This project scans a 180 degree area from about 6 to 21 inches (15cm to 53cm) away and displays the information on a color LCD. To do this is uses. An infrared distance sensor from Sharp and an ultrasonic sensor from MaxBotix. This project is a short range, infrared and ultrasonic scanner that uses a standard hobby servo to move the sensors and a color LCD screen to display the information from the sensors.The information displayed on the LCD is an overhead view of the scanning area, with increments of distance from the sensors.
ATMEGA32 Based Infrared and Ultrasonic Scanner: [Link] - [via]
The Sprinkler controller was designed to act as a interface and controller for managing sprinkler system valves (also called zones). Those that exist either use what I consider to be unreliable protocols (X10), have a very limited number of valves (like 6 or 8), aren’t opto-isolated (i.e. just relays, pratically guaranteed to send huge transients into your automation system) or are just expensive (like $250 for 8 zones).
Currently i don’t have a lawn so I’m not too interested in this kind of projects, but i thought you might be.
27 Zone Sprinkler Controller With Pump Control:[Link]
I say another, because we all know the DIY MP3 Player and the AVR Butterfly MP3 Player. This mp3 player can support up to 4 GB of storage (MMC or SD cards) runs from a single AAA battery and has full user control (volume, track, pause, skip, directory) with a 5-way micro joystick.
Also the LCD has contrast control, you can record voice and the firm-wire is totally upgradeable trough RS232. In fact this DIY MP3 player is the coolest I’ve seen so far and it’s full of tricks.
Another useful application for a LED dot matrix display, well useful for those who use twitter. The purpose of the project is simple, it scrolls your twitters on the led matrix, this way you don’t have to be in front of your computer to see what’s new. Source codes and info about building it is provided by the author. The matrix is controlled by an Arduino
The Electronic Mini-Badge is a PIC24FJ64GA004-based electronic badge that displays color slideshows. Many electronic badges display scrolling text using a matrix of discrete LEDs. This low-power system features a graphical OLED display and can be easily upgraded to handle animation, video, or RF communication.
I’ll have to take a look over this circuit’s schematic to see if i can easily adapt it to a Nokia 6100 LCD display, because i happen to have one, and it would be a nice project.
