A weblog focused on interesting circuits, ideas, schematics and other information about microelectronics and microcontrollers.
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Because I have not tested all electronic circuits mentioned on this pages, I cannot attest to their accuracy; therefore, I do not provide a warranty of any kind and cannot be held responsible in any manner.
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TV Tetris and Snake on AVR
6. March 2010 - 13:09 — adminAnother piece (better say "Two in one") to my collection of simple TV games: Ben Ryves' Snake / Tetris, based on ATMega168.
Photo: Ben Ryves
Waveform display on a VGA monitor with AVR
16. January 2010 - 16:29 — adminNot so useful, but nice: "Waveform display" (like a oscilloscope) on a VGA monitor.
(Photo: 5volt.eu)
AVR Ethernet I/O board
14. October 2009 - 16:39 — adminThis is really great board: AVR Ethernet I/O board with 2x RS232, 2x USB connector, BW composite video, Real Time Clock with battery backup, PS/2 keyboard connector, Wiz810MJ ethernet module and LCD 16x2 display.
Photo: Ben Zijlstra
ISA VGA card with an AVR
12. September 2009 - 9:10 — adminDon't throw out your old ISA VGA cards. Sure, you can use them in the regular way in your PC, but you definitelly can use them in your hobby devices. For example with an ATMega128.
VGA to SCART RGB converter
11. July 2009 - 12:43 — adminA simple circuit to connect your VGA graphics card to your TV.
TellyMate - A Serial-to-TV adapter
3. June 2009 - 17:47 — adminTellyMate is a VT-52 compatible terminal display device that takes data from a RS-232 and outputs text to a TV screen, developed by guys from Batsocks.
PropTerm
29. April 2009 - 6:06 — adminSimple character terminal for your homebrew computer and other projects, based on Parallax Propeller chip.
MicroVGA
5. April 2009 - 15:07 — adminMicroVGA is low-cost VGA interface, providing 80x25 text mode (800x600 @ 60 Hz) / 16 colors. MicroVGA can be connected to microcontroller, thus it's an ideal solution for embedded applications.
microPONG
12. March 2009 - 20:12 — adminAnother tiny PIC-based PONG game... I hope you're not tired with all the Pongs yet! :)
