Gilchrist’s PIP Arduino browser is an on-going project to develop a very basic and functional web browser that runs on Arduino Uno. The current version can download and render plain HTML and follow embedded links. Users can page through the hyperlinks with the help of a joystick. The project uses a 320×240 TFT LCD screen for output.
PIP Arduino browser
MikroElektronika has announced a close cooperation with FTDI Chip to develop a series of compilers and hardware development boards for FTDI’s FT90X series of microcontrollers.
1st October 2014 – Belgrade-headquartered development tool chain supplier MikroElektronika has signed a formal agreement with FTDI Chip to create mikroC, mikroBasic and mikroPascal compilers for the FT90X 32-bit microcontroller offering. The FT90X utilises a proprietary 32-bit RISC architecture – allowing it to set performance benchmarks beyond 2.93DMIPS/MHz, with true zero wait-states operation up to 100MHz frequencies, as well as capacious memory and an array of advanced connectivity resources.
MikroElektronika develops compilers for FTDI new MCUs
Drawbots are a lot of fun to build. Here is an Instructable for building a mechanical artbot using a basic circuit involving a battery and a DC motor. The project uses a four-bar linkage mechanism added to the motor to change its motion in a special way to create some fun arts.
Mechanical artbot
Rajkumar Sharma has shared his 12W Audio Amplifier project on Electronics-Lab. It is a low frequency class AB audio amplifier built around TDA2006, which provides 12W output to a 4Ω load at ±12V power supply.
12W Audio Amplifier
DIY LC meter projects are very popular among hobbyists and students. Here is another LC meter project which is based on PIC16F628A microcontroller. It uses a tank oscillator circuit combining a few external components and PIC’s internal comparator module. The L and C values are computed from the resonant frequency of the LC tank circuit. The project also incorporated auto-calibration by shorting the test leads. The meter uses a standard 2×16 character LCD for display.
PIC based LC meter