µ[micro]electronics info

Programmable BASIC controller

admin — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:28:27 +0000

Tiny Basic Controller (TBC) is a simple device that can operate as a PLC (program logic controller) for home automation, control, etc. The control program is a text version of BASIC language.

(Photo from cqham.ru)

Cheap USB pin expander: ExpandIO

admin — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:52:13 +0000

ExpandIO-USB is a cheap, driver-free USB I/O expander for software-controlled peripherals.
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TV Tetris and Snake on AVR

admin — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 12:09:05 +0000

Another piece (better say "Two in one") to my collection of simple TV games: Ben Ryves' Snake / Tetris, based on ATMega168.

Photo: Ben Ryves

QP: Open-source state machine framework

admin — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 11:56:51 +0000

QP™ is a family of lightweight, open source, event-driven, state machine frameworks and real-time kernels for embedded microprocessors, MCUs, and DSPs.

ChibiOS/RT: Free Embedded RTOS

admin — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 11:37:51 +0000

Free real-time OS for embedded applications based on ARM, AVR, PowerPC, MSP430, x86, Coldfire or H8S processors.

ChibiOS logo

TV Text display with ATMega168

admin — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 15:15:24 +0000

TV display based on AVR ATMega168 by Ben Ryves.
Photo by Ben Ryves

Pyxis - an Arduino OS

admin — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:23:50 +0000

The thing I simply can't omit: Pyxis OS for an Arduino.

Waveform display on a VGA monitor with AVR

admin — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:29:01 +0000

Not so useful, but nice: "Waveform display" (like a oscilloscope) on a VGA monitor.

(Photo: 5volt.eu)

LPC Xpresso

admin — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:58:20 +0000

Another dev board with an LPC ARM microcontroller from NXP - LPCXpresso.

DIY USB Sound card, vol. II

admin — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:28:27 +0000

Another attempt to make an USB sound card based on TI's PCM2704 chip by Miroslav Batek.