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Arduino Tutorials

Arduino delay()

Arduino millis()

Arduino pulseIn() and pulseInLong()

Arduino digitalWrite()

Three switch debouncing methods on Arduino : One is amazing.

Arduino Capacitive Sensor

Arduino Projects

MAX7219 - How to drive 8x8 led displays using this chip.

DS18B20 - Use the one-wire thermometer to measure accurate temperature; multi drop and long distance.

DHT22 - Also DHT21 (lower spec) - Measure humidity and temperature.

TCS230 - Let your microcntroller see colour!

HD44780 - LCD display driving. Usually a 16 character by 2 line display but can be 20x4.

MCP23017 - A 16 bit port expander (I2C) with comprehensive interrupt system.

MCP23017 Interrupts - Using multiple MCP23017 with interrupts.

BMP280 - Barometric pressure measurement.

Battery Charger - How to charge standard AA batteries.

Pulse Rate - Measurement.

Rotary Encoder - How to use them and make even noisy ones behave!

Sections

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Projects

Arduino Projects

• Humidity DHT22
• Temperature DS18B20
• 8x8 LED matrix MAX7219
• MAX6675 0°C to 1024°C
• Pulse Rate Sensor
• Hitachi HD44780 LCD
• Logic Level Converter
• SSD1306 OLED
• BMP280 Pressure

PIC Projects

PIC Parallel PortProgrammer.

16F877 : 50MHz LCD frequencycounter.

16F877 : 50MHz 7 segment frequencycounter.

16F877 : 0-5V LCD volt meter.

16F877 : LCD and Keypad using one 8 bit port (noglue logic).

Direct jump to locked page (needs unlock code)

16F877 : Driving an RGB LED.

16F877 : Serial LCD module.

16F88 : Ultrasonic range finding project.

16F88 : A Real Time Clock (DS1307) using I2C.

16F88 : Driving an LED dot matrix.

16F88 : Universal Infrared Receiver (UIR).

16F88 : Binary Clock

12F675 : Tutorial

12F675 : RS232 Serial transmitter

12F675 : Serial Temperature Logger

12F675 : EEPROM Temperature logger

12F675 : Servo motor driver

12F675 : Servo motor - serial control

Tips and Techniques

General	Resources
ICSP	PIC device comparison
ICSP programming
RS232	RS232 pinout
Debugging Techniques	Using PIC I/O : TRIS, PORT
PIC Timer overview	Crystal ppm calculations
I/O Expansion techniques	Interactive Timer 0 calculator
PIC Programmers	Interactive Timer 1 calculator
	Interactive Timer 2 calculator
Hardware specific
Switch debouncing	Setting up RS232
12F675 : Setting OSCCAL in C	12F675 :Recovering lost calibration
	Use the voltage reference module  as a DAC
Software specific
Hexadecimal conversions
Soft USART (TX) (TX details)	Soft USART (RX/TX) (RX details)
Using fixed point maths
Other
Reading schematics	Multitasking
Prototyping	Electronic schematic symbols
Using an oscilloscope	PWM

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PIC Tutorial

Devices
12F675	16F84
Hardware
PIC Introduction	ICSP	Interrupts
Software
MikroC compiler
Protocols
I2C	RS232	Setting up RS232
SPI
Techniques
Frequency counting	Ultrasonic range finding	Software Tri PWM
Multiplexing	CCP (capture)	Soft PWM
Timer 1 (polled)

PIC Programmer information

Articles

What is a microcontroller ?

Programming a microcontroller: Choosing between C, BASIC or PASCAL.

PIC micro programming methods.

PIC timer calculations.

Frequency counter techniques: Direct and Reciprocal counting methods.

Simple multitasking method (works for 12F675 and larger).

Microcontroller Debugging methods (also general debugging methods).

Fixed point maths

Hardware interrupts - a short introduction.

How to use the MC78M05BDTRKG voltage regulator.

Courses and Ebooks on sale

C Course

A new C course showing you how to use C to program a microcontroller (no previous programming experience needed).

Pic C Course (digital download).

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