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Introducing the AmiPIC18 LCD shield

Posted on October 10, 2011 by R-B 4 comments

Last month I reviewed the Amicus18 development board, which is an Arduino-style platform with a PIC microcontroller. The Amicus18 board is physically compatible with Arduino shields. However, the default PIC processor on the board is a 3.3 V type, which could be an issue while interfacing some of the shields that strictly operate at +5V. As a support to the users of the Amicus18 development board, Gevo Electronics from The Netherlands has designed a special shield, named AmiPIC18 LCD. Although the name says it is a LCD shield, but in real it provides a lot more features, which we will be

MikroElektronika releases EasyPIC v7

Posted on October 8, 2011 by R-B Leave a comment

MikroElektronika has just released EasyPIC v7, a latest edition to its successful EasyPIC series development boards for PIC microcontrollers. ” This is a very special day for us. We are excited and honored to present you with the new version of our famous brand – EasyPIC v7 is here! We’ve asked ourselves what can we do to improve such an amazing board as EasyPIC6, and even if it seemed like a tough assignment, we have done some outstanding interventions in design and functionality, and made a new board no one can stay indifferent to. For the first time in EasyPIC’s almost 10-year history, we’ve

TI’s TTL logic data book for $0.10, shipping included!

Posted on September 14, 2011 by R-B 6 comments

Yes, that’s true. Texas Instruments is offering their 1988 TTL Logic Data Book for only $0.10 that includes shipping in the United States. TI says the book covers everything from standard TTL and Schottky TTL circuits to CMOS logic and VSLI processors. It also explains function tables, parameter measurement information and typical characteristics related to TTL products. Hurry up! I just ordered two for $.10 each. Here is the link. Via: Dangerous Prototypes

Arduino comic for newbies

Posted on September 13, 2011 by R-B Leave a comment

If you want to get into the world of Arduino but not sure where to start from, you should check this comic book introduction to the Arduino platform from artist Jody Culkin. The comic is Creative Commons-licensed and can be downloaded in the PDF format from here.

PocketBot: A matchbox size line following vehicle

Posted on September 6, 2011 by R-B Leave a comment

Ond?ej Stan?k, a student of Computer science at Charles University in Prague, the Czech Republic, won first prize in the freestyle category on the RobotChallenge competition in Vienna with this matchbox size line following robot (which he has named PocketBox). The robot is powered with two lithium-ion button batteries and is controlled by the Atmel ATmega8 microcontroller.

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