Sometimes when tuning various electronic hardware we need simple signal generator with various waveform and frequency. One of the options is to by a professional with variable gain professional coating and many additional functions. But if you are an amateur you might want to build one. This small project is dedicated for building one of […]
AVR DDS signal generator V1.0 using ATmega8 Read More »
Description A long time ago I bought a couple RGB rotary encoders from Sparkfun because they were cheap and I was already spending a bunch on other stuff. I thought they would be neat for some interfaces since it includes a push button. The interrupt service routine (ISR) for pin changes on the rotary encoder (for terminals
RGB Rotary Encoder with PWM and ISRs Using an ATmega328 Read More »
This article is in continuation of PWM generation using AVR timer. In the previous article, PWM generation using Phase correct PWM mode is described. However, there are some applications like DAC, power regulation and rectification etc. which require high frequency PWM wave. The PWM generation using Fast PWM mode is suitable for such applications. This article focuses on Fast
In many applications, it is important to control the speed of DC motor where precision and protection are essence. Here we will use a technique called PWM (pulse width modulation) to control the speed of DC motor. We can achieve speed control of DC motor using mechanical or electrical techniques but they require large size
PWM Based DC Motor Speed Control using Microcontroller Using Atmega Read More »
In this project we are going to use one of the features of ATmega32A to adjust the brightness of 1Watt LED. The method that is used to adjust the speed of LED is PWM (Pulse Width Modulation). The method of PWM is explained here. Consider a simple circuit as shown in figure. Now if the switch in above
Power LED Dimmer using ATmega32 Microcontroller Read More »
Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) is a technique widely used in modern switching circuit to control the amount of power given to the electrical device. This method simply switches ON and OFF the power supplied to the electrical device rapidly. The average amount of energy received by the electrical device is corresponding to the ON and
Working with Atmel AVR Microcontroller Basic Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) Peripheral Read More »
Here is a very simple project of controlling a small DC-motor (taken from an old personal cassette player) with ATmega8. The ATmega8 is having three PWM channels, out of which two are used here. PWM waveforms are fed to MOSFET (RFD3055) H-bridge. Here, direction is controlled using a two-position toggle switch and speed of the
PWM Motor Driver with MOSFET H-Bridge and AVR ATmega8 Read More »
It’s interesting to explore what we can do with this tiny 8 pins; 8-bit microcontroller. The ATtiny13 is the smallest and cheapest Atmel AVR 8-bit microcontroller families but yet, it’s loaded with sophisticated peripherals such as two 8-bit PWM channels and 4 channels 10-bit ADC. Although the memory is quite small; 1 K flash, 64 SRAM
Controlling DC motor with AVR ATtiny13 PWM and ADC Project Using Atmega Read More »
Sometimes we need our microcontroller to interact with more human readable information. It will be better for us if we could make it display the words not just blinking the LED. Today most modern gadget such as mobile phone and PDA, use LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) for interacting with us. In this project we will
AVR LCD Thermometer Using ADC and PWM Project Using Atmega Read More »
Would be interesting if we could make our microcontroller to sing for us not just beeping or blinking; this project is all about using the powerful AVR ATmega168 16-bit PWM feature to produce accurate musical notes such as playing the child’s favorite Twinkle-Twinkle Little Star song or we could say beeping with style. The principal we
AVR Twinkle Twinkle Using PWM Project Using Atmega Read More »
