eXtreme Electronics

This article describe the hardware setup required for interfacing HD44780 based alphanumeric LCD modules with a PIC16F877A microcontroller. The software part consisting of the LCD library for PIC, its setup and use with MPLAB X IDE and XC8 compiler are ...

The first step in getting started with microcontrollers is to choose a microcontroller family to work with. Their are hundreds different microcontroller families from many different manufactures. Selecting a Microcontroller There are two family of microcontroller that are extremely popular among hobbyist. ...

Temperature monitoring have wide application in daily life. In modern day keeping an eye on temperature of places such as server rooms, hospital rooms, warehouses and green houses can help solve many problems. But with the use of normal ...

Just what is a microcontroller? To get you understand quickly I define a microcontroller as a single chip computer. Yes it is a full blown computer in its own. It ...

If you have worked with AVR's USART you must be knowing that the first step is to figure out the value of UBRR (USART Baud Rate Register) the formula is given in the datasheet. So every time you need a ...

If you have played games on console you must be knowing what a joystick is. In games a joystick is generally used to control the motion of character or a vehicle (like plane or car). Joystick give a very ...

This article discuss how you can detect the entry of a person in a room and get this signal inside your MCU. This is NOT a complete project but just an idea that can be implemented in many different projects. ...

Detecting colour of an object can be an interesting and useful electronic application. It can be realized using a colour sensor like TCS3200 and a general purpose microcontroller like AVR ATmega32. TCS3200 Colour Light to Frequency Converter Chip ...

Hi friends ! Here I am showing a microcontroller based project called the "GSM Based Voting System". Using this system you can ask your users to vote for any of the four options. Four available options are identified by a ...

Hi friends in this part we will have a look at the functions related to text messages. By the end of this article you will have a clear idea of how to wait for a text message, read the message, ...

A GSM/GPRS Module like SIM300 can be used for any embedded application that requires a long range communication, like a robot in Chennai controlled by a person sitting in New Delhi! Or simply a water pump in a rice field ...

One of the most basic autonomous robot you can build is a line following robot(LFR). This type of robot is run over a white surface which has an arbitrary path drawn over it by using back paint. The task ...