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Networked Biometric Authentication

Networked Biometric Authentication Using Atmega32

Introduction: Due to the increasing need for securing data and places, the biometric authentication industry is seeing large market growth.  We decided to build a scalable, small, and efficient device that can be used to secure doorways throughout a complex.  We use a FingerPrint Cards capacitance based fingerprint scanner as our capturing device.  This data […]

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Garduino Upgrade

Garduino Upgrade, Now with more Twitter! Using Atmega

A couple months ago I came across two great instructables.  The first was the Garduino, an arduino controlled garden to help you grow plants at home.  The second was the Tweet-a-Watt, a project that teaches you how to monitor your home power usage using Xbees and Twitter.  I read about both these projects here at Instructables and

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Electricity End Use Consumption

Wireless Sensor Network for Energy and Environmental Monitoring: Helping Old Buildings Go Green Using Atmega

I. Introduction Today, the rising cost of energy and social trend of “going green” has put increasing pressure on commercial property owners to improve the efficiency of their investments. There is good reason for this, too. In the State of California, office buildings represent the single largest user of energy in the commercial sector (Efficiency

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Raspberry Pi IoT device [RASa].

A Simplified Secure Programming Platform for Internet of Things Devices Using Atmega

INTRODUCTION The Internet of Things (IoT) devices have become very popular in various critical and non-critical usage fields. Many people have started to use IoT devices realizing their benefits in their lives and scientific research [MSPC12, CGOF13]. Because of the popularity of IoT devices, developers gravitate toward the development of IoT applications. These applications utilize

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Ultrasonic Security System

Ultrasonic Security System using Atmega644 microcontroller

This portable security system is built based on Atmega644 microcontroller. It can detect intruders based on their physical presence. The system uses URM37v3.2 ultrasonic sensor which is connected to MCU through rs232 serial communication. To rotate sensor for wide coverage range, the system is equipped with Parallax servomotor. For user interface, there are LCD and keypad wired to PORTC

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Eye in the Sky Security System

Eye in the Sky Security System Using Atmel Mega32

Introduction We have used the Atmel Mega32 AVR microcontroller to construct an affordable, high end security system designed to protect valuables in a single room of a house or property. According to national surveys conducted by the department of Justice, property crimes are ten times more prevalent in the United States than violent crimes. On the Cornell

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