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Raspberry Pi and 74HC595 Shift Register

Raspberry Pi I/O capabilities can be expanded by adding one or cascading a number of shift registers. In this design 74HC595 example is shown. 74HC595 is a very popular and relatively cheap IC. There are assembled modules based on this ...
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LCD Voltmeter based on Arduino

This post is about building a simple 0-5V 3 digit voltmeter using Arduino UNO compatible board and 4x20 LCD display. This design should also work on all similar boards, I’ve tested it on Arduino Mega and UNO boards.  No additional ...
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7-Segment LED Display with I2C

In this post we’ll add a serial data transfer capability to a standard 7-Segment LED Display by using PCF8574 I/O Port expander IC with I2C interface.For similar design based on Arduino see this link. Usually in order to minimize required ...
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Binary to Hex 7-Segment Arduino

In this post I’ll show you how to build a simple Binary to Hexadecimal converter using common cathode 7-Segment display and Arduino Mega compatible Iduino Mega R3 board.  Similar devices should also work ,however I did not test it. The ...
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Thermocouple Amplifier MAX31855 with Arduino

Interfacing a Thermocouple with Arduino platform can be easily done by integrating a MAX31855 to your project. This IC is a Cold-Junction Compensated Analog to Digital Converter amplifier especially design for use with a Thermocouple. The converter provides 14-Bit of ...
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7-Segment Display Counter with Arduino

Recently I’ve published a basic Binary to Hexadecimal converter design based on Atmega 2560 chip. The same set up can be used for building a simple UP/Down counter with Arduino Mega compatible board. 7-Segment display and its I/O stayed the same ...
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Raspberry Pi LED Bar Graph Display

Raspberry Pi based LED bar graph display is a relatively simple circuit. It can be easily built using commonly available components. For Arduino version click here. 8 LEDs, 1k potentiometer, ADS1015 ADC module and Raspberry Pi board is all you ...
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Digital Alarm Clock

Digital Alarm Clock design based on PIC16F876A will be demonstrated in this post. Various modules from earlier project were implemented in  current design hardware and source code. For example it uses the same 7-Segment Display and multiplexing routing as in ...
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Arduino Thermometer LM35

LM35 is a temperature sensor that outputs a voltage proportional to the surrounding temperature in centigrade. In this post I’ll show how this device can be connected to Arduino MEGA board to build a thermometer that shows the current temperature ...

Digital Power Supply 0-14 Volt

Digitally Controlled Power Supply from 0-14 Volt based on PIC16F876A will be demonstrated in this post. This is a modification of Digital Power Supply 2.5-12V article and has similar characteristics. The most noticeable difference is the use of PCF8591P I2C Digital to ...