Arduino and other micro-processor and micro-controller projects and links.
Whether it's re-designing (reverse engineering) old pinball machines or getting some motorized contraption to move around by itself, the function of computers that has always had the most appeal to me has been automated sensing and control. I began this with a microprocessor design course in UW = Madison. My final project for the course (which netted me an automatic A for the course) was a functioning prototype for an ice nucleation spectrometer based on a motorola 68000 micropressor. This would measure the temperature of super-cooled water as it was being cooled below 0 degrees celcius and sense and display the temperature that ice crystals first began to form. Within a year I had expanded this design into an instrument that we used in our research for many years.It's been many years since I have had the time to work at this level. Now that I am retired I obtained an Arduino Duemilanove development kit and am bread-boarding my little heart out.
- Seven Segment display counts to 10 My first crack at interfacing the Arduino with the real world.
- Some minor modifications to above 7-seg display. Getting a feel for how fast this processor is and laying the framework to evaluate how long diferent processes take - how hard can I load this thing.
Here are some of the projects I have completed so far (new stuff for me so...)
- Arduino Web Site.
- Arduino Language Reference
- Arduino Home Page
- Arduino Forum
- Arduino Programming Course
Here are just a few of the links to sites dealing with this chipset:
- Maxim MAX7219, MAX7221 Serially Interfaced, 8-Digit, LED Display Drivers.
- HD44780 24x2 LCD panel With EL backlight Serial Wombat Page
- Voltage Doubler for Stepper Moter Control