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Electronics
| Fast Hartley Transformation Library for AVR microcontrollers | An article about the Fast Hartley Transform including a library for AVR microcontrollers |
| Nintendo Four Score USB | How to convert a Nintendo Four Score into a four port USB joystick adapter for the original Nintendo 8-bit joypads. |
| Building a robot arm | How to build a 6 DOF robot arm from aluminium. |
| Reverse Engineering a 1.5 inch Photoframe | How to reverse engineer a 1.5 inch photo frame LCD for use in your own projects. |
| Mini xum1541 | The mini xum1541 is a USB to Commodore IEC serial interface which allows a Commodore 1541 floppy drive to be connected to a modern PC using USB. |
| Stylophone Studio 5 | The Stylophone Studio 5 is a project to recreate the original 1968 Dubreq Stylophone which sounds and reacts just like the original (and even contains a replica of the original circuitry) however it also fully supports both MIDI in and MIDI out over USB and can be controlled by studio software such as Cubase. |
| USB Generic HID Open Source Framework for Atmel AVR and Windows | The AVR and Windows framework includes a reference hardware design, a reference firmware design and a Windows based DLL library and host-test application to greatly ease the task of both learning USB development and building USB driven devices using ATmega microcontrollers and Windows front-ends. |
| AVR ATmega32U4 USB Development Board | This article shows how to make an ATmega32U4 USB Development Board which allows you to prototype with the SMD device on a breadboard. |
| Vetinari's Clock | This project recreates Vetinari's office clock from the Discworld series of books. The clock keeps perfect time but the ticking of the second hand is irregular. The design is a simple low-power PIC12F683 board which does not require a RTC chip to function. |
| RC Servo Processor | This simple to make PIC12F683 device allows you to process servo control signals and increase the range of freedom provided by the servos. It also supports rotational speed limiting to prevent fast swings of the servos. The processor plugs 'in-line' between the RC receiver and the servo. |
| RC Servo Switcher | The servo switcher is designed as an aid for anyone who wishes to convert a remote control vehicle into an autonomous vehicle and can automatically hand control of RC Servos to a radio control transmitter if required. |
| RGB LED Love Heart | How to build a RGB LED plexi-glass love heart display. |
| MicroSimon | How to build a pocket sized MB Electronics Simon game in a 1.5 inch square form-factor using an 8-pin microcontroller. |
| Secure USB Time-Stamp for Data-Logging | An article on how to build a USB based time-stamp server with the ability to verify the host-side logs against the last known time-stamp served. |
| Real-Time Audio Spectrum Analyser | An article on how to implement a 16-bit FFT based audio spectrum analyser based on an 8-bit PIC18F4550 microcontroller |
| Reverse Engineering the Stylophone | An article on reverse engineering the DubReq Stylophone including information on the sound output, frequencies and the mechanics of the vibrato. Includes a schematic of the Stylophone remade with modern components. |
| ToothPIC | ToothPIC is a very small PIC18F2550 board for breadboarding USB designs which includes all the required USB and programming components. |
| PC Case USB LCD | A simple LCD driver based on the PIC18F2550 which can fit in a standard 5.25 drive bay for mounting in a PC. The USB device is powered over USB and requires only the USB cable to operate |
| PIC18F USART implementation with Go-back-N ARQ | A project which demonstrates a USART serial based communication stack implementing datalink monitoring flow-control and Go-Back-N ARQ mechanisms on the PIC18F microcontroller |
| USB RGB LED VU Meter | A project to create a USB driven RGB LED VU meter demonstrating communicating audio information to USB devices as well as a new TLC5940 library for the PIC18F |
| Rotary Encoder Demonstration | This article shows a demonstration of using rotary encoders with a feedback display on the PIC18F2550 Microcontroller. |
| USB Performance Monitor | A project to create a USB driven performance meter which shows the computer's current performance levels on 2 analogue meters and a RGB LED for hard drive activity. |
| Controlling LED brightness using PWM | A tutorial on controlling LED brightness and fading using PWM |
| Open Source Framework for USB Generic HID devices based on the PIC18F and Windows | Open Source Framework for USB Generic HID devices based on the PIC18F and Windows including reference applications, a generic HID communication class library in C#, reference hardware and reference firmware |
| Open Source Visual C++ Class for USB Generic HID Communication | An Open Source Visual C++ Class for USB Generic HID Communication for the creation of Windows applications that communicate with Generic HID USB devices (such as the PIC18F) with example application |
| Building a PIC18F USB device | This article shows how make your first PIC18F based USB device for the generic HID interface standard along with example source code for both the device and the host |
| C64 VICE Front-End | In this project I take an old Commodore 64 and interface the keyboard and joystick to a USB interface. Based around a PIC18F4550 this project builds the perfect front-end to the VICE C64 emulator and works with both Windows and Linux. |
| Atari Joystick USB Adaptor | This project uses a PIC microcontroller to interface old Atari style joysticks to a modern USB interface, it's very simple and uses very few components to make it as easy and cheap to build as possible. |
| PIC USB Development Board | If you want to make and develop your own PIC based USB devices it's a good idea to have a reference board. In this article I show how to make a simple but flexible full-speed USB reference board. |
| 4-Bit Computer | This article shows how to build a simple 4-bit computer entirely from transistors and includes a simple introduction to the theory of how logic gates work and how they can be combined to count numbers. |
| 16x8 LED Matrix Display | This project was to build a unique looking clock for my office. It features a 16x8 LED matrix with a real-time clock and a thermometer. |
| UltimateSIMON | This article shows how to create a new mainboard for the MB Electronics SIMON game complete with custom programming and new features. |
| Simon18F | In this project I build a simple PIC18F based processor replacement for the Simon game allowing me to program the game myself |
| Reverse engineering an MB Electronic Simon game | Technical information about the MB Electronics Simon game including lots of information about how it worked and the original programming |
| RGB Luxeon Star Mood Light | This high-brightness RGB mood light was originally created as a present for my sister, but all the details are included so you can build one too. A great decoration for any room. |
| PIC18F Powered LED Colour Organ (TOMTE) | This project lights up the Christmas tree in time to music. Pointless, but great fun for Christmas. |
| PCB Repair | This article shows how to repair broken, cracked and snapped PCBs |
| Beagle II | Information on the simple floor roving robot I built |
| Christmas LED Light String Display | A simple LED light string display for Christmas |
Arcade Machines
| Restoring an old arcade machine | I took an arcade machine and restored it back to fully working order complete with a new computer running MAME |
| Building my own arcade machine | Pictures from my epic project to build my own MAME based arcade machine |
Miscellaneous
| Raspberry Pi Plexiglass Case | This article shows how to build a simple but attractive plexiglass case for a Raspberry Pi |
| Making an accurate 3D model of my house | As a crazy Christmas time project a friend and I decided to build an accurate 3D model of my house using Google Sketchup. I never did get round to completing the model of the grounds around the house, but the house was completed and turned out to be a pretty good likeness of the real thing. |
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