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Interfacing MCP4725 DAC with Arduino

In this post I’ll show you how a 12 bit DAC model MCP4725 can be connected and controlled by Arduino or a compatible board. Similar design based on Raspberry Pi platform can be found at this link . Wire.h and ...
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Function Generator

Have you ever wondered how to generate a sine wave using PIC microcontroller. In this post I’ll show you a simple circuit design that can generate arbitrary wave forms including sine by using MCU and PCF8591 D/A converter. For similar design ...
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Digital Alarm Clock

Digital Alarm Clock design based on PIC16F876A will be demonstrated in this post. Various modules from earlier project were implemented in  current design hardware and source code. For example it uses the same 7-Segment Display and multiplexing routing as in ...
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Fading LED with PCF8591 Arduino I2C

Controlling LED brightness with Arduino is one of the basic circuits you can built. Fade sketch is even included in the basic examples in the Arduino IDE. However on Arduino boards it’s done by pulse width modulation, changing the duty ...
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Raspberry Pi LED Bar Graph Display

Raspberry Pi based LED bar graph display is a relatively simple circuit. It can be easily built using commonly available components. For Arduino version click here. 8 LEDs, 1k potentiometer, ADS1015 ADC module and Raspberry Pi board is all you ...
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LCD Alarm Clock

Due to popular demand I've modified digital clock design to work with LCD display instead of 7-Segment LED as described in this post. For Arduino version click here. All the capabilities of LED version have been maintained in current project. 1 ...
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Arduino Digital Level MPU-6050

In this post a 1 axis basic digital level design will be presented. This circuit is based on Arduino UNO board and MPU6050 accelerometer and gyroscope chip. The communication is done using I2C interface. MPU6050 module address can vary depending ...
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High Power LED Controller

This post is about building a simple LED controller circuit. Several articles were published on this subject. Here is just one link to similar design that can be useful. Search the site for more information. Current design  relies on well-known technique to ...
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LCD Countdown Timer Arduino

This post is about building a 3-digit countdown timer based on Arduino MEGA. Up/Down counter also available at this link. The timer will wait for 3-digit number to be entered via 4x3 keypad and then start counting down to zero ...
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Arduino 4-Digit 7-Segment LED Voltmeter MAX7219

Here is another version of Arduino based voltmeter. This time it uses 4-digit 7-Segment LED display and MAX7219 Display Driver. For similar design with 2x16 LCD display click this link. Also you can look at PIC16F876 implementation in my previous ...