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1-04-2012 | As this series shows, the popular AVR microcontroller can be used for digital signal processing tasks. Here we will use an ATmega88 to sampl...

1-03-2012 | Atmel AVR microcontrollers are very popular, not least because of the free development tools that are available. In this series we show how...

1-10-2011 | The name Platino is a playful reference to the French and German word ‘Platine’ meaning ‘circuit board’, with a slight wink at ‘Arduino’. Th...

1-07-2011 | SCAP (Serial Cheap AVR Programmer) is a very simple programming device using a minimum of components, and it can be connected either directl...

1-07-2011 | A rectangular wave at around 500 kHz built using a 74HC04 can be used to trigger an AVR microcontroller back into operation.

1-06-2011 | Two-colour LEDs consist of two LED chips, usually red and green, encapsulated in one 2- or 3-wire case. Inside the 2-wire case two LED chips...

1-03-2011 | In this article two old faithfuls together form an exciting project. For hardware we have Elektor’s very own Minimod18 and as the client the...

1-10-2010 | In microcontroller based projects you often need to set a bunch of parameters or initial values. If the project already has an alphanumeric...

1-03-2010 | This article will help you design energy-efficient circuits based around AVR microcontrollers. Even cutting a single microamp from the curre...

1-01-2010 | This article is a quick guide to building firmware that will unleash the capabilities of Atmel’s advanced AVR-USB chip and especially its US...