Category Archives: Tutorial

Bench Top Power Supply for Electronics Lab

Hey all! Again, sorry for the long delay in posting. I’ve recently projected and built a bench top PSU for my electronic projects. It’s based on the LM317 voltage regulator, for which TI granted me samples. The hole idea behind … Continue reading

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ATMega328p and 7 Segment Display I: Parts and schematic

Hello! For our next project, we’ll be using an ATMega328p and two 7 segment displays to implement a decimal counter. This can be useful if we want to implement a project that gives visual feedback to the user, like a … Continue reading

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My First AVR Circuit II: Source Code

All that is left from the Part I of this tutorial is the source code. Here it goes, a simple code with well explained comments: You can build the code using the instructions posted on this blog (Windows, Linux). If … Continue reading

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My First AVR Circuit I: Parts and schematic

Well, well. Now that you know how to write, build, and flash your code, we can start making our first circuit! Traditionally, in the coding world one prints on the screen the classic “Hello World!” message. In electronics, due to … Continue reading

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Coding for AVR II: Writing and Building on Linux

Since we already know how to turn our code into hex in Windows, we should also know how to do it using the best OS around: Linux. Please be aware that while the instructions here have been tested in Linux … Continue reading

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