Setting up code blocks for AVR on Ubuntu

Code Blocks is a cross platform free and open source IDE developed for C, C++ and Fotran.  This light weight IDE can be used to program AVR microcontrollers also. This tutorial is about how to install and configure Code Blocks (CB) on Ubuntu in order to program Atmel AVR microcontrollers. Step1 – Install required AVR…

Programing AVR on Ubuntu with USBasp for beginers

Microcontroller is a small chip on a computer. AVR is one of the microcontroller families  developed by Atmel. One main reason for getting such a fame for AVR is the availability of a large number of free and open source development tools compared to other similar microcntroller families. Arduino, the most famous open hardware platform…

IR remote controlled AC relays

Introduction Infrared (IR) remote controls are everywhere. Just about every piece of electronic equipment you can think of has one TVs, DVDs, hi-fi systems.Even the latest cameras have them!. This project is a 3 channel infrared (IR) remote controlled relay driver with power saving.  It works with 12-bit SIRC IR signals as used by Sony…