Projects
Contents
- 1 ARMUS Embedded Linux Board
- 2 Programmable Chip EEG
- 3 Open Mobile Gadgets
- 4 Music Players including MP3 players
- 5 PG31 GPS RS232 Dev Board
- 6 RS232 Dev Board
- 7 PG31 GPS USB Dev Board
- 8 RS232 RS485 USB Converter Board
- 9 Chalk Roach
- 10 #6
- 11 LED displays
- 12 Cellular Rotary Phone
- 13 Das Brewmeister!
- 14 Fermenter Controller
- 15 Home controller
- 16 Interactive Lock Box
- 17 Motor driver (H-bridge)
- 18 Atomic Microscope
- 19 BlueICE
- 20 Sortof-Networked RFID Reader
- 21 Battery charger
- 22 the Open Graphics Project
- 23 Amiga floppy project
- 24 Irsensor-a
ARMUS Embedded Linux Board
An ARM920T board running Linux at 200 Mips with sound, Ethernet, CAN, 48+ bidirectionnal IOs and 4 DSPs for motor control (DC, Servos, etc...). Built as a student proof robotics design platform.
Programmable Chip EEG
The Programmable Chip EEG is a Multi-channel electroencephalograph that could be a brain-computer interface.
Open Mobile Gadgets
An open source, open hardware mobile phone in its preliminary development.
Music Players including MP3 players
TRAXMOD Open source MOD music player for dsPIC/ARM microcontrollers.
PG31 GPS RS232 Dev Board
A simple RS232 example project that takes 3.3V TTL serial and outputs to a super-common RS232 connection. Insto-NMEA!
RS232 Dev Board
A simple RS232 example project that takes all the power it needs from the serial port. Use it to power your microcontroller and communicate between serial port and microcontroller. Takes advantage of the fact that pc serial ports will accept 0-5V rather than the RS232 standard of around negative 10V to positive 10V. Very convenient - no external power required! Note that you may use either a 5.1V zener or a 5V regulator.
PG31 GPS USB Dev Board
A great example project using the CP2102 USB to TTL UART IC as well as some basic battery holder info.
RS232 RS485 USB Converter Board
Aim to build a general Converter between different Interfaces.
Chalk Roach
Ultra simple microcontroller development board for Atmel ATmega32 = 16MHz, 2KB SRAM, 16KB Flash
#6
Son of Chalk Roach
LED displays
- 24" Wall Clock A really big wall clock. Why? Well, cause it might look cool? Probably not. But we do use GPS to get the time! Groovy.
- POV display that spins around, giving the illusion of a large display. (DavidCary)
Cellular Rotary Phone
An indepth breakdown of the Port-O-Rotary. Some clues to help you avoid audio problems with the GM862.
Das Brewmeister!
An attempt to wirelessly monitor temperatures of fermentation vessels
Fermenter Controller
A web available fermenter vessel controller. Uses PICs, i2c, Rs232 and python.
Home controller
Program your appliances to operate automatically in conjunction with your weekly and daily schedule, manually turn them on/off from your PC or use the controller as a process ON/OFF controller to regulate some kind of physical variable to the desired value.
Interactive Lock Box
An interesting project using an accelerometer and capacitive touch ICs.
Motor driver (H-bridge)
Atomic Microscope
An atomic-resolution microscope.
- STM (scanning tunnelling microscope)
- AFM (atomic force microscope)
BlueICE
A bluetooth JTAG ICE debugger for AVR's!!!
Sortof-Networked RFID Reader
A 125Khz RFID Reader with a simple RS232 based ring network - to allow connection of multiple units to the same control computer.
Consider using "RS-232D", aka "EIA/TIA-561". It has all the same wires and voltages as RS-232, but specifies a RJ45 connector.
Also consider RS-485.
(What is the name of the standard for RS-485 on RJ14 ("4 wire RJ-11") or RJ45 ?)
Battery charger
See "Build A Smart Battery Charger Using A Single-Transistor Circuit" by Ejaz ur Rehman. But be sure to read the "Reader Comments" at the end. The suggestion to add a zener diode is a good idea.
the Open Graphics Project
the Open Graphics Project a project started by chip-designer Timothy Miller. His goal, along with the rest of the project, known as the “Open Graphics Foundation” is to make a 3D accelerated video card which is fully documented, free-licensed, and open source. See the Open Graphics wiki.
Amiga floppy project
The Amiga floppy project: designing, building, and programming an adapter to allow PCs to read from Amiga floppies. "This is really designed to be a community project(hence the blog with progress reports)." http://www.techtravels.org/amiga/amigablog/?p=73
Irsensor-a
Infrarred Proximity Sensor Alfa Infrarred Proximity Sensor Alfa in www.kedo.com.mx
The Infrarred Proximity Sensor Alfa is a sensor to detect objets that can reflect infrarred light. It has the following characteristics.
- Designed to detect objects that are close and can reflect infrarred lights.
- It has a Infrared Transmistter to eliminate the dependency of solar ligthing. So It can be used in the night.
- It has a Infrared Receiver that detects the close objtest that reflects the infrarred lights.
- It has an incoroprated Voltage Regulator
- The output is constant 5V when it is active and 0V when no detection.
- You can change the proximity threashold with a potentiometer.
