Automatic hot water circulator
After moving to a new place, I’ve found new challenges to solve here and there. One such unresolved thing was the hot water circulation control. In this post I present one possible solution which is according to the user’s behavior. The problem This is a tiny project to control a water pump. In a typical […]
C++ on AVR
Hi all, [disclaimer] Comparing to others here, this post assume you are familiar with the C++ language on a basic level. I would like to share my thoughts about the topic in the subject: using C++ programming language for AVRs. Nowadays I am dealing with C++ during my daily work (on x86) and I was […]
Project: Grass Head [time lapse video]
Story Last week we started to foster a grasshead. After the first day I remembered a cool project which can remotely trigger any DSLR camera which have IR or wired remote shutter option. I have a Pentax K200D which is a regular camera with such a 2.5mm jack based shutter trigger. This DIY trigger is […]
Exploring Nokia 3310 LCD
Hi, This project is a general purpose library implementation for the famous Nokia 3310 LCD (PCD8544). Almost everybody has old phones like 3310 at home. If not, you can buy it for a few dollars, which is pretty cheap I think for at least for a graphic LCD. The display can be controlled easily on […]
3D snake game for the LEDcube
Hi! I’ve just finished the next application for my FadeCube, a 3D snake game! It is a very small pure C application, developed under Linux with CodeBlocks IDE. It uses a multithreaded solution. Actually it is my first try to use POSIX threads. The first thread is listening for the keyboard. Another one is computing […]
Six channel audio selector with remote control
Hi again! Today I’m going to show You an audio selector, which I made for my friend and which has an extra feature: it can be controlled with a regular IR remote controller (which you probably have at home :)). I could say it is a general remote control reciever library with a demo application: […]
10x10x10 ledcube
This post is about how I designed and made my 10x10x10 ledcube hardware and software from the beginning. I spent almost all of my freetime during months on this, that was a huge work, and still not finished.
IR remote switch
This is a post about to building an AVR based infra red remote controller reciever to switch some electronic devices trough 230V plug sockets or trough 5V supply.