Posts filed Under "mcu"

• January 16, 2011

  New bootloader file for ATmega8L

  When using the LCD I/O Backpack with the ATmega8L-8AU, you need a bootloader that runs at 8 MHz.

• January 15, 2011

  Alternative programming cable for LCD I/O Backpack

  A little over a month ago, I saw a post at Let’s Make Robots about making your own “FTDI” cable equivalent.

• January 03, 2011

  RFID Readers with Netduino

  Up until now, all I had done with the Netduino was blink the built-in LED, but after seeing a question on the Netduino forum regarding two RFID readers I had laying around, I got inspired and did a few tests.

• January 02, 2011

  Converting between 2mm and 100mil pin spacing

  For the post about RFID readers with Netduino, I had to use the ID-20 reader from ID Innovations that has very short pins with 2mm spacing and not the breadboard friendly 100mil spacing.

• December 20, 2010

  Programming the LCD I/O Backpack with an Arduino

  Since the workshop in the beginning of October, there has been a few requests for alternatives to the FTDI USB to TTL level UART adapters. They are a bit expensive, and many of the attendees at the workshop didn’t have one.

• November 20, 2010

  Introducing the LCD I/O Backpack

  I admit, it has been a little slow for the past couple of months here on the blog, but that doesn’t mean nothing has happened.

• August 01, 2010

  Custom LCD Characters with Arduino

  A few days ago I saw a post on Adafruits blog about an online tool by Bruno Maia to help create custom characters for use with character based LCD like the ones used in the last article.

• August 01, 2010

  4 LCD displays on 1 Arduino

  I’m planning an Arduino based project where I would like to use two of the 16x2 character based LCD displays, but at the same time, don’t want to use all the I/O pins, I need some for data input also.

• July 19, 2010

  I got my MSP430 LaunchPad

• May 17, 2010

  It's time for some tinkering

  Putting things together, solving a problem with an Arduino or trying to communicate with a new device. I do it all, but always forget to write anything down.