MikroElektronika’s “Ready for PIC” board talks to “Processing”

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“Ready for PIC“ is one of MikroElektronika‘s compact prototyping boards for 28 and 40 pin PIC microcontrollers. The board comes with PIC16F887 microcontroller which is preprogrammed with an UART bootloader firmware and thus eliminates the need of an external programmer. The on-board USB-UART module allows the serial data transfer between the PIC and a PC using an USB cable. It has also got a reasonable size prototyping area to add more functionalities to the board as required. These features make this board an ideal candidate for doing embedded projects that require PC interfacing. This article first reviews the basic features

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

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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

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Arduino comic for newbies

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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.

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Wireless data transmission between two PIC microcontrollers using low-cost RF modules

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A lot of times we need to keep track of data from a device or a sensor located in a remote location from the point where it is processed. In other situations we desire wireless solutions for ease.  Using long cables, infrared (IR) or other means are often tedious and not loss-less. Imagine collecting pH level data from a chemically lethal or toxic treatment plant where human presence is highly health hazardous. Running long cables from the pH sensor to the control or monitor station will surely introduce noisy signals and signal-to-noise ratio will thus drastically decrease. The result is

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PocketBot: A matchbox size line following vehicle

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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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