Tiny AVR Microcontroller Projects for the Evil Genius - Softcover

Dhananjay V. Gadre

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1259002446 ISBN 13: 9781259002441

Publisher: Tata Mcgraw Hill Education, 2011

Synopsis

AVRs have a large following due to the free and inexpensive development tools available, including reasonably priced development boards and free development software. The book is intended for hobbyists, artists, and budding entrepreneurs. The concepts and techniques presented in the book through fun, creative projects can be converted into real-life products for inventors who want to prototype electronic gadgets. Since the book exclusively uses Atmel's AVR family for Tiny microcontrollers, it will likely be of interest to Atmel for promoting their product line.

Updated for the latest technological trends:

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Lasers
Space Communications
Mechatronics

Table of Contents:

Atmel s tinyAVR Microcontrollers
tinyAVR Devices
tinyAVR Architecture
Elements of a Project
Power Sources
Hardware Development Tools
Software Development
Making Your Own PCB
Project 1 Hello World! of Microcontrollers
Conclusion
2 LED Projects
LEDs
Types of LEDs
Controlling LEDs
Project 2 Flickering LED Candle
Project 3 RGB LED Color Mixer
Project 4 Random Color and Music Generator
Project 5 LED Pen
Conclusion
3 Advanced LED Projects
Multiplexing LEDs
Charlieplexing
Project 6 Mood Lamp
Project 7 VU Meter with 20 LEDs
Project 8 Voltmeter
Project 9 Celsius and Fahrenheit Thermometer
Project 10 Autoranging Frequency Counter
Project 11 Geek Clock
Project 12 RGB Dice
Project 13 RGB Tic-Tac-Toe
4 Graphics LCD Projects
Principle of Operation
Nokia 3310 GLCD
Project 14 Temperature Plotter
Project 15 Tengu on Graphics Display
Project 16 Game of Life
Project 17 Tic-Tac-Toe
Project 18 Zany Clock
Project 19 Rise and Shine Bell
Conclusion
5 Sensor Projects
LED as a Sensor
Thermistor
LDR
Inductor as Magnetic Field Sensor
Project 20 LED as a Sensor and Indicator
Project 21 Valentine s Heart LED Display with Proximity Sensor
Project 22 Electronic Fire-free Matchstick
Project 23 Spinning LED Top with Message Display
Project 24 Contactless Tachometer
Project 25 Inductive Loop-based Car Detector and Counter
Project 26 Electronic Birthday Blowout Candles
Project 27 Fridge Alarm
Conclusion
6 Audio Projects
Project 28 Tone Player
Project 29 Fridge Alarm Redux
Project 30 RTTTL Player
Project 31 Musical Toy
Conclusion
7 Alternate Energy Projects
Choosing the Right Voltage Regulator
Building the Faraday Generator
Experimental Results and Discussion
Project 32 Batteryless Infrared Remote
Project 33 Batteryless Electronic Dice
Project 34 Batteryless Persistence-of-Vision Toy
Conclusion
A C Programming for AVR Microcontrollers
Differences Between ANSI C and Embedded C
Data Types and Operators
Efficient Management of I/O Ports
A Few Important Header Files
Functions
Interrupt Handling
Arrays
More C Utilities
B Designing and Fabricating PCBs
EAGLE Light Edition
EAGLE Windows
EAGLE Tutorial
Adding New Libraries
Placing the Components and Routing
Roland Modela MDX-20 PCB Milling Machine
C Illuminated LED Eye Loupe
Version 2 of the Illuminated LED Eye Loupe
Version 3 of the Illuminated LED Eye Loupe

About this title

About the Author

Dhananjay V. Gadre is an assistant professor with the Electronics and Communication Engineering Division at the Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology, New Delhi.

Edition details

• Publisher: Tata Mcgraw Hill Education
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1259002446
• ISBN 13: 9781259002441
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272