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Color Changing Digital PC Fan Controller using Microcontroller ATMega168

We’ve all seen LED fans that you can put in your computer to make it look cool.  They usually come in blue, sometimes red or green and consist of a basic PC fan with 4 bright LED’s mounted in the 4 corners.  They source their voltage from the fan’s power input, so if you’re using a fan

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Arduino and Touchpad Tic Tac Toe using microcontroller Using Atmega

Or, an exercise in input and output multiplexing, and working with bits.  And a submission for the Arduino contest. This is an implementation of a tic tac toe game using a 3×3 array of bicoloured LEDs for a display, a simple resistive touchpad, and an Arduino to tie everything together. To see how it works,

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DIY Smart Doorbell

DIY Smart Doorbell: Code, Setup and HA Integration Using Atmega

In this project, I will show you how you can transform your normal doorbell into a smart one without changing any of the current functionalities or cut any wires. I will be using an ESP8266 board called Wemos D1 mini. New to ESP8266? Watch my Introduction to ESP8266 video first. Step 1: Watch the Video The video

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4 Wire Touch Screen Based Digital Magic Slate

4 Wire Touch Screen Based Digital Magic Slate Using Atmega

Ever played with magic slates in your childhood? Well this project will show you how to make a digital magic slate using a PC, a touch screen and few other components. Components Required      1.      4-wire resistive touch screen with connector      2.      ATMega16 development board with 16MHz      3.      4 X 10kohms Resistor      4.      Serial to USB

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Interfacing 4 wire Resistive Touchscreen with ATMega16 Microcontroller

Interfacing 4-wire Resistive Touchscreen with ATMega16 Microcontroller

Touch screens are two dimensional input devices. Nowadays most of the electronic gadgets use them. Laptops, smart phones, tablets and even some home appliances like washing machines & microwave ovens also use a touch screen nowadays. Why Touch screens? Touch screens are preferred over keypads because they need very little or no pressure to operate whereas

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