YourITronics http://www.youritronics.com DIY, Electronics, IT, Gadgets Thu, 15 May 2008 18:52:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Thank you http://www.youritronics.com/thank-you/ http://www.youritronics.com/thank-you/#comments Thu, 15 May 2008 18:52:16 +0000 Florin http://www.youritronics.com/?p=1065 Thanks for all you’re votes, you’ve decided the future of this blog :) . So from now one i will try to add as many personal projects as i have time & money to build and also i will continue adding project from around the web.

Thanks again for your support.

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]]> http://www.youritronics.com/thank-you/feed/ Parts orders arrived http://www.youritronics.com/parts-orders-arrived/ http://www.youritronics.com/parts-orders-arrived/#comments Thu, 15 May 2008 17:57:05 +0000 Florin http://www.youritronics.com/?p=1061 Today my parts order arrived, i got a little from everything :) . Some of the parts were ordered from DigiKey and were very nicely wrapped and others were ordered from local suppliers. There will be many projects posted on the Personal Projects page, so check the site regularly.

Here is a picture with most of the parts on the table

resistors-capacitors-transistors-avr-tiny-led-display-matrix-parts-bunch

As you can use i got 10 5×7 LED matrix’s which i will use in some LED Display projects.

I also got an AVR Butterfly because I’m going trough a AVR Programming Book. By the way i didn’t knew so far that the AVR Butterfly is the cheapest development board on the market(taking to consideration all of its features).

AVR Butterfly out of the box

And here is a picture of my stash. I took me a full day to arrange all the parts. Ofcourse i took my time and enjoyed doing it. :)

picture-of-my-stash-of-parts

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]]> http://www.youritronics.com/parts-orders-arrived/feed/ AVR Butterfly GPS System http://www.youritronics.com/avr-butterfly-gps-system/ http://www.youritronics.com/avr-butterfly-gps-system/#comments Mon, 12 May 2008 12:49:48 +0000 Florin http://www.youritronics.com/?p=1059 AVR Butterfly GPS System

The handy Butterfly GPS is a cost-effective system that presents location, date, and time data on its LCD. The system features an ATmega169 and a highly sensitive GPS receiver engine board based on the SiRF chipset. Its amazing what you can do with such a low cost development board.

AVR Butterfly GPS System: [Download Project] - [View Project PDF] - [Via]

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The goal was to design a home made LED Display that can be expanded to bigger sizes with minimal costs. Unlike other systems, on this one the image gets scanned mechanically and the image is created by using the POV effect (persistence of vision). There are 32 RGB LED used in the project but you can easily increase the number of LED’s. The author attached the system to a spinning fan, and the images started to appear.

ATmega16 RGB LED Display: [Download Project] - [View Project PDF] - [Via]

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A master-controller board and three stepper motor driver boards drive this well-designed PCB drill machine. There are four single-sided boards each featuring an ATmega16/32 microcontroller. The master controller initiates and controls all communication. The result ? you drill your PCB’s precisely at the right spot.

3 axis PCB Drill: [Download Project] - [View Project PDF] - [Via]

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]]> http://www.youritronics.com/3-axis-pcb-drill/feed/ Fiat ECU Monitor System http://www.youritronics.com/fiat-ecu-monitor-system/ http://www.youritronics.com/fiat-ecu-monitor-system/#comments Mon, 12 May 2008 12:18:59 +0000 Florin http://www.youritronics.com/?p=1053 Fiat ECU Monitor System

With this ATmega32 based system, you can monitor a Fiat’s engine control unit (ECU) as you drive. You can display up to four of the available ECU parameters and have the values updated in real-time as you drive. It also decodes the internal ECU error codes as they occur and displays them in real time.  An ECU is the Electronics Control Unit of a car that controls various things like the ignition time and valve timing.

Fiat ECU Monitor System: [Download Project] - [View Project PDF] - [Via]

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]]> http://www.youritronics.com/fiat-ecu-monitor-system/feed/ Wall clock that controlled trough IR also keeps your score http://www.youritronics.com/wall-clock-that-controlled-trough-ir-also-keeps-your-score/ http://www.youritronics.com/wall-clock-that-controlled-trough-ir-also-keeps-your-score/#comments Mon, 12 May 2008 11:37:30 +0000 Florin http://www.youritronics.com/?p=1051 Wall clock that controlled trough IR also keeps your score

This ATmega48 based wall clock is able to keep any kind of score and display it on its 4 digits. The score is controlled by a IR remote control powered by an ATtiny28. Also trough the remote you can set the time and configure the clock. The digits are build on pcb with 5 mm LED’s, no commercial LED digits were used.

Wall clock that controlled trough IR also keeps your score: [Download Project] - [View Project PDF] - [Via]

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Blind Spot is an area of the road that cannot be seen by the driver while looking forward or through either the rear-view or side mirrors. Such Blind Spot Detection System are already present in many cars.  In this project the ATmega169 uses a high-intensity infrared light to detect approaching vehicles. Although the system works, i would only recommend you build it for testing purposes, not for long therm use. Why not use it for long therm ? Well no one guarantees that the system would not fail.

Blind Spot Detection System: [Download Project] - [View Project PDF] - [Via]

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]]> http://www.youritronics.com/blind-spot-detection-system/feed/ ADSL Fault Tolerance System Keeps You Connected http://www.youritronics.com/adsl-fault-tolerance-system-keeps-you-connected/ http://www.youritronics.com/adsl-fault-tolerance-system-keeps-you-connected/#comments Sun, 11 May 2008 11:47:32 +0000 Florin http://www.youritronics.com/adsl-fault-tolerance-system-keeps-you-connected/  ADSL Fault Tolerance System Keeps You Connected

This system automatically switches from one ADSL modem to another every time there is a link failure. The ATmega16 monitors network connectivity over Ethernet. When a failure occurs, it automatically powers off the primary ADSL modem and powers on the secondary ADSL modem.

ADSL Fault Tolerance System Keeps You Connected: [Download Project] - [View Project PDF] - [Via]

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Were starting to see more and more green designs, which is nice, some people are really concerned about the planet we live in. The PowerBox is part of the Cornell University student projects 2008, and its main goal is to calculate and report the following parameters:

  • Real power
  • Apparent power
  • Power factor
  • RMS Voltage
  • RMS Current
  • Frequency
  • Energy usage (Kilowatt-Hours)

All of the data is gathered by a C application which shows real time graphs and data display. Another feature of the PowerBox is that it features a remote switch that allows the computer to turn the power on or off and set wattage limits for auto shutdown. This way people can monitor and control their energy usage. Good job Cornell students.

Monitor And Controll Your Energy Usage With PowerBox: [Link]

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