F1 Gantry Race Start Lights using PIC16F684
Description Featured in Electronics Weekly Gadget Freak (15/08/2008) The Control board for this project is now available in kit form or fully assembled and tested. Please visit the Picprojects on-line...
View ArticleLEDactus using PIC18F1320 Microcontroller
The LEDactus is my version of a dry climate niche dweller like a cactus. LEDactus is immobile and attempts to survive by creating a pleasant display. This is of course in the hopes that passersby will...
View ArticlePIC Based Message wand
The project uses flashing LEDs to present shot message in the air by swinging a wand around above the head. A perfboard is used to construct the circuit that is powered by 2 coin cells type CR2016. The...
View ArticleLED flasher using PIC16C84 Microcontroller
This is my first simple PIC program. It will flash an LED continuously at approximately 1Hz. It is a very simple loop that delays for 500 milliseconds (half a second) with the LED on, and then delays...
View ArticleRemote controlled LED lighting effects
LED’s have become most important component in lighting industry due to its miniature size and less power consumption. Also LED lights are lot more attractive than the primitive lights used once. This...
View Article24 Channel USB Connected LED Controller, upto 1A per Channel using PIC18F4550
24 Channel USB Connected LED Controller, upto 1A per Channel This device is designed to be a versatile high-current LED controller, with the ability to sink or/and source currents up to 1A per channel...
View ArticleOne-chip 11×10 LED matrix. using pic microcontroller
This project is pretty cool for a few reasons, and driving a huge LED matrix with a single 8-bit controller is just one of them. The idea was born when I bought 120 LEDs of the wrong type, and decided...
View ArticleMultifunction RGB LED controller using PIC12F675
multifunction RGB LED controller using low cost PIC12F675 microcontroller. features: 1, 4+1 mode operation a single potentiometer and single button switch used for multiple operation 2, EEPROM...
View ArticleArduino powered temperature sensing RGB LED nightlight using PICaxe
About a year ago I started on a project to make a temperature controlled nightlight. I was inspired by seeing these lovely LED lamps styled as mushrooms growing out of pieces of wood. Those mushrooms...
View ArticleSerial Addressable RGB PWM LED Driver using PIC16F628A
Overview Ever since I made the serial controlled RGB LED PWM driver I’ve had many requests for an addressable driver. Well I’ve finally got round to producing one. The code is now completed and...
View ArticlePOV Christmas Tree using PIC12F689 microcontroller
POV Christmas Tree Still don’t have a tree for this holidays?, Don’t worry here you have a small, reusable, eye-catching tree for your holiday needs. This project started as a SMD soldering tutorial...
View ArticleComplete Intro To PIC’s – Make an LED Flash Video
As the title suggests, this guide is targeted for those who are new to the world of PIC microcontrollers. I cover the basics from hardware to software along with programming the device and a few hints...
View Article5 LED CUBE Controller for PIC16F688
Circuit Description The LED cube is made up from 125 LEDs arranged into 5 layers of 25 LEDs each. The display itself is multiplexed so instead of requiring 125 connections it requires one to each of...
View ArticleDual 4-digit seven segment LED display with SPI interface using PIC12F
This project is an extension of my previous MAX7219 based SPI seven segment LED display module. The new display features eight 7-segment displays arranged in two rows of four digits. The on-board...
View ArticlePIC16F84A MemoSound Game
Game rules You will have to memorize a melody, made of up to 62 steps. A step is one of the four tones available in the game system. In order to help you, each tone is associated to a color LED...
View ArticleChromation Systems RGB LED Tube Light
Built utilizing a 24 Channel High Current USB LED Controller to control 12 volt RGB LED Light Strip, in 8 separate groups. Each group has individual 8-bit PWM which can create over 16 million colors....
View ArticleCooper Bills (csb88) and Anish Borkar (ab673)
Introduction The Handy Lab Buddy is a tool every ECE should have. The four features of this tool include a talking voltmeter, logic probe, voltage averager, and frequency measurer. As a cheap and...
View ArticleHow to take input with PIC18F4550 Microcontroller
Any microcontroller based system typically has an input and a corresponding output. Taking simple output with a PIC microcontroller has been explained in LED blinking with PIC18F4550. This article...
View ArticleEasy Way to Design an Automatic Driverless Train
Every one in the metro cities like Kolkata, Delhi enjoying the luxuries of the metro train ever spared a thought about the train? No, then let me give you a brief idea about the driverless automatic...
View ArticleCheap PIC Programmer
This programmer works only with PIC16F84 but it’s great because it never causes errors and works with almost all computers,unlike some other homemade programmers. Step 1: Step one : Materials For this...
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