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Reminder: OpenPicus WIFI development board giveaway
Today is the last day for the OpenPicus Nest starter kit giveaway. If you’d like one just leave a comment with a project idea. We’ll give it away later in the day.
Giveaway: OpenPicus Nest starter kit
Tomorrow we’ll give away a Nest starter kit. If you’d like it just leave a comment on yesterday’s post with a project idea.
OpenPicus WIFI development board giveaway
OpenPicus gave us a Nest starter kit WIFI development platform to give away. Leave a comment on this post with a project idea, and it could be yours on Thursday. OpenPicus is working on open source wireless hardware and a free application development platform. The current WIFI hardware has a PIC 24FJ256GA106 microcontroller, and an […]
PIC power meter
Here’s an example of PyroFer’s DIY workaround to a problem: So, after Google killed the Google PowerMeter api I got the incentive to finish my own project using it. Odd huh. I wrote loads of code to hook into the Google API ages ago, but never got the hardware setup. Now After Google announce the […]
PIC microcontrollers with configurable logic cells
Microchip has a new configurable logic cell (CLC) unit in Microchip PIC10F32x. It’s not quite a FPGA, more like a multi-function 7400 series logic chip stuck to a PIC. Also available in the 20 pin PIC 16F150X: …new features include a new Configurable Logic Cell (CLC) which allows the user to do simple Boolean functions […]
Versatile SOIC PIC programming header
Mick found a versatile SOIC PIC programming header: A small PCB allows for the out-of-circuit programming of 18 & 28 pin SOIC PIC Microcontrollers from either an ICSP programmer or ZIF socket. Thanks Mick! Via the forum.
App note: Microchip Ni-MH battery charger application library
Our app note for the day: The Battery Charger Application Library easily allows adding battery charging functionality to portable applications. Since it is very compact (uses less than 2k words of program space and less than 128 bytes of RAM) it fits on small, cost-effective parts like the 14-pin PIC16F616. The library is available in […]
Quick and easy wireless using R/C and PIC 18F452
Chris from PyroElectro writes to inform us of his new wireless project: It takes a standard hobby R/C radio transmitter/receiver system and interfaces it to a PIC microcontroller to control a Motor and LED brightness. Named the Quick and Easy Wireless system for it’s off-the-shelf style. Project details including schematic and C code can be […]
Testing MPLABX and Open Bench Logic Analyzer (part-1)
Oakkar7 is a fan of PIC microcontrollers and the MPLABX IDE who recently received his new
picChess
Arthur Benemann has been working on a microcontroller chess game using a Microchip DSPIC33FJ128MC804-PT. He writes: I would like to share my latest project, the picChess, its a Microcontroller Chess game. It has and VGA video interface, audio, Keyboard connection, and even a AI to play against the Microcontroller. The project, including source and schematic […]
New PIC 24EP256 16bit, 60 MIPS
Nexus tipped us to Microchip’s new PIC24E general purpose microcontroller: Microchip’s PIC24E general purpose microcontroller family features the highest speed 60 MIPS core with excellent performance and code density. It offers superior ADC performance, enhanced CAN communication, easier graphic display interface through 8-bit parallel master port and up to 15 DMA channels for extensive data […]
PIC 24F development board for beginners
Microchip has a new PIC 24F development board for microcontroller beginners. The documentation makes this board stand out. It includes introductory guides to pulse-width modulation, analog-to-digital converters, and other peripherals: The MX PIC24 Module includes an onboard PIC24FJ256GB110 16-bit microcontroller from Microchip that features 256 KB Flash program memory and 16 KB RAM. The module […]
mikroProg PIC programmer/ICD
mikroProg is a fast USB 2.0 programmer with mikroICD hardware In-Circuit Debugger. Smart engineering allows mikroProg to support PIC10, PIC12, PIC16, PIC18, dsPIC30/33, PIC24 and PIC32 devices in a single programmer! It supports 570 microcontrollers from Microchip. Outstanding performance, easy operation and elegant design will blow your mind. mikroProg lists for $99 plus shipping and […]
Notes from the ChipKIT designer
The hardware designer of Microchip’s ChipKIT Arduino thing gave us some more info in the forum: I’m the engineer at Digilent who designed the chipKIT boards. The USB interface is done using the FTDI FT232R USB-UART chip. This is the chip used on earlier Arduino boards. The newer Uno and Mega2560 use the ATmega8U2. The […]
App Note: wireless home security implementing KEELOQ® and PIC®
KEELOQ® is an authentication system designed by Microchip. It’s based on a proprietary, non-linear encryption algorithm that creates a unique transmission on every use, supposedly rendering RF replay attacks useless. The algorithm uses a programmable 64-bit encryption key unique to each device to generate 32-bit hopping code. In this new app note, Microchip presents a […]
Another chipKIT unboxing
Jorge posted his first impressions of the chipKIT PIC32MX based boards : The boards are produced by Digilent, Inc., and they share the same high quality and detail I’ve seen on other development boards produced by them. No need to say that the new chipKIT platform has behind it the marketing machinery of Microchip… Via […]
chipKIT32 unboxing
haley0918’s first impression of a chipKIT Max32. Via the forum.
Remote control mood light
Dmitry Grinberg had a few PIC12F1840 MCUs lying around, and wanted to use them in some type of IR remote control project. He decided to construct a remote control mood light using the PICs in both transmitter and receiver. Four high-brightness LEDs (White, Red, Green, and Blue) are used to combine to form different colors […]
Another SID player update
Another SID player update from Markus: I added digi-support and a follow-up video demonstrating digi playback is available here Two things to keep in mind: The emulator code (TinySID) can only playback tunes in PSID format (in which the majority of the files in the HVSC are). However, with update #50 the digi-tunes in the […]