduino Electronic Lock

Here is another Arduino based design and this time I’ll show you how a 4-Digit Code Electronic Lock can be built with Arduino Mega or compatible boards. For similar design based on PIC16F877 click this link. The I/O I’ve used ...
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Basic Arduino Frequency Counter

Basic frequency counter capable of measuring 0-5V square wave up to 100kHz can be built using just 2 components: Arduino MEGA board and 2x16 LCD display. For PIC16F876 version click here. Frequency counter code is also very simple. It uses ...
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Sine wave generator PCF8591 I2C Arduino

The topic of this post is building sine wave generator based on Arduino UNO and PCF8591 8-bit A/D and D/A converter. For similar design with PIC micro-controller look at this link. Raspberry Pi version based on MCP4725 DAC available at ...
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Making a siren using Arduino

Generating sound patterns with Arduino is a topic of this article. All you need is Arduino compatible board a simple DC buzzer and current limiting resistor. In this project I'll show how to build a police siren using Arduino Mega ...
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Fading LED with PIC microcontroller

This article shows how to create a fading/dimming effect of the LED using PIC micro-controller. For similar design based on Arduino click this link.Controlling LED brightness using PWM is a relatively simple task and can be accomplished by configuring PIC16F877 ...
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Arduino LCD Bargraph Voltmeter

Arduino based LCD Bargraph Voltmeter can be easily assembled with Arduino Mega 2560/Arduino Uno or compatible boards. Arduino LED battery level indicator is here. Similar design based on Raspberry Pi platform is available at this link. This design is basically ...
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AD9850 Signal Generator PIC16F

This is a modified version of basic wave generator design with AD9850 and Microchip PIC16F microcontroller. A relatively simple assembly code available for download at the bottom of the page. Instead of using a rotary encoder as many other similar available ...
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Interfacing VFD with PIC Microcontroller

Vacuum fluorescent display can be a good alternative to a Liquid-crystal displays in some applications. They have a number of advantages over LCD like extended temperature range and excellent contrast in high brightness environment. The main disadvantage is higher power consumption ...
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7-Segment Display with SPI PIC16F876A

For this project two PIC16F877 MCU's were used, see project schematics below. Slave PIC runs  LEDs decoding and multiplexing code on data received from Master. 7-Segment inputs connected to PORTC,B and common digits anodes to PORTB,A via 2N3906 collectors for ...