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Build Your Own Microcontroller

“This instructable will show you how to build your own microcontroller from scratch! This method is simple and doesn’t require any advanced tools, you can even do it at your kitchen table. This also gives a better understanding of …

Galileo 2 driving MCP23017 and 74HC4511 Digit Displays

“Using the Galileo II and ANSI C, demonstrate how to drive the MCP23017 IO Expanders 16 general purpose outputs, themselves driving four 74HC4511 seven segment display drivers. The 74HC4511 accepts as inputs a 4 bit binary encoded decimal value. This …

Getting the T-Rex Endless Runner to work on a Component Tester

“Some time ago I got one of these transistor testers on eBay for around 10$. It is quite useful, specially because my multimeter does not measure capacitance or inductance. I did a samll write up about it in portuguese here …

Giftduino - The Perfect Arduino Gift Box

“Every Day is a Great Day for a Gift! Design your own Giftduino and give it to someone special :) For this project, we used two relatively new components on circuito.io: the Hall Effect sensor and the Nokia Graphic LCD …

Innovation and Competition Return to High-Performance PCs March 2nd with Worldwide AMD Ryzen 7 Availability

“AMD today announced the global launch of AMD Ryzen™ 7 desktop processors, with pre-orders starting today from more than 180 global etailers and boutique OEMs, to the delight of PC gamers, content creators, enthusiasts, and fans worldwide. After four years …

iSwitchPi Adds an Intelligent Power Switch to Your Raspberry Pi

“A Raspberry Pi does not have an On/Off switch and there is no easy way to shutdown the Pi while keeping the filesystem intact. This Intelligent Power Switch brings a clever solution to this problem: Power-On the Pi by …

Latest PIC® MCU Family Brings Ease of Design with More Core Independent Peripherals

“The PIC16F15386 family, the most powerful launching point into the 8-bit PIC® microcontroller (MCU) portfolio, is now available from Microchip Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MCHP), a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions. In addition to our current …

Make your own Arduino Nano (DIY - Arduino Nano)

“In this instructable, I will show you how to make your very own Arduino Nano. I’m using laminator for the toner transfer method. What things you will need: Copper - clad board (Dual Layer); Ferric Chloride (FeCl3); Acetone (Nail polish …

NASA Telescope Reveals Largest Batch of Earth-Size, Habitable-Zone Planets Around Single Star

“NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has revealed the first known system of seven Earth-size planets around a single star. Three of these planets are firmly located in the habitable zone, the area around the parent star where a rocky planet …

Smart Mirror by Raspberry Pi

“So there was an unused raspberry pi 1B in the drawer and an unused monitor. That’s reason enough to create a Smart Mirror. The mirror should show time, date and weather information as well as status information about smart …