Burkhard Kainka (212)

| Recently PREMA released the PR4101, a step-down driver designed for power LEDs. It requires an input voltage of between 7 V and 40 V and at...

| The first five instalments of this course have already covered many programming techniques with an emphasis on practical applications. This...

| There is plenty of cable in the world, most of it tangled up behind various pieces of equipment. An alternative is data transfer using low-c...

| In this article we describe a low-cost yet reliable radio module that can be used with the ATM18 test system to build remote control and rem...

| It is important when designing any software that the processor resources are used efficiently. We expand on this theme here and give some po...

| We have already taken a look at timers in part 3 of the course. The ATmega timer/counters have far more to offer than just measuring time. H...

| When it comes to matters of memory, microcontrollers tend to be rather poorly endowed. An external USB memory stick is the ideal remedy, off...

| Many practical tasks can only be solved by using accurate timing. The ATmega controllers are well equipped in this respect; the Mega8 to Meg...

| The port pins are the gateway between real world events and the microcontroller. The user can send out control signals and read back informa...

| The AVR series of microcontrollers from Atmel are very popular. Many projects already featured in Elektor have an ATmega beating away at the...